Sri Lanka’s 64th Independence Day celebrated; Sri Lanka’s Minister of External Affairs Prof. Peiris visits Cameroon and Congo; Inflation declines to 3.8% in January, 2012; 1.5 lakh Indian tourists visited Sri Lanka in 2011
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Whatsapp
  • Linkedin
  • Print

    • January 30 – February 05

    Reports noted that Sri Lanka celebrated the 64th Independence Day on February 4, 2012. 1

    According to reports, Sri Lanka’s Minister of External Affairs Prof. GL Peiris made a two day official visit to Cameroon and met Prime Minister Philemon Yang and Acting Foreign Minister John Ngute. Following that Prof. Peiris left for Congo for a series of official meetings. 2

    According to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, inflation decreased significantly to 3.8 per cent in January 2012 from 4.9 per cent in December 2011. 3

    In other developments, reports noted that during the period from January to November 2011, Sri Lanka received just over 7.5 lakh tourists. Of this, over 1.5 lakh were Indians, which is 20 per cent of the tourists to Sri Lanka in 2011. In 2010, out of the total of about 6.5 lakh tourists, Indians accounted for over 1.2 lakh. 4

    Top