Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) Chairman Lord Marland to meet President and business leaders during upcoming visit Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) Chairman Lord Marland will visit Sri Lanka from 19th to 21st February 2024 as part of a larger trip to South and South East Asia where he will meet H.E. President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Ministers and business leaders. CWEIC is a commercial, not-for-profit membership organisation with an official mandate from the Commonwealth Heads of Government to facilitate trade and investment throughout the 56 Commonwealth member nations. CWEIC has multiple Strategic Partners (members) in Sri Lanka including Port City Colombo, Capital Maharaja Group and LOLC Holdings from the Private sector. In 2023, the Government of Sri Lanka rejoined as a Strategic Partner. ...

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Train ticket reservations now online-by Chaturanga Samraiwckrama Source:Dailymirror While transitioning the entire ticketing system to a digital based system, the railways department launched a mobile app and a website today to make it easier for commuters to reserve seats online. The website (https://seatreservation.railway.gov.lk) and the mobile app were launched by Transport Minister, Dilum Amunugama. ...

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Learning nothing, forgetting everything-by Rajan Philips Source:Island Valley of death in Passara, Vicious circle in Geneva: Passara was a tragedy caught live on camera. Geneva is where Sri Lanka’s postwar vicious circle makes its annual appearance. It did appear this year and it will be back again come September, then March, and so on. There will be more Passaras and valleys of deaths unless the government stops building new roads to profit some people and starts making old roads safe for all people. Equally, Geneva will be an annual ritual unless the government stops continuing the old war by other means and starts building a new society for everyone to feel equally included. I am not saying anything new here regarding Geneva and UNHRC, other than paraphrasing the recommendations of the LLRC Commission that Rajapaksa the Elder received with aplomb, and which Rajapaksa the Younger has rejected with disdain. As ...

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