Sri Lanka’s migrant workers sent home a record-breaking $735.6 million in October 2026, marking a 3.31% year-on-year increase and extending an extraordinary streak of robust foreign currency inflows to nine consecutive months. The achievement underscores the remarkable resilience of the nation’s overseas workforce and reflects a decisive shift toward formal banking channels, even as geopolitical […]
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Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan are looking to further strengthen bilateral relations, with greater cooperation in investment, trade, agriculture, tourism and energy. The matter was discussed when Kazakhstan Ambassador to Sri Lanka Sergey Viktorov met Speaker of Parliament Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne at Parliament recently. The Speaker reaffirmed Sri Lanka’s longstanding friendship with Kazakhstan, since the establishment […]
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The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Ankara, in collaboration with the Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce, successfully organized the first-ever Sri Lanka Business Forum in Gaziantep on 03 November 2026, bringing together members of the Turkish business community to explore opportunities for closer economic cooperation with Sri Lanka. The Forum aimed at showcasing Sri Lanka’s trade […]
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Foreign investors sold Sri Lanka rupee bonds and exited for a third straight week in the week ended on November 5, Central Bank data showed, despite slight appreciation in the rupee currency. With the latest outflows, the island nation has seen net foreign selling in five of the last 21 weeks. Offshore investors sold a […]
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The Government of Sri Lanka and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a loan agreement for USD 100 million to implement the Skills Development System Transformation Programme, financed under the result-based modality. The agreement was signed at the General Treasury in Colombo by Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma, Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Planning and […]
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ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රමුඛතම මෝටර් රථ සංගමය වන, ලංකා වාණිජ මණ්ඩලයට අනුබද්ධ සිලෝන් මෝටර් ට්‍රේඩර්ස් සංගමය (CMTA), භාවිත කරන ලද වාහන ආනයනයේ දී ලබා දෙන 15% ක ක්ෂයවීම් සහනය අහෝසි කිරීම සඳහා එළඹෙන ජාතික අයවැය තුළින් තීරණාත්මක පියවර ගන්නා ලෙස රජයෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටියි. රජයට සිදුවන සැලකිය යුතු ආදායම් අහිමිවීම් අවම කිරීම සහ සමස්ත මෝටර් රථ ක්ෂේත්‍රය […]
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පරිසර තිරසාරභාවය සහ වගකීම්සහගත නිෂ්පාදන ක්‍රියාවලිය වෙනුවෙන් දක්වන ලද සුවිශේෂී කැපවීම ඇගයීමට ලක් කරමින්, 2026 ජනාධිපති පරිසර සම්මාන උළෙලේදී ‘ඛනිජ ආශ්‍රිත නිෂ්පාදන’ අංශයේ රිදී සම්මානයෙන් පිදුම් ලැබීය. පරිසර අමාත්‍යාංශය යටතේ ඇති මධ්‍යම පරිසර අධිකාරිය (CEA) විසින් සංවිධානය කරනු ලබන ජනාධිපති පරිසර සම්මාන උළෙල මඟින්, මෙරට තිරසාර සංවර්ධනය සහ පරිසර සංරක්ෂණය වෙනුවෙන් කැපී පෙනෙන මෙහෙවරක් ඉටුකරන […]
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Rocell has been honoured with a Silver Award in the Mineral-Related Manufacturing category at the Presidential Environment Awards 2026, recognising its commitment to environmental sustainability and responsible manufacturing practices. Organised by the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) under the Ministry of Environment, the Presidential Environment Awards celebrate individuals and institutions that demonstrate outstanding dedication to environmental […]
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Sri Lanka’s Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has deferred the mandatory requirement to submit a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Certificate for specified transactions until April 1, 2027, after people panicked and lined up to get registered. In light of the administrative bottleneck that followed, the government has decided to push back the deadline. The rule, which […]
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The newly concluded European Union-India Free Trade Agreement could reshape the competitive landscape for Sri Lankan exports, even as the government moves to safeguard preferential access to a vital market. Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Anil Jayantha Fernando stated that Indian exporters are expected to gain duty-free or concessionary access to the European Union […]
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