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08.07 / 08:39
Target
Limelight
India biggest source market, likely to stay so for next couple of years: Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau
India is the biggest market for Sri Lanka in terms of tourism arrivals and that is likely to be the case in the long term as well, said said Chalaka Gajabahu, chairman, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB), the government body responsible for handling all marketing and promotion activities for the island nation. «In terms of numbers, right now, India is the number one source market for us and I'm pretty sure it's going to stay there for the next couple of years and for our long term plans as well,» he said. Gajabahu said the country has already got over 600,000 incoming tourists till June 30.
04.02 / 13:29
Adoption
Asia
Central Bank
legislation
Bitcoin
Sri Lanka against Bitcoin adoption, rejects Draper’s anti-corruption pitch
On a recent visit to Sri Lanka, American billionaire Tim Draper pitched the idea of adopting Bitcoin (BTC) as a legal tender to fight against the corruption that contributed to hyperinflation in the island country. However, a key Sri Lankan authority — central bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe — believed doing so would worsen the country’s economic situation.
13.07 / 09:25
European Union
Sri Lankan president flees country, hours before he was due to step down
The president of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled the country early Wednesday morning, hours before he was due to step down amid a devastating economic crisis that has triggered severe shortages of food and fuel.
10.07 / 11:53
Protest
Video Games
Sri Lanka opposition aims to install new government after protests force leaders to quit
Opposition leaders in Sri Lanka are meeting on Sunday in a bid to form a new government after the nation's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe agreed to step down.
09.07 / 13:27
Health
Sri Lanka protesters storm president's residence and office in fury at economic meltdown
Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo stormed the president's official residence and his secretariat on Saturday, amid months of mounting public anger over the country's worst economic crisis in seven decades.
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