ECONOMYNEXT — Sri Lanka has signed a letter of exchange with the the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) on a Digital Transformation of General Education project under the China-Aid programme. Sri Lanka Treasury Secretary Mahinda Siriwardana tweeted Thursday July…
ECONOMYNEXT – The Colombo Stock Exchange closed up on Wednesday, data on its site showed. The broader All Share Index closed up 0.22 percent, or 26.27 points, at 11,811; while the more liquid S&P SL20 Index closed up 0.30 percent,…
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved a revised India-funded Unique Identity Card project after several months of scrutiny and a proposal has been sent to Indian High Commission, State Technology Minister Kanaka Herath said. Technology Ministry which…
ECONOMYNEXT – A coalition of civil society organisations comprising representatives from Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka is are urging South Asian countries to take immediate action on high levels of sexual violence and low conviction rates. The…
ECONOMYNEXT – The centre-left Labour Party won a massive majority in the 650-seat United Kingdom parliament while Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party suffered the worst performance in the party’s long history as voters expressed their frustration over high cost…
ECONOMYNEXT – The centre-left Labour Party won a massive majority in the 650-seat United Kingdom parliament while Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party suffered the worst performance in the party’s long history as voters expressed their frustration over high cost…
ECONOMYNEXT – Strikes by teachers are detrimental and unjustified, and the Attorney General has been asked to propose counter-measures, Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said. “No one, whether directly or indirectly, should disrupt school education from 7:30 am to…
ECONOMYNEXT — Both opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and leftist National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake have dismissed the announcement of Sri Lanka’s debt deferment agreement with bilateral creditors, pointing instead to negotiations still ongoing with commercial creditors. Premadasa…
ECONOMYNEXT — Three months after the government announced plans to revamp the World War II-era Hingurakkgoda airbase to an international airport, Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers has approved a proposal to develop it into a fully fledged airport. The Government…
ECONOMYNEXT – An international university to be established in Sri Lanka’s Port City, a multi-services special economic zone, will offer undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes including in medicine and IT. The university is estimated to accommodate 3,000 to 4,000 students,…
