Ex-Tigers turn successful entrepreneurs
The Rehabilitation Authority (RA) has made
successful entrepreneurs out of around 11,500 ex-LTTE cadres
supporting them in vocational training and providing capital to
start self-employment ventures. “We have released over Rs. 255
million at 4 percent interest to over 1,500 rehabilitated ex-LTTE
cadres to start livelihood ventures under phase one of the
livelihood support project,”
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CSR should meet national needs - Chandula Abeywickrema
Private sector companies spend over Rs. 1.5
billion a year on Corporate Social Responsibility projects (CSR)
which do not help boost economic growth in the country, said Deputy
General Hatton National Bank (HNB) Chandula Abeywickrema.
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Inflation decelerates in March
Inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumers’
Price Index (CCPI) (2006/07=100) computed by the Department of
Census and Statistics decreased significantly to 7.5 percent on a
year-on-year (YoY) basis in March from 9.8 percent in the previous
month.
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$ 200 million for health sector
The World Bank has approved a concessionary loan
of US $ 200 million to Sri Lanka for the Second Health Sector
Development Project (SHSDP) to help the government to upgrade the
public health system and enable it to better respond to the
challenges of a middle income country.
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