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World Heritage City of Kandy, Sri Lanka: Conservation and Development Plan. Sri Lanka: Central Cultural Fund. ISBN 978-955-613-126-0. Seneviratna, Anuradha (2008). Gateway to Kandy – Ancient monuments in the central hills of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka: Vijitha Yapa Publications. ISBN 978-955-665-031-0. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011
Tea production is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka, and accounts for 2% of GDP, contributing over US$1.3 billion in 2021 to the economy of Sri Lanka. [1] It employs, directly or indirectly, over 1 million people, and in 1995 directly employed 215,338 on tea plantations and estates.
The election on Saturday was the first to be held since mass protests unseated the country's leader, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in 2022 after Sri Lanka suffered its worst economic crisis. In a political ...
Sri Lanka: Vijitha Yapa Publications, July 2007. ISBN 978-955-1266-77-6; Channa Wicremasekera, Kandy at War. Sri Lanka: Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2004. ISBN 955-8095-52-4; Michael Roberts, Sinhala Consciousness in the Kandyan Period. Sri Lanka: Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2004. ISBN 955-8095-31-1, Abeysinghe, Tikiri (2005). Jaffna under the ...
The court order was issued on the basis of a case filed by political activist Keerthi Tennakoon against Cabraal regarding misappropriation and misuse of public funds which led to the massive economic crisis in Sri Lanka. [412] Basil Rajapaksa tested positive for COVID-19 on 16 April 2022 and was hospitalised for treatment.
A dire shortfall in foreign exchange reserves in 2022 pushed Sri Lanka's economy into its worst crisis in decades. While the economy has since taken tentative steps towards recovery, a lot remains ...
Mahinda Rajapaksa was inaugurated as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. [74] Economic troubles in Sri Lanka began in 2019, when a severe economic crisis began caused by rapidly increasing foreign debt, massive government budget deficits due to tax cuts, a food crisis caused by mandatory organic farming along with a ban on chemical fertilizers ...
As a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) governed by the Colombo Port City Economic Commission (CPCEC), Port City Colombo aims to be a business-friendly environment for investors. . The SEZ includes tax incentives and exemptions of up to 25 years for Businesses of Strategic Importance (BSIs), transactions in 16 designated foreign currencies with no capital or exchange controls, 100% foreign ownership ...