A senior academic delegation led by the Vice President of Sichuan University Prof. Yan Shijing and the Director General of the newly established China Center for South Asian Studies (CCSAS) Prof. Sun Shihai visited Pathfinder Foundation (PF)
Sri Lanka’s LVL Energy Fund, which operates hydro, wind and thermal power plants, has reportedly stated that its net profit has increased 25 percent to Rs. 223 million in the September 2018 quarter from a year ago.
Official data of the government of Sri Lanka has noted that forex reserves have recorded an increase by US$ 736 million to US$ 7,900 million in October 2018 from a month earlier.
Container volumes at the Colombo Port in Sri Lanka have reportedly increased by 14.9 percent to 5,223,292 twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs)
The Japanese government under its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project (GGP) has reportedly extended a total sum of US$ 625,000 (Approximately Rs. 97 million) in grant aid for humanitarian demining in northern Sri Lanka.