Secretary to Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to visit Qatar for talks on clean energy following an invitation by the Qatari Minister for Energy Saad Sherida Al Kaabi during a recent visit to Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka’s Government Information Department has reportedly stated that provincial councils in the country have been asked to liberalize beverage licenses to further boost the tourism industry.
A senior official involved in Sri Lanka’s Port City project has reportedly said that CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd, which is a unit of China Communications, has invested US$ 800 million out of a total of US$ 1.4 billion in reclaiming land, and is preparing to market and build support facilities.
Sri Lanka is to host the 46th edition of Miss Globe World final on February 25th at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre in Colombo, making it the biggest MICE event to be staged in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka’s Star Garment Group (“Star”), which is a leading global manufacturing company in the island, has reportedly been certified as CarbonNeutral by The Sustainable Future Group (SFG). SFG is Sri Lanka’s foremost sustainability verification and certification body.