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Tue, 24 Sep 2024 Today's Paper
Janashakthi Insurance PLC Chief Executive Jude Fernando had notified the company’s board of directors of his intention to resign from his position of Director/CEO with effect from August 31, a stock exchange filing by the insurer said.
Local start-ups should critically re-evaluate current business models by taking into account the direction of the business in the short term, to add fresh impetus to the sector and greater emphasis from the government is required to position Sri Lank
Sri Lanka’s tea export earnings could potentially top US$ 1.5 billion this year, if the country’s banking sector and the government extends the required supportive measures to the industry including a competitive interest rate regime, according t
With the upcoming parliamentary elections in August, the government is urged to present a medium term budgetary framework balancing the contradictory objectives of an immediate need for counter-cyclical fiscal policy to bounce back from the COVID-19
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has announced changes in the S&P Sri Lanka 20 index constituents made by S&P Dow Jones Indices, at the 2020 mid-year index rebalance.
The prolonged curfew and lockdown measures introduced to contain the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerability of Sri Lanka’s food system.
Giving solutions to economic problems is a task which should receive a high priority to resolve socio-economic problems of the public. Giving a higher income to the hands of the people would resolve most of the problems in the society.
National carrier SriLankan Airlines expects to go forward as a leaner operation in the post-COVID-19 environment while trimming its debt exposure running into a billion dollars, according to its Chairman Ashok Pathirage.
The decisions that were taken last week to further support the economy by way of Central Bank liquidity were neither instantaneous nor a case of being succumbed to the president’s outburst but were measures that were well underway after extensive d
The All Share Price Index (ASPI) of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) yesterday crossed the 5,000-point threshold for the first time in three months.
Ranjith Kodituwakku has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer/General Manager of People’s Bank, with effect from June 19, 2020.
As Sri Lanka’s regular target markets for tourism are showing slim chances of opening up for travel in the immediate future, due to being heavily impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the representatives of the sector stressed the need t
The Central Bank has capped the interest rate chargeable from those who become eligible for the moratorium at 7 percent on deferred instalments, as the banks raised concerns about the interest cost that they are compelled to make in respect of the de
Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) has launched a digital export promotion programme to push the sector towards speedy recovery and iron out the negative impacts caused by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) complain about lack of access to finance, lack of government support, insufficient customer preference for local products and services and so on. While these may be true, these are not the only reasons s
A harmonised set of industry-wide health and safety protocols are necessary for travel and tourism to recover.
The current economic slowdown in South Asia comes against the backdrop of a global public health crisis that has halted economic activities across many economies in the region and beyond. Growth in South Asia is expected to average 2-3 percent in 202
The project company, CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd., is planning to open the beach in the Colombo Port City to the public next year, the Urban Development, Water Supply and Housing Ministry said.
Merchandise exports for the month of May 2020 has bounced back to US$ 602 million, compared to the previous month of April, which was only US$ 277 million, according to Customs provisional statistics.
Some leeway has been granted to commercial banks and the National Savings Bank (NSB) to buy sovereign bonds issued by Sri Lanka after three months of suspension, but such purchases should be made using new foreign currency inflows received by the ban
In an effort to finance a grassroots revival of the Sri Lankan economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, HNB PLC has announced the launch of a Rs.5 billion relief fund, which will be used to provide working capital support to the bank’s sizeabl
Pharmaceutical, FMCG and personal care sectors acted largely as a defence against the disruptions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic at Hemas Holdings PLC during the quarter ended March 31, 2020 (4Q20), as they to a larger degree blunted the nega
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cautioned the general public against the growing number of unsolicited phone calls from persons claiming to be agents of international stock broker firms, as an organised group appears to be coaxing gu
Sri Lanka’s construction sector has come together, stronger and more determined than ever to recommence projects that signify economic renewal, and which promise to reshape Colombo’s skyline
Australia’s prime minister revealed yesterday his country was under a broad cyberattack from a “state-based actor” targeting government, public services and businesses, with suspicions falling on China.
US President Donald Trump is pursuing a “reset” of the World Trade Organization which he believes has treated American interests unfairly, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said this week.
Asian equities rose yesterday as investors went into the weekend on an upbeat note, with an eye on the easing of lockdowns and mostly improving economic data, which offset geopolitical tensions and second wave worries.
DTW International (Pvt) Ltd (DTW) in partnership with UPL Limited (UPL) donated a high tech ULV fogging equipment to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in response to the immediate need at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) of Sri Lanka, the main nerve
Seylan Bank has been endorsed as a financially stable organisation with performance excellence across the board by Fitch Ratings, with the bank’s national long-term rating revised upward, from ‘A-(lka)’ to ‘A(lka).
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