Tourism 2020’s top forex draw!
The contribution of the SME sector to the
country's economy is of paramount importance since around 80 per
cent of the businesses in Sri Lanka fall under SME. Since the dawn
of peace the tourism sector has been playing a prominent role in the
economic development of the country. Last year tourist arrivals
exceeded the one million mark and the government is targeting 2.5
million tourist arrivals by 2016 and four million by 2020,
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Diplomacy, espionage and Indian foreign policy making
Public officials in Sri Lanka, especially the
counter-intelligence establishment, will probably need to be
spending a lot of time in analysing the background to the expulsion
by Russia last week, of an American CIA officer operating under
diplomatic cover.
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Justice S R Wijayatilake’s birth anniversary
today:
Justice tempered with mercy
Justice S R Wijayatilake, former Supreme Court
Judge was born in Matale on May 17, 1912 and passed away on March
13, 1990. He received his early education at Ananda College Colombo.
Having passed the Senior Cambridge and the London Matriculation
Examinations, he joined the University College,
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