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BOI chairman says ‘no response from MPs’ :
Young Sri Lankans shun taking skilled and
non-skilled jobs with a monthly pay of around Rs. 30,000-35,000 in
factories struggling to fill vacancies, but appear to prefer to work
as trishow drivers instead. The jobs offered by Board of Investment
(BOI) companies with several opportunities for further training and
personal growth and a steady income are ignored by the youth as well
as the politicians.
Prepared to address Lankan concerns :
The Economic and Technology Cooperation
Agreement (ETCA), proposed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
when he visited India in September last year, would also focus on
sectors such as capacity building, technology, vocational training,
IT and tourism, among others, which would benefit Sri Lanka, Indian
High Commissioner Y. K. Sinha said.
Public Enterprise Board in the offing:
The Government is working with the Asian
Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank to create a strong public
private partnership (PPP) framework which would lay out clearly the
policy, legal and institutional aspects of contracting PPPs. “This
will go a long way in creating the environment which is conducive
for PPPs.
The Central Bank (CB) has asked all primary
dealers to undertake inter-primary dealer trades in the trading
platform arranged by the CB through the Bloomberg which is a major
international financial trading and information electronic platform.
“All primary dealers will report all outright sales of government
securities over Rs. 50 million in value, to investors on this
platform within 30 minutes of each transaction.
The impact of Brexit on Sri Lanka is yet to be
seen as a two-year window has been given for other countries to
adopt to the changes of Britain’s exit from the European Union,
trade and tourism experts said. Chairman, Jetwing Hotels, Hiran
Cooray said it is premature to predict the possible implication of
Britain’s exit from the EU.
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