A spokesperson of the Sri Lankan government has been quoted in the local media as saying that China Merchants Port Holdings (CM Port) has agreed to increase its first installment payment for leasing Sri Lanka’s southern Hambantota Port to 30% from 10% of the US$ 1.1 billion deal.
Hapag-Lloyd India has expressed support to the government’s move to liberalize the country’s shipping and logistics industry.
The World Bank has called on Sri Lanka to implement gender equal labor laws and non-discriminatory policies, provide childcare and better prepare girls for employment to encourage more women to join the workforce.
“Invest Sri Lanka Investor Forum”, organized by the Colombo Stock Exchange and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka in association
Board of Investment Sri Lanka, is the central facilitation point for all investors in Sri Lanka. The BOI was established in 1978 as the investment promotion arm