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.
A senior Sri Lankan minister has reportedly said that Sri Lanka Tourism is optimistic of pursuing an ambitious target by doubling their 2019 numbers to four million arrivals and accelerating revenue from US$ 3.5 billion last year to US$ 5 billion in 2020.
Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has reportedly approved a proposal to establish a Board of Investment (BOI) approved the setting up of international universities to attract foreign and non-resident students to the country.
Sri Lanka has announced that Sri Lanka’s first floating solar power plant with technology backing from Norway will open in the island’s Northern Province district of Kilinochchi shortly.