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Lanka commences negotiations with IMF :

Stand-by Arrangement of US$ 1,900 million

In response to an offer of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to support Sri Lanka during the current global financial crisis, the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL), has sought a Stand-by Arrangement from the IMF, in the range of 300 per cent of Sri Lanka’s current quota with the Fund,

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Foreign direct investments increased in 2008

Sri Lanka was able to attract USD 889 million worth of foreign direct investments during last year. Comparing with 2007 this is a 21 per cent increase and total foreign direct investments were recorded as USD 734 million in that year.

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Huge potential to expand rent-a-car industry

There is huge potential to expand the rent-a-car industry in Sri Lanka with the end of the war and the country must get the maximum benefit from it, Managing Director Casons Rent-a-Car (Pvt) Ltd, Zakir Ahamed told Daily News Business.

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The ‘Samagi’ tailoring mart is run by four wives of soldiers who had sacrificed their lives to save the motherland. They produce children’s and ladies wear to eke out an existence. Picture by Saman Sri Wedage

 



 
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