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January 7, 2022

Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI, 2013=100), increased to 12.1 per cent in December 2021 from 9.9 per cent in November 2021. Meanwhile, on an annual average basis, the CCPI increased to 6.0 per cent in December 2021 from 5.3 per cent in November 2021. An […]

January 6, 2022

Ceylinco Life has closed 2021 on a high note, winning its eighth consecutive title as World Finance magazine’s ‘Best Life Insurer in Sri Lanka’ in recognition of its sector-leading performance in another challenging but productive year. The World Finance Global Insurance Award recognises Ceylinco Life as an organisation that is […]

January 6, 2022

National Powerlifting Champion and Commonwealth Gold Medalist Darin Weerasinghe and a team of eight (8) participated in the Sri Lanka National Powerlifting Championship organized by the Sri Lanka Powerlifting Association in collaborating with the Sports Ministry held on 12th December at Bandaragama. Darin who normally participates in the over 120kg+ category, […]

January 6, 2022

Sri Lankan tourism sector is still struggling due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the island nation received the highest number of foreign tourists in December 2021, with bulk of the tourists coming from India. Despite the closure of the islands’ borders during the health crisis, 194,495 tourists arrived in the island nation, with more than one-fourth […]

January 3, 2022

As part of the Economic diplomacy initiatives undertaken by the Sri Lanka Embassy in Jordan, an Exhibition to showcase Sri Lanka’s epic Adventure tourism was held on 27 December at the Galleria Mall in Amman. The Galleria Mall is one of the biggest, upscale shopping malls and considered an iconic landmark in Jordan which […]

January 2, 2022

Twenty construction companies from Sri Lanka and Nepal connected via Zoom for an interactive B2B session, jointly organized by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Nepal and the Export Development Board of Sri Lanka (EDB) on 21 December 2021. The participating companies represented sectors ranging from building construction, road development, bridges and […]

December 30, 2021

The Embassy of Sri Lanka along with the Jordanian Businessmen Association and the National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka held a virtual Webinar where the first ever Sri Lanka- Jordan Business Council was established in the presence of the Board members of both Chambers, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Jordan Shanika […]

December 30, 2021

Around 70,000 tourists arrived in Sri Lanka in December, according to the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA). Dhammika Wijesinghe, Director-General of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, said that most tourists arrived from India, England, Germany, Russia, the United States, and Australia. In addition, she said a rise in the number of tourists visiting […]

December 24, 2021

Launch of Sri Lanka’s first Women Top 50 Calendar for the year 2022 for women who have been empowered in various fields was held at the Galadari Hotel Colombo under the patronage of Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle, State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and Covid Disease Control. The 12 months of the […]

December 20, 2021

Fitch Ratings (Fitch), in a rather hasty move, downgraded Sri Lanka’s international sovereign rating on 17 December 2021, demonstrating its failure to recognise the positive developments taking place in Sri Lanka, in an environment in which the entire world is grappling with multiple waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. This action resembles the […]

CCPI based annual average headline inflation rises to 6.0 per cent, while Y-o-Y inflation increases to 12.1 per cent in December 2021

Ceylinco Life wins record 8th successive ‘Best Life Insurer in Sri Lanka’ award

Darin, Dhanushka and High Octane dominate Sri Lanka Powerlifting Nationals

Sri Lanka sees a tourism boom, with the majority of tourists coming from India

Sri Lanka’s Adventure tourism promoted in Jordan

Virtual B2B Meetings held between Sri Lankan and Nepali Construction Companies

Sri Lanka- Jordan Business Council established under the aegis of the Sri Lanka Embassy in Jordan

Over 70,000 tourist arrivals in December: SLTDA

Sri Lanka’s first Women Top 50 calendar launched

The Government Strongly Disputes the Hurried Rating Action by Fitch Ratings