The Committee on Public Accounts made recommendations to the officers of the Excise Department to expedite the preparation of the Computer Data Base System to streamline the process of calculating the Excise Revenue by linking the Excise Department, the Customs Department and the Inland Revenue Department.

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Iran organized a tourism promotion partnership event-2022 at its Chancery premises in Tehran on 06 April 2022 with the support of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau and Associations of Air Transport and Tourist Agencies of Iran. Around 75 guests, mainly travel agents & tour operators, airline representatives, journalists, academics, travel consultants & industry specialists and bloggers were present. The purpose of the event was to enhance partnerships in promoting Sri Lanka tourism in Iran and to share recent tourism developments in Sri Lanka among the people of Iran.

High Commissioner Professor Sudharshan Seneviratne drew home the importance of the tremendous potential both countries hold to work jointly towards a win-win situation on multiple areas of investments and be joint stakeholders in the blue economy having a shared interest in the Bay of Bengal.

 Prospects for exporting more gems & jewellery from Sri Lanka to Southern China