Economic
To nearly double the number of weekly flights to India to over 100
Adds flights to Seoul, Korea in May
Daily flights to Melbourne by May and to Bangkok and Jakarta by July
Additional weekly flight for Narita from July
Amidst rising political upheaval, the Colombo stock market suffered a fresh setback yesterday with trading halted twice though there were signs of pick up prior to the close.
වැඩි මිලට විදේශ මුදල් ගණුදෙනු කළ බලයලත් මුදල් හුවමාරු ආයතන දෙකකට අවවාදාත්මක නිවේදන නිකුත් කළ බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව පවසනවා. එලෙස අවවාදාත්මක නිවේදන නිකුත් කර ඇත්තේ “ස්විස් මනී එක්ස්චේන්ජ්” පුද්ගලික සමාගමට සහ “වෙස්ටර්න් මනී එක්ස්චේන්ජ්” පුද්ගලික සමාගමටයි.
ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආයෝජන මණ්ඩලය මෙම වසරේ පළමු කාර්තුවේ ඇමෙරිකානු ඩොලර් බිලියන 1.4 ක් හෙවත් ඩොලර් කෝටි 140 කට වැඩි ආයෝජන ලබාගෙන ඇති බව ආයෝජන මණ්ඩලය පවසයි.
Imports in January remained at record high levels despite a shortage of foreign exchange and restrictions.
The arrival of Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe from Australia is awaited for the formal appointment of him as the new Governor of the Central Bank.
The country’s premier private sector lobby group, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce yesterday expressed grave concerns about the far-reaching adverse consequences of certain actions being taken by the Government on economic activity such as tourism, trade, exports and e-commerce dependent on social media platforms, while appreciating the need to maintain law and order and public security in the country.
S&P circuit breaker trips twice and closes in the red as locals fret over worsening ground situation
Foreigners seize opportunity of bargains; net foreign inflow near Rs. 1.5 b mark in March
With the resignation of the Governor and pending a successor, the Central Bank has postponed the April monetary policy review which was scheduled for yesterday.
Records highest post-COVID arrivals figure of 106,500 and surpassed 100,000 tourists in a month after 2 years
Arrivals up 14% from February, cumulative figure of Q1 at 285,334
India dominates tourist traffic followed by Russia, UK, Germany and France by end of Q1
Traveller confidence, aggressive tourism promotions, French adventure trail ‘Raid Amazones’, continued service from more international airlines were key reasons for surge in March arrivals
Industry experts wary about achieving 150,000 monthly target given multiple crises and violent protests
Proposes new promotional campaigns targeting India, Australia, Middle East, US, Canada to overcome impact from Russia-Ukrainian conflict
Govt. expects to generate $ 2.4 b, whilst expecting 1.3 m visitors by year end
Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga believes achieving these targets will help SL overcome forex crisis
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