Presidential polls likely on December 7

Sri Lanka’s new International Trade Office to resume FTA talks

Sri Lanka’s new International Trade Office, to be established on the directions of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, will resume talks on Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with a number of countries, the President’s Office said today. The Government has decided to reorganize the existing conventional institutional set-up and establish the International Trade Office (ITO) to interconnect all the relevant institutions and synergize their work to obtain maximum output from the external trade sector to the

22 Dec, 2022

Cable car project proposed for visitors to World?s End

A cable car project has been proposed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe for visitors to World?s End. The President said that the cable car service will link Pattipola and Boralanda. He expressed these views while attending the Nuwara Eliya District Development Committee meeting held at the Nuwara Eliya District Secretariat this morning (22). The measures to be taken for the promotion of the tourism industry in the Nuwara Eliya District were among the matters discussed at the meeting. ?Specia

22 Dec, 2022

Projects at Hambantota Port’s industrial park nearing completion

A number of projects in the Hambantota International Port’s Industrial Park, including a mega capacity warehouse, are nearing completion. Hambantota International Port Group said that in spite of a certain slowdown during COVID-19, the international industrial park has secured over 40 projects from over 08+ countries and has emerged stronger as ever, adhering to their ‘HIP Speed’ concept to renew construction and meet deadlines. A plug-and-play, park-in-park facility by Xinji Shenzhen Group wi

22 Dec, 2022