COLOMBO, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka has received 523 million U.S. dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first half of this year, an official said on Friday.
M.A.A. Niroshani, a senior official with Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment (BOI), said this is 52.3 percent of the yearly target set by the government.
Niroshani said there are 1,550 companies registered under the BOI, which generate over