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The Hambantota port operator, China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort), saw 23.5 percent of its shares acquired by Fujian Transportation Maritime Silk Road Investment and Management, a share transfer that took place via an online signing ceremony earli
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has decided to pull out from the investment made in Cargills Food Processing Company (Pvt.) Ltd (CFC), a subsidiary of Cargills (Ceylon) PLC (CCP).
The Monetary Board of the Central Bank (CB) will consider three shortlisted software development firms to develop a Proof of Concept (PoC) of a shared KYC (know-your-client) facility, based on blockchain technology, for the country’s banking sector
With the harsh reality of a global recession slowly descending on Sri Lanka, questions about government expenditure and its allocation of resources have begun to dominate dinner table discussions. Fears of higher taxation to cover the losses earned a
International Chamber of Commerce Chairman Paul Polman speaking at a top-level UN summit last week noted that a US $ 5 trillion trade financing capacity will be needed in 2021, to restore global commerce to its pre-COVID-19 trend.
State-owned banking giant Bank of Ceylon (BOC) is set to receive a fresh injection of US$ 300 million from multilateral lenders within the year, an influx that would assist in further strengthening the bank’s balance sheet.
First Capital Research sees a higher probability for a substantial policy rate cut by the Central Bank at its upcoming Monetary Policy Review scheduled for July 20 to discourage banks’ utilisation of Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) to park
Sri Lankan business leader K.R. Ravindran will assume the Chairmanship of the Board of Trustees of Chicago-based Rotary Foundation today (July 1st).
Sri Lanka Insurance (SLI) at the recently held Annual General Meeting declared that the company has closed year 2019 in a positive note recording a phenomenal growth with exceptional service innovations.
Households owning a desktop computer or a laptop have continued to decline in Sri Lanka during the three years from 2017 to 2019, but the shifting to home working in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic may have reversed the trend with people se
Headline inflation as measured by the year-on-year (yoy) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) declined to 3.9 percent in June 2020 from 4.0 percent in May 2020.
Sri Lanka ticks all the boxes of an irresistible tourism destination but repeated uncertainties have kept the island nation off the itineraries of its target audience on and off, for decades.
The start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in China last December sent ripples across the global economy but it certainly took time to realise that even the strongest industries would receive a painful hit from the club.
The businesses operating in the country are observed to be largely confused as to how they should chart their way forward in the post-lockdown scenario, as the relevant government authorities have failed to be clear in their directives and communicat
Sri Lanka’s listed corporates are expected to report between 15 percent to 20 percent decline in their earnings, as they prepare to close books on one of the worst quarters on record. Analysts are parsing data to understand each company’s operati
Sri Lanka’s confectionary industry yesterday said it is actively exploring the avenues to shift towards using locally produced coconut oil substitutes and move away from palm oil fats in their production processes, as directed by the government.
The country’s national telecommunication provider, Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) PLC, is likely to invest US $ 60 million in the upcoming South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 6 (SEA-ME-WE 6) submarine cable system, which is scheduled to be comp
The acute shortage of doctors, consultants, trained nurses and other medical staff, has pushed Sri Lanka’s private healthcare sector towards intense competition among the handful of players operating in the sector, leading to poaching and thereby n
Sri Lanka’s most technologically innovative bank HNB PLC reported a smooth transition to contactless remittance transactions parallel to rising demand for digital remittances and cardless withdrawals during the coronavirus lockdown.
At least six people were killed when gunmen attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi yesterday, with a policeman among the dead after the assailants opened fire and hurled a grenade at the trading floor, police said.
Even though Sri Lanka’s economy has opened up, businesses are still recovering from the dual shock of the locally imposed curfew as well as the global fallback from the coronavirus. A vast majority of Sri Lankan businesses are in need of support if
Outgoing World Bank Country Director for the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka Idah Z. Pswarayi-Riddihough speaks about the highlights of her four years in Colombo. She also shares her thoughts on the opportunities she sees for Sri Lanka and wishes the p
The 27th anniversary of the establishment of Regional Plantation Companies fell on June 23.
Hotel Developers (Lanka) PLC, the owner of Hilton Colombo, has announced that the State-owned entity will delist its shares from the official list of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) in compliance with applicable regulations and procedures.
The Central Bank (CB) yesterday announced a credit guarantee and interest subsidy scheme with a view to further accelerate lending by the banking sector to COVID-19 hit businesses in the country.
Sri Lanka has settled foreign currency loans up to US$ 1,007 million during the three months from April 8 to June 22 using foreign currency reserves as liquidity became challenging due to sour external market conditions and slower foreign earnings re
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) yesterday announced the appointment of Dumith Fernando as the Chairman of CSE Board of Directors with effect from July 1, 2020.
State-owned banking giant, Bank of Ceylon (BOC) and China Development Bank (CDB) are set to enter into a US$ 140 million long-term facility, where drawdown will be under tranches of US$ 70 million each.
Vajira Kulatilaka, who recently retired from the NDB Group, has been appointed as a Non-Executive, Independent Director of Sampath Bank PLC with effect from June 25.
The government is likely to delay the re-opening of the country’s borders as previously planned for August 1, to facilitate the return of Sri Lankan workers stranded abroad due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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