SriLankan Airlines CEO Suren Ratwatte retires amid Commission hearings
SriLankan Airlines CEO Suren Ratwatte has submitted a letter announcing his early retirement, few days after Presidential Commission on SriLankan…
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Sri Lanka tourist arrivals up by 6.2 percent in May 2018 surpassing one million in first 5 months
Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose 6.2 percent in May this year compared to the same period last year, surpassing one…
Premier Real Estate Developer MHDL Breaks Ground with Exciting New Development Project
Millennium Housing Developers PLC (MHDL), Sri Lanka’s leading premier township developer held a groundbreaking ceremony recently signaling the exciting beginning…
New regulations for microfinance: Mangala
New regulations to be published on 22 June Govt. to absorb interest of microfinance loans below Rs. 150, 000 as relief…
Sri Lanka Premier confident of reaching the US$ 5 bn export income goal
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe Wednesday said the country can overcome the challenges and reach the envisaged export income…
Indian housing project extends to Madakumbura & Vellaioya estates
In a special ceremony held on June 4, 2018, at Madakumbura Estate in Punduloya, Nuwara Eliya District foundation stone was…
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ICRA Lanka assigns [SL] A1 rating to commercial paper programme of LOLC
ICRA Lanka Limited, aubsidiary of ICRA Limited, group company of Moody’s Investors Service, has assigned [SL] A1 rating to the…
IFC invests US$ 2.5 mn in Sri Lanka’s ride-hailing company PickMe
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced its foray into venture capital in Sri Lanka with a…
First five months’ tourist arrivals cross 1 m mark
Tourist arrivals up 6.2% in May India, China, the UK continue as top sourcing markets Asia and Pacific largest source of tourist…
New Chairman appointed to Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau
The Ministry of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs announced the appointment of Mr. Dehan Seneviratne as Chairman of the…