Nominal visa fee for SAARC countries
Sri Lanka will introduce the ‘visa on arrival’
system in different tiers from January 1, 2012, said Minister of
Economic Development, Basil Rajapaksa. The Minister told ‘Daily News
Business’ that for both the Maldivian and Singaporean nationals
there would be no visa fee and they would be issued visa on arrival.
This decision was taken on a reciprocal basis. “Honouring the strong
ties the SAARC countries have, a nominal fee would be charged from
nationals of these countries,” he explained.
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Buoyant external sector performance
The external sector remained buoyant in the
first eight months of 2011 reflecting the expanding domestic
economic activities, growing external trade, inflows on account of
remittances and services and growing investor confidence. Both
earnings from exports and expenditure on imports increased further
on a year-on-year basis in August 2011, the Central Bank said.
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Nenasa TV expands coverage to cover 2,000 schools
Nenasa TV, the satellite based television
channel developed to bridge the education gap between urban and
rural Sri Lanka is expanding its reach to connect another 1,000
schools into the programme with the aim of making education
accessible to all.
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