NAY PYI TAW - Myanmar, China and Bangladesh on Friday reached an agreement on electric power trade at a trilateral ministerial meeting in Nay Pyi Taw.Matters relating to starting trilateral cross-border power trading and its implementation mechanism were discussed at the plenary meeting, aimed at enhancing cooperation on electric power trading through promoting the interconnection of power grid and infrastructure development among the three countries.The trilateral agreement to trade electric power among neighboring countries could help with the improvement of energy security, sharing of electricity resources, infrastructure development, capacity development of officials and job opportunity as well as strengthening of long term friendship and fulfilling of the basic requirements of electricity supply to support the economic development for each country, a statement of Myanmar's Electricity and Energy Ministry said.Present at the meeting were Myanmar's Union Minister U Win Khaing for Electricity and Energy, vice administrator of National Energy Administration of China Li Fanrong, advisor to Prime Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Affairs of Bangladesh Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury BB. wristbands canadacustom silicone bracelets canadarubber bracelets canadasilicone bracelets canadasilicone wristbands canadacustom wristbands canadacanadian wristbandswristbands canada
COLOMBO - Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka exceeded 200,000 in February, a 19.3 percent growth compared to the same period last year, mainly due to a strong rise from China, statistics from the Sri Lanka Tourism Ministry showed here Friday.China emerged as the leading market followed by India and the United Kingdom.A total of 35,929 tourists arrived from China in February, a 42.3 percent increase from the same period of last year.India recorded over 32,000 tourists while over 23,000 arrived from the United Kingdom.So far this year, 474,542 tourists have visited Sri Lanka, a 13.8 percent growth compared to last year.Region wise, Europe continued to be the largest source of tourist traffic to Sri Lanka with a 52 percent growth followed by Asia and Pacific with a 41 growth, America recorded a 5 percent growth and Middle East recorded a 2 percent growth.China has been one of the leading markets for Sri Lanka with over 268,000 Chinese tourists visiting Sri Lanka last year.Tourism Minister John Amaratunga said the country hoped to attract at least 1 million tourists from China per year by 2020 as China was a strong market for Sri Lanka.Overall Sri Lanka received more than 2.3 million tourists last year, the highest ever recorded in history.
