Sri Lanka’s AML/CFT Evaluation Postponed Amid Economic Concerns
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- January 12, 2025
- Business News
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Sri Lanka Grapples with Tax Hikes amid Fragile Economic Recovery
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- January 11, 2025
- Weekly Economic Review
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Weekly Economic Review Sri Lanka’s government, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, finds itself under increasing scrutiny for a series of tax hikes that have strained public finances and failed to provide meaningful relief to citizens.
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Women’s leadership gap hinders SL’s economic growth: Prime Minister
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- January 11, 2025
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- Women’s leadership gap hinders SL’s economic growth: Prime Minister
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Points out women continue to be underrepresented in sectors such as technology, finance and manufacturing industries
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IndiGo becomes largest foreign carrier out of Sri Lanka
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- January 11, 2025
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- IndiGo becomes largest foreign carrier out of Sri Lanka
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India’s IndiGo becomes the largest foreign carrier out of Sri Lanka, with it operating 54 weekly flights.
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Sri Lanka’s tea industry set for cautious growth in 2025: Forbes and Walker Tea Brokers
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- January 11, 2025
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- Sri Lanka’s tea industry set for cautious growth in 2025: Forbes and Walker Tea Brokers
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Sri Lanka’s tea industry is set for a year of modest growth in 2025, despite facing several challenges and uncertainties, an analysis by Forbes and Walker Tea Brokers showed.
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Heavy showers above 100 mm expected in parts of the island
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- January 11, 2025
- Weather Report
- Heavy showers above 100 mm expected in parts of the island
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The Meteorology Department says showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Northern, North-central, Eastern, Uva and Central provinces.
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Liquor prices increase with excise duty hike
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- January 11, 2025
- Business News
- Liquor prices increase with excise duty hike
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The prices of liquor will also increase by approximately 6% following the hike in Excise Duty imposed on liquor with effect from tomorrow (January 11).
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Road crashes kill over 12,000 lives in five years
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- January 11, 2025
- Political
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Senior Professor of Forensic Medicine at Karapitiya Hospital U.C.P Perera said it was a matter of serious concern that the fatalities in road accidents have been increasing at a large proportion every year and that 118,240 road accidents had occurred in Sri Lanka for the last five years up to December 2024 claiming 12,140 human lives.
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Fake Basmati floods market amid rising rice imports
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- January 10, 2025
- Business News
- Fake Basmati floods market amid rising rice imports
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Consumer protection activists have uncovered a concerning case of fraud in Sri Lanka’s rice import trade, where certain individuals exploit government-granted import permits to deceive consumers.
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India to provide training for Sri Lanka’s fresh Parliamentarians
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- January 10, 2025
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- India to provide training for Sri Lanka’s fresh Parliamentarians
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The High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha, has called on the Speaker of the Parliament, Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne, at the Parliamentary premises recently.
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