Business

Sri Lanka possesses a strong foundation for a digital economy, with 75 percent of the necessary skills already in place, according to Chief Advisor to the President on Digital Economy Dr. Hans Wijesuriya.

The Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau (SLFEB) has announced its target of facilitating foreign employment opportunities for a total of 340,000 Sri Lankan citizens within this year.

Police have arrested a 23-year-old suspect involved in a series of thefts at the World Trade Center (WTC) in Colombo.

A 37-year-old person from Kandy allegedly involved in a racket of selling train tickets to foreigners at exorbitant prices has been arrested yesterday, police said.

Sri Lanka must focus on attracting more private sector investment to maintain its hard-earned macroeconomic stability and continued recovery, according to the World Bank.

Tourist arrival crossed the 100,000 mark within the first two weeks of January, recording a Year-on-Year (YoY) increase of 22 percent.

The case involving alleged financial irregularities amounting to Rs. 70 million during the leasing of 4.3 acres of land at the Krrish Transworks Square in Fort, Colombo, was taken up before the Fort Magistrate’s Court today (22).

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that this year’s budget will be prepared with the objective of involving every segment of the population in the country’s economic processes.

The Ceylon Chamber of Coconut Industries has urged the government for permission to import 200 million coconuts with the next few months.