Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- The amount of foreign direct investment received by the country in the first 7 months of this year has more than doubled compared to the first 7 months of last year, Chairman of the Board of Investment (BOI) of Sri Lanka Arjuna Herath said.

Accordingly, the country has received US$ 607 million in foreign direct investment during the first 7 months of this year, he said.

The amount of foreign direct investment received by the country last year was US$ 614 million, and at the current trend, it is expected that the country will receive US$ 1 billion in foreign direct investment by the end of this year, said Herath. He stated that the amount of foreign direct investment received by the country last year was officially ...