BOI launches five-year residence visa to entice foreign investors Investment Promotion Minister Dhammika Perera hands over visa document to Unilever Sri Lanka Chairperson and Managing Director Hajar Alafifi Laadel in the presence of BOI Director General Renuka M. Weerakone (extreme left) Source:dailymirror.lk Investment Promotion Minister Dhammika Perera hands over visa document to Lanka IOC PLC Managing Director Manoj Gupta 10 investors received long-term visa yesterday Application process entirely online Initiative aimed at improving SL’s ease of doing business index In an effort to step up the nation’s game in luring in foreign direct investments (FDI), Sri Lanka’s investment promotion agency, the Board of Investment (BOI), launched yesterday the five-year residence visa programme dedicated to investors. The initiative has been launched by the newly-appointed Investment Promotion Minister Dhammika Perera to make Sri Lanka meet the international benchmark in terms of ease of doing business.The long-term visa programme, a long-felt need, primarily ...

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Good News From Jayam April 1, 2022 Pls Scroll Down 35 items     BOI Chairman Raja Edirisuriya, Korean Ambassador discuss promoting Korean investments in Sri Lanka Korean Ambassador Santhush Woonjin Jeong met BOI Chairman, Eng. Raja Edirisuriya to discuss ways to attract more Korean investments to Sri Lanka at the Board of Investment premises. BOI Chairman, Eng. Raja Edirisuriya emphasised the importance of boosting foreign investment to overcome Sri Lanka’s current economic challenges. Roshan Serasinghe’s Special Show in Burbank, Ca. Colombo Port City to Add Aquatic Airport The fast progressing Colombo Port City will see the addition of an aquatic airport, the Ministry of Tourism said. According to Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga, the preliminary work of the airport has reached completion.The setting up of the water airport, which allows seaplanes, float-planes, and amphibious air-crafts to land and take off, was announced at a special discussion held with the relevant ...

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Good News From Jayam January 1, 2022 Pls Scroll Down 35 items “Ecological Floating Islands” to Purify Beira Lake… President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today released a thousand ecological floating islands to Beira Lake initiating the purifying process of the lake. Beira Lake has been polluted due to unauthorized urbanization and improper upgrading of sewerage infrastructure in Colombo. The “Ecological floating islands” method was implemented under the guidance of Chairman of Land Development Corporation, Retired Major General M.R.W. de Soyza.Ecologist Ranoshi Siripala points out that the experiment conducted for water purification by planting plants such as Cannas, Savandara and Heliconia using PVC pipes,bamboo and foam mattresses as floating supports has yielded successful results.   Raja Edirisuriya Takes Over as BOI Chairman Leading civil engineer and former Ambassador to Brazil, Raja Edirisuriya has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Investment by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.  Edirisuriya took up his appointment on 15 December. ...

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