{"id":4662,"date":"2025-09-16T06:42:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T01:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=4662"},"modified":"2025-09-16T06:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T01:12:32","slug":"world-bank-commends-sri-lankas-current-economic-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=4662","title":{"rendered":"World Bank commends Sri Lanka\u2019s current economic programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has met Johannes Zutt, the Vice President for the South Asia Region of the World Bank Group and a delegation of its representatives visiting Sri Lanka yesterday (15) at the Presidential Secretariat.<\/p>\n<p>During the discussion, the World Bank has commended Sri Lanka\u2019s current economic programme, according to the President\u2019s Media Division.<\/p>\n<p>Attention was drawn to key sectors that could yield short-term benefits such as digitalization, tourism, agriculture and infrastructure development, while discussions also focused on the development of the Northern and Eastern Provinces, the PMD stated.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the government\u2019s dedication to preserving the current economic stability of the country while progressing towards growth, President Dissanayake has requested the World Bank\u2019s support in sharing Sri Lanka\u2019s political, social and economic progress with the wider world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has met Johannes Zutt, the Vice President for the South Asia Region of the World Bank Group and a delegation of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leadstories","category-local","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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