Port City EIA report soon
Eco groups’ views ‘ignored’ :
Government agencies seem to be moving towards a
final approval of the Port City project, currently stalled due to
high ecological risks, but environmental groups cry ‘foul’ claiming
that they had not been consulted as required by the environmental
impact assessment process.
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‘Weligama Wilt’ hits coconut plantations in
South:
Export of desiccated coconut unaffected
Around 200,000 coconut trees have been uprooted
due to the Weligama Wilt and we believe that there are around
150,000 affected palms in the Matara district, Director, Coconut
Research Institute, Dr. H.A. Jayantha Gunathilaka told Sunday
Observer Business.
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MICE tourism targets 150,000 visitors by year’s end
The MICE – Meetings, Incentive Travel,
Conferences, Exhibitions and Events sector targets around 150,000
visitors to the country by the end of this year, CEO, Sri Lanka
Convention Bureau (SLCB) Vipula Vanigasekera said. He said the
number of meetings and conferences will increase to 365 this year
and 375 next year compared to 325 last year.
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Inter-agency task force to promote trade and investment
The Foreign Affairs Ministry has set up an
inter-agency task force to intensify efforts to promote trade and
investment to boost economic development. The Ministry in a media
release last week stated, “In line with the government’s policy to
enhance economic development, under the guidance of Foreign Affairs
Minister Mangala Samaraweera,
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Why Lanka should care about the Trans-Pacific Partnership
After 10 years of arduous negotiation, last
week, the United States, Japan, Canada, Australia, and eight other
nations, including Vietnam and Malaysia, concluded a ‘mega’ free
trade agreement, dubbed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). On some
measures,
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