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Central Bank to pay an incentives for worker remittances

The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has decided to pay an incentive of Rs. 8.00 per US dollar for workers? remittances, in addition to the existing incentive of Rs.2.00 under the ?Incentive Scheme on Inward Workers? Remittances?. The incentive will be paid when such funds are remitted through Licensed Banks (LBs) and other internationally accepted formal channels and converted into Sri Lankan rupees during the period from 01.12.2021 to 31.12.2021. Accordingly, the total

01 Dec, 2021

Former PM denies claims Hambantota Port sold to China

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today denied claims that the Hambantota Port was sold to China. He told Parliament that the port was given to a Chinese company to be managed for 70 years. Wickremesinghe also said that the agreement can be reversed at any time. The former Prime Minister was responding to concerns raised by Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Tissa Attanayake. Attanayake condemned the decision by the former Government in which Wickremesinghe was the Prime Minister, to g

02 Dec, 2021

Superyacht once owned by Liz Taylor arrives at Colombo Port City

The Port City Colombo Marina welcomed the MY Kalizma – The Classic Superyacht, once owned by Hollywood screen idols Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The first Superyacht to sail into the Port City Colombo Marina, established Colombo as a calling port in the Indian Ocean with facilities for berthing luxury Superyachts. Pierre Pringiers, Chairman of the Sail Lanka Yachting Group which manages the Port City Colombo Marina said, ?The 145? Kalizma – built in 1906 by GL Watson in Scotland – arri

01 Dec, 2021