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TEHRAN (ANA)- Sri Lanka has earned nearly $401 million from tourism in January 2025.
News ID: 8376 Publish Date : 2025/03/02
TEHRAN (ANA)- The Airport and Aviation Services ( Sri Lanka ) (Private) Limited (AASL) announced that over 8.8 million passenger arrivals and departures were recorded in the country in 2024.
News ID: 8090 Publish Date : 2025/01/27
TEHRAN (ANA)- The Sri Lanka n central bank announced that the country's economy grew by 5.5 percent in the third quarter of 2024.
News ID: 7805 Publish Date : 2024/12/26
TEHRAN (ANA)- Sri Lanka 's Export Development Board (EDB) aims to raise service sector revenue to 5 billion U.S. dollars by 2030, local media reported, citing EDB Chairperson and CEO Mangala Wijesinghe.
News ID: 7401 Publish Date : 2024/11/05
TEHRAN (ANA)- Compared to the last two years, Sri Lanka expects to see a significant increase in the number of local and foreign tourists visiting destinations managed by the Department of Forest Conservation this year, a minister said.
News ID: 6711 Publish Date : 2024/08/06
TEHRAN (ANA)- The Sri Lanka n government has signed 35 investment agreements so far in 2024 and the Ministry of Investment Promotion has already met the annual investment target set by the Ministry of Finance, State Minister of Investment Promotion Dilum Amunugama said.
News ID: 6544 Publish Date : 2024/07/19
TEHRAN (ANA)- The inflation in Sri Lanka 's capital Colombo urban area increased to 1.7 percent in June from 0.9 percent in May, according to the Department of Census and Statistics.
News ID: 6409 Publish Date : 2024/07/06
TEHRAN (ANA)- Jagath Kumara Sumithraarachchi, chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Open and Accountable Government, said measures are being implemented to launch a technology-driven program to reduce corruption and fraud in Sri Lanka .
News ID: 6028 Publish Date : 2024/05/23
TEHRAN (ANA)- Iran will inaugurate the “Uma Oya” multipurpose project in Sri Lanka in the month of Ordibehesht in the Iranian calendar (to start on April 20) during Iran’s president visit to the country.
News ID: 5754 Publish Date : 2024/04/23
TEHRAN (ANA)- Sri Lanka has allocated 232 million rupees (over 750,000 U.S. dollars) for home gardening projects to empower local agricultural activities in 2024, State Minister of Agriculture Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva said.
News ID: 5593 Publish Date : 2024/04/06
TEHRAN (ANA)- Sri Lanka plans to purchase nearly 600 megawatts of electricity from renewable sources in 2024, State Minister for Power and Energy Indika Anuruddha said.
News ID: 4770 Publish Date : 2024/01/11
TEHRAN (ANA)- Sri Lanka 's cabinet has approved a proposal to construct a floating solar photovoltaic power plant with a capacity of around 150-200 megawatts, a statement from the government's information department said.
News ID: 4012 Publish Date : 2023/11/02
TEHRAN (ANA)- Sri Lanka 's economy is expected to grow by 1.7 percent in 2024 after contracting by 3.8 percent in 2023, the World Bank said in its twice-a-year update.
News ID: 3995 Publish Date : 2023/11/02
TEHRAN (ANA)- Sri Lanka has earned nearly 700 million US dollars from tourism in the first four months of 2023, an increase of 17.8 percent from the same period last year, an official said.
News ID: 2415 Publish Date : 2023/05/15
TEHRAN (ANA)- Sri Lanka 's headline inflation dropped to 49.2 percent in March from 53.6 percent in February this year, said the Department of Census and Statistics.
News ID: 2250 Publish Date : 2023/04/27
TEHRAN (ANA)- Sri Lanka 's tourism industry is aiming to attract 2 million visitors in 2023, an increase from the previous target of 1.5 million, an official said.
News ID: 2048 Publish Date : 2023/04/06
TEHRAN (ANA)- Sri Lanka earned 169.9 million US dollars from tourism in February, the country's tourism minister said.
News ID: 1985 Publish Date : 2023/04/01
TEHRAN (ANA)- Sri Lanka has recorded a drop in inflation for the third consecutive month as the economy looks to gradually recover, the country's Central Bank said.
News ID: 1474 Publish Date : 2023/02/02
TEHRAN (ANA)- Sri Lanka 's treasury is running out of funds as a serious economic crisis continues to affect the South Asian island nation, the country's cabinet spokesman said.
News ID: 1328 Publish Date : 2023/01/15
TEHRAN (ANA)- Sri Lanka 's inflation measured by the year-on-year change in the national consumer price index decreased to 70.6 percent in October from a record high of 73.7 percent in September, the Department of Census and Statistics said.
News ID: 874 Publish Date : 2022/11/26
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