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Sri Lanka Economic Summit to focus on key?proposals and reforms

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will be organizing the country?s foremost economic event, the Sri Lanka Economic Summit (SLES) 2019 on 17-18 September, at the Cinnamon Grand Colombo. The summit will be guided by the theme of ?Recalibrating Sri Lanka?s Economic Trajectory Towards 2025 (RE-SET 2025). The two-day event will bring together key policymakers, business leaders, top international thought leaders and experts to spell out a way forward in RE-SET 2025. The theme has been suitably chosen to

07 Aug, 2019

ADB?s first loan for Sri Lanka?s railway sector approved

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $160 million loan to modernize the operations and improve the efficiency of Sri Lanka Railways, the country?s railway operator, by upgrading its infrastructure and technical capacity. This is ADB?s first loan in Sri Lanka?s railway sector. ?There is a need to improve public transportation in Sri Lanka to serve a growing population, expected to reach 25 million by 2050,? said ADB Transport Specialist Johan Georget. ?An improved railway system will

15 Aug, 2019

Alice G. Wells and AmCham discuss US-Sri Lanka trade

The American Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka held a roundtable discussion with Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Alice G. Wells, U.S. Ambassador for Sri Lanka and the Maldives Alaina B. Teplitz, and other key officials from the U.S. Embassy and AmCham members. The roundtable discussion, held with AMCHAM member companies, focused on opportunities for greater economic collaboration, highlighted feedback from the private sector on current business challenges fa

13 Aug, 2019