Businessmen optimistic of foreign investment inflows
Amidst the escalating violence and war risk
business magnates have expressed hopes of foreign investment inflows
to the country and uninterrupted functioning of the key economic
sectors including tourism.
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Lanka to showcase products, services at Bangladesh exhibition
The Sri Lanka Single Country Exhibition will be
held from July 13-16 at the Bangladesh Chinese Friendship Conference
Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It will be opened by President Mahinda
Rajapaksa who will be on a state visit to Bangladesh.
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Jewellery exports hit Rs. 627 m in five months
Aided by the recent removal of 15 percent VAT on
imports of gems and gold into Sri Lanka, the island's jewellery
exports, for the first five months of 2006, reached Rs. 627.31
million from Rs. 459.67 million during January-May of 2005.
Concurrently, its exports of gems during January-May 2006, vaulted
to Rs. 4.48 billion from Rs. 3.4 billion for the corresponding five
months of 2005, chairman National Gem and Jewellery Authority
Hasitha Tillekeratne told the media.
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