by Professor Sunil J.  Wimalawansa Consequences of IMF loans: Under IMF-imposed policies, Sri Lanka has witnessed the dramatic deterioration of many local industries.  Sri Lanka had sold off its profitable public sector enterprises such as the Tire Corporation, Sugar Corporation, Milk-food Corporation, Air Lanka (which used to be Sri Lanka’s national airline), Ceylon Transport Board, […]

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KAMALIKA PIERIS Premadasa set up the Koggala Free Trade Zone.The National Housing Development Authority, Urban Development Authority, Central Environmental Authority and the Institute for Construction Training and Development,  (ICTAD).  He started the Housing Development Finance Corporation in 1984.(Daily News./2023/05/01).  This later became HDFC Bank . Premadasa  secured British funding for the construction of the Victoria Dam. […]

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නීතීඥ අරුණ ලකසිරි උණවටුන 1978 ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවෙන් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට මුල් අවස්ථා අධිකරණ බල කිහිපයක් ලබා දී ඇත. 1972 ව්‍යවස්ථා සම්පාදකයන් විසින් ලබා නොදුන් මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් මුල් අවස්ථා අධිකරණ බලය 1978 ව්‍යවස්ථා සම්පාදකයන් විසින් 1978 ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවෙන් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට ලබා දෙන ලදී. මේ මුල් අවස්ථා මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් අධිකරණ බලය බලවතුන් විසින්  ඉංග්‍රීසියෙන් ක්‍රියාත්මක කර ගත්තේය. මේ සඳහා කාර්ය […]

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Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe actively engaged in a pivotal business roundtable on Sri Lanka’s Economic Revival & Opportunities for Japanese Enterprise,” where he presented the nation’s commitment to stabilizing and liberalizing the economy while actively inviting new foreign ventures. The event, jointly organized by JETRO, Japan-Sri Lanka Business Co-Operation, and the Embassy of Sri […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka has received the approval from an expert committee to embark on a pilot project to cultivate cannabis within a BOI zone. This was revealed by Investment Promotion State Minister Dilum Amunugama during a media briefing at the BOI headquarters. The pilot project is to […]

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