Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Sri Lanka as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Sri Lanka: Validity period of visas further extended for foreigners
The validity of all types of visas has now been further extended until 11th July 2020 for all foreigners currently in the country …
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Sri Lanka: All types of visas of foreigners extended for another 30 days
The validity period for all types of Visas has been extended until the 11th of June 2020 …
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Sri Lanka: National Salaries Commission established
The government has just established a 15-member “National Salaries Commission” …
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Sri Lanka: Program to create 100,000 job opportunities in January
A “Multipurpose Development Task Force” is being established by the government to tackle youth unemployment …
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Sri Lanka: Free tourist visa facilities for 48 nationalities
Visitors from 48 countries, including India and China, EU countries, the United Kingdom (after Brexit), and the United States, will now be able to go and visit Sri Lanka for business purposes without paying visa fees …
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Sri Lanka: Agreement signed with Japan to send skilled workers for employment
The governments of Japan and Sri Lanka have both signed a cooperation agreement on the movement of skilled workers to Japan …
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Sri Lanka: Face coverings banned after Easter bloodshed
A general ban on face covering in public has been introduced following the recent spate of terrorist incidents by the jihadist group “islamic state” …
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Sri Lanka: Visa on arrival to Sri Lanka for 39 countries
With effect from May the 1st to October the 31st 2019, citizens from more than 30 countries, including Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, the UK and the USA, will be able to obtain, free of charge, a visitor’s visa on arrival …
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Sri Lanka: Plantation workers’ daily basic wage increased to Rs.700
According to the recent agreement reached between the Regional Plantation Companies (RPC) and trade unions, the daily basic wage of plantation workers has now increased from Rs …
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Sri Lanka: CSE awarded ISO 9001
The HR Division of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has just been awarded its own ISO 9001 certificate for quality management …
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Sri Lanka: Separate legal framework for Financial City
The government is busy drawing up a new set of English-style laws to regulate the Colombo International Financial City – which will effectively make it a semi-autonomous state …
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Sri Lanka: New Inland Revenue Act
A new Inland Revenue Act, effective from 1st of April 2018, will increase the top rate of tax from 16% to 24% …
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Sri Lanka: Growing service economy
According to the Labour Force Survey, the total number of employed people in Sri Lanka in Q1 2017 was 8 …
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Sri Lanka: Economic renaissance
Sri-Lanka’s economy has long depended on remittances from its diaspora working in mainly unskilled and semi-skilled jobs around the world …
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Sri Lanka: Labour dispute ends at port terminal
A dispute over bonus payments at Sri Lanka’s container port in Colombo has ended with an undisclosed increase in performance-related payments …
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