The Commercial Bank of Sri Lanka has reportedly tied up with a unit of tech giant Tencent Holdings in order to offer the facility of making payments through instant messaging platform WeChat for Chinese tourists.
Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the national ICT solutions provider in Sri Lanka, has recently announced a partnership with global electronic payments facilitator, Master card, to steer the adoption of electronic payments in Sri Lanka.
The government of Sri Lanka has reportedly stated that bus fares which were raised by state regulation three times this year have come down by 6 percent after a fuel prices were cut by 17.9 percent.
The Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association has reportedly stated that seasonal sales have been better than expected despite a near 16% depreciation in the value of the rupee in 2018.
Cruises vessel M V Marella Discovery had reportedly called at Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port with complement of 1,732 passengers and 764 crew.