The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) has launched a National Export Strategy (NES) recently under the patronage of the Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade (MODSIT).The NES represents a timely catalyst through which the export sector will be reshaped.

The three-storied preaching hall (Dharmashalawa) in the ordainment premises of the Sangha), erected and partly-renovated by Corps of Engineer Service (CES) troops of the 11 Division at Warathenna Ordainment premises in Kandy was ceremonially opened on Wednesday (3) by HE the President Maithripala Sirisena.

In an effort to revive and stimulate the promotional activities in the fastest growing Indian outbound travel market, the Sri Lanka High Commission in New Delhi, jointly with the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO), Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) and the national carrier Sri Lankan Airlines launched a mega promotional event in Delhi on 25^th June 2019, at the Le Meridian Hotel in New Delhi, to announce the special promotional tour package “ Splendors of Sri Lanka”   for the Indian travelers.

Naval personnel on board Inshore Patrol Craft attached to the Eastern Naval Command apprehended 31 persons at two separate locations, during their routine patrols.