Sri Lanka’s Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara has issued a circular allowing migrant workers to import an electric vehicle in an attempt to incentivise remitting money through formal channels.
With the aim of popularizing the LankaRemit National Remittance Mobile Application among migrant workers, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) and the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) held a ceremony on 26 August 2022 at SLBFE to demonstrate its features. LankaRemit provides Sri Lankan expatriates with access to a fast, secure [...]
International Tea Day is a United Nations observance celebrated annually on May 21 to express the economical, biological and physical benefits of tea. It was inaugurated by the General Assembly and essentially replaced the unofficial observance of the same name, which used to be celebrated on December 15 in tea producing countries. [...]
The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Dubai & Northern Emirates facilitated Sri Lanka’s participation at the Gulfood 2020 in collaboration with Sri Lanka Export Development Board and Sri Lanka Tea Board. 47 Sri Lankan exporters covering food and beverages sectors participated in ‘Gulfood’, the world’s largest annual food and beverage trade exhibition, which [...]
Mobile Consular Service at Ras Al Khaimah on 13th August 2021
A fruitful discussion had between the EXPO 2020 officials and the Sri Lanka ministerial delegation led by Hon. Namal Rajapakse, Minister of Youth & Sports and Hon. D. V. Chanaka State Minister of Aviation & Export Zones Development of Sri Lanka on the 08th March 2021 during their official visit to Dubai. The Consulate [...]
