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This chapter contains useful facts for visitors, phone numbers for business associations and embassies, contact information for state agencies, and advice on travelling through tea country.

This chapter explores the legal framework of Sri Lanka and features topics including foreign ownership rules, efforts to improve investor confidence, and employee rights and protections. It also contains an interview with John Wilson, Managing Proprietor, John Wilson Partners.

This chapter explores the Sri Lankan tax framework, giving a breakdown of the various regulatory authorities, revenue collection systems, taxpayer services and other elements. It also contains a viewpoint from Sujeewa Rajapakse, Managing Partner, BDO Partners.

Sri Lanka’s education system is widely regarded as among the best in South Asia. A commitment to improving the quality of teaching at all levels and across the country has resulted in impressive outcomes in recent years. The current government, which came to power in early 2015, has announced a series of ambitious new policies aimed at bolstering the nation’s reputation as a high-quality...

Sri Lanka’s vibrant telecommunications industry has benefitted from two decades of market liberalisation, with five competing mobile operators driving retail tariffs to some of the lowest levels worldwide. End users and operators benefit from the country’s position as a swing point between Europe and East Asia, and its advantageous geographic location atop a host of high-capacity submarine...

In 2015 and early 2016 the state rolled out a series of reforms and initiatives aimed at shoring up the country’s energy industry, including expanding the national electricity grid, particularly in rural areas; developing new renewable energy sources; opening up the hydrocarbons sector to greater foreign investment; and working to introduce a new fuel pricing formula, which has the potential...