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Hilton Named Best Workplace in Sri Lanka
Breaking Travel News
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July 6, 2025
Hilton has been named the Best Workplace in Sri Lanka™ 2025 by Great Place to Work®, earning the top position in the large-sized business category for the first time. This achievement follows four consecutive years as Sri Lanka’s top hospitality...
Trump Tariffs Cloud Sri Lanka’s Exports as Hopes for Relief Hang in Balance
Lanka News Web
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July 6, 2025
By: Staff Writer July 06, Colombo (LNW): Sri Lanka’s efforts to avoid being caught in the crosshairs of U.S. trade tensions remain uncertain after former U.S. President Donald Trump revealed he had signed 12 tariff-related letters, with their...
Tanvir’s five-for powers Bangladesh to crucial win in Sri Lanka
Daily Times
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July 6, 2025
Bangladesh bounced back in style to level the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka with a thrilling 16-run victory in Colombo on Saturday. Tanvir Islam delivered a career-best performance, taking his maiden five-wicket haul and breaking Sri...
Sri Lanka Reschedules €30M Debt with Hungary amid Financial Stability Efforts
Lanka News Web
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July 4, 2025
As Sri Lanka continues to grapple with its worst economic crisis in decades, the country has taken another step forward in managing its crippling debt burden. In a significant development, Sri Lanka signed a bilateral agreement with Hungarian...
IMF offers Sri Lanka immediate access to $350 mn
Fibre 2 Fashion
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Though Sri Lanka’s economic outlook remains positive, global trade policy uncertainties pose significant risks to its macroeconomic and social stability, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which recently offered the country...
Kobe Motor introduces Powertrain Warranty with Auto Miraj as authorised service partner
Daily FT
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From left: Kobe Motor Company Director Hamza Ali, Director Ijaz Ali, Auto Miraj Group Chairman Iroshan Saratchandra, Kobe Motor Company President Umar Ali, Auto Miraj Group Deputy Chairman Ramith Sarathchandra, and Kobe Motor Company Director...
Manila to press US for tariff rollback
Business World
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July 10, 2025
THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE on Thursday raised alarm over the US decision to increase tariffs on Philippine exports to 20%, as a high-level delegation prepares to fly to Washington next week to seek adjustments. The Philippine Exporters Confederation,...
Sri Lanka and Japan hold Economic Cooperation Policy Dialogue
Daily FT
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Sri Lanka and Japan yesterday held the Economic Cooperation Policy Dialogue for the first time under the new NPP Government. The visiting Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister/Director-General, International Cooperation Bureau...
Arrogance of ignorance
Daily FT
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The Government must possess a relentless drive to understand the world around us. We must first understand what we know and what we do not know. The Government’s front benches are quietly slipping into that classic mistaken notion of power that...
Sri Lanka still in negotiations with Sinopec over tax holiday, local sales
EconomyNext
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July 3, 2025
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is still under negotiations with China’s Sinopec over tax holiday and local sales in an already inked $3.7 billion refinery deal in Hambantota, Deputy Industries Minister Chathuranga Abeysinghe said. The island nation...
EU-Backed Project Powers Greener Future for Sri Lanka’s Industrial Sector
Lanka News Web
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July 3, 2025
By: Staff Writer July 03, Colombo (LNW): Sri Lanka’s energy-intensive industrial sector is receiving a major boost in its journey toward sustainability through a European Union (EU)-funded initiative aimed at combating climate change and promoting...
The most expensive salads on the high street: Pret causes a stir with new £13 lunch - but commuter are already shelling out as much as £25 on leaves
Daily Mail
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July 11, 2025
Pret A Manger caused a stir this week by unveiling a £13 supersized salmon salad targeted at hybrid workers who 'want to treat themselves the days they are in the office'. Social media fury quickly erupted over the price, which will be higher...
New US tariff hikes cast shadow on Asia
China Daily
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Vendors pick from piles of bananas at a wholesale market in Manila, the Philippines, on Thursday. ELOISA LOPEZ/REUTERS The latest round of tariffs announced by the United States has again cast a shadow over the Asia-Pacific's economic outlook as...
Sri Lanka’s digital economy targets 5x growth: Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya
Daily FT
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Keynote Speech by Chief Adviser to the President on Digital Economy Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya at Sri Lanka’s first-ever Data Privacy and Protection Summit 2025 organised by CICRA Holdings and Daily FT yesterday in Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo – Pix by...
The countries that received Trump’s tariff letters – and where things stand now
The Globe and Mail
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July 11, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Most countries have faced a minimum 10-per-cent levy on goods entering the U.S. since April.Tatan Syuflana/The Associated Press U.S. President Donald Trump has sent letters to Canada and a handful of other countries this...
16th Intex: A Resounding Success for the Textile & Apparel Industry of Bangladesh
Textile Focus
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July 8, 2025
The 16th edition of Intex was held from 25 to 27 June 2025 at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB), Dhaka, Bangladesh concluded on a high note, marking yet another successful chapter in South Asia’s premier international textile...
Sri Lanka stocks close up as US tariff announcement looms
EconomyNext
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July 4, 2025
ECONOMYNEXT – Colombo’s All Share Price Index climbed a marginal 0.26 percent higher after dipping in early trade, seemingly unaffected by US president Donald Trump’s promised tariff letters, brokers said. “Market had a bit of selling pressure in...
Sri Lanka Customs earns Rs.225 mln from misclassified mandarin import
EconomyNext
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July 4, 2025
ECONOMYNEXT – Colombo’s All Share Price Index climbed a marginal 0.26 percent higher after dipping in early trade, seemingly unaffected by US president Donald Trump’s promised tariff letters, brokers said. “Market had a bit of selling pressure in...
Book By Paul Kapur, Trump’s South Asia Pick, Captures Pakistan’s Jihad Strategy & India’s Response
News18
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July 11, 2025
Last Updated:July 11, 2025, 08:28 IST Kapur’s 2017 book 'Jihad as Grand Strategy' is more than an analysis of Pakistan’s use of jihad as state policy. It anticipates much of what is unfolding today 'Jihad as Grand Strategy' by S Paul Kapur.In and...
New taxes, shipping bans drive up prices for online shoppers in Pakistan
The Nation
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July 8, 2025
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani customers are facing higher charges on buying online products following a 5 percent digital tax has been imposed on all foreign online purchases from July this year, and Pakistani customs have also banned cheap shipping...