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The outlook for finance companies is expected to be more challenging compared to banks in the post-confinement period as asset quality, liquidity and higher capital standards could weigh on the sector’s recovery, but the regulatory response aimed a
Sri Lanka is the 8th cheapest country for mobile data in 2020 while the average mobile data speed records a steep decline leading to the poor ranking of 79 among 100 countries.
DFCC Bank PLC had some robust growth in loans during the first three months of 2020 until lockdowns came into place mid-March while the re-classification of fair value losses on Commercial Bank shares it owned helped to generate higher profits for th
As coronavirus exacerbated the setbacks already faced by Sri Lanka’s gem & jewellery industry, required is a renewed narrative on the sapphire trade, capitalising on the country’s ethical mining practices, for the industry to think of any revival
Fitch Ratings has recalibrated its Sri Lanka national rating scale to reflect changes in the relative creditworthiness among Sri Lankan issuers following Fitch’s downgrade of the country’s sovereign rating to ‘B-’ from ‘B’ on 24 April 202
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Kotagala Plantations PLC’s (Kotagala) National Long-Term Rating to ‘RD(lka)’ (Restricted Default) from ‘CC(lka)’.
Sri Lanka’s largest exporter of alcoholic beverages, Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC was compelled to halt production and dispatch for nearly two months due to the curfew following the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Optimism over the reopening of major economies across the planet continued to push equities higher yesterday, as investors looked past building China-US tensions for now, though there remain worries about the uncertain global outlook.
Equities were mixed yesterday as profit-taking and worries about deteriorating China-US relations were weighed against optimism over the gradual reopening of economies around the world.
As businesses across the country are suffering from the economic and financial fallout from the global pandemic, which is expected to continue beyond 2020, the demand for loans by the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector is heating up, a top offi
Fuelled by the strong growth in its healthcare sector, diversified Sri Lankan conglomerate Sunshine Holdings PLC reported a notable growth in the bottom line performances during the year ended March 31, 2020 (FY19/20).
The sharp contraction in global trade witnessed over the last few months has resulted in the Goods Trade Barometer of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to sink to the red zone and shows no signs of the decline bottoming out in the near future.
Seylan Bank PLC had turned cautious during the quarter ended March 31, 2020 (1Q20), amid the challenges expected a year ahead, as the bank reported a modest operating performance with a negative growth in new loans, the interim financial accounts rel
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with People’s Bank this week to facilitate the members of the institute to obtain a special loan of up to Rs.20 million.
Colombo-based free market think tank Advocata yesterday recommended the government to remove the tax levied on women’s menstrual hygiene products, on the Menstrual Hygiene Day, which falls today.
A potential bankruptcy filing by the US-based premium lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret (VS), which accounts for around 20 percent of Sri Lanka’s apparel exports, is threatening the country’s overall apparel export performance and the bottom lin
The Pathfinder Foundation (PF) recently presented a report to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Special Envoy of President and Chairman of Task Force on Economic Revival and Poverty Alleviation Basil Rajapaksa, contai
COVID-19 has battered the world with its viral and deadly impact, with millions of people being affected and hundreds of thousands dying. At the same time, the virus and its aftermath has wrecked the economies of almost all countries and is now leavi
Along with the massive shock, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought in a series of uncertainties, particularly with regards to employment. With strict limitations being enforced on people’s movement by way of a two-month-long curfew to constraint the v
COVID-19 is dealing an unprecedented blow to economies around the globe and the health risk is only the tip of the iceberg. Among the many impending crises resulting from the pandemic, rising food insecurity, due to the lockdown measures, is one of t
As Sri Lanka looks to steer though the pandemic with lowest impact possible, the Export Development Board (EDB) called on the government to create a more enabling policy environment and place exports as a national priority.
Sri Lanka has emerged as the most expensive country for legal cigarettes in 2019, based on purchasing power parity (PPP), causing a 6 percent year-on-year (YoY) decline in the tobacco market share of the country’s monopoly cigarette player, Ceylon
Sri Lanka’s pepper prices have sharply dropped from US$ 4,000 to US$ 3,000 per tonne with the beginning of the harvest season despite the ban on pepper imports into the country.
The Ceylon Tea export target for 2020 will not be revised despite the COVID-19 crisis having hit the global economy, and the Sri Lanka Tea Board (SLTB) said it is confident that the industry stakeholders would step up efforts, specially in value addi
Laugfs Gas PLC has appointed Piyadasa Kudabalage as the Group Managing Director/Group CEO with effect from May 25, 2020 as a part of a group management succession plan, the company revealed filing a disclosure in the Colombo Stock Exchange yesterday
Ceylon Cold Stores PLC has shelved an ambitious plan to double the number of Keells supermarkets in two years in the wake of coronavirus induced business disruptions and the financial pain it inflicted on modern retail business with social distancing
Further easing of countries’ coronavirus lockdowns pushed equities higher yesterday, with the reopening of bars, cafes, pools and beaches overshadowing China-US tensions that weighed on the dollar.
Probably in a first in the history of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), the controlling shareholder of a listed company plans to vote against an already declared dividend payment by the firm’s board of directors, at the upcoming AGM.
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) yesterday said trading hours would be extended to 2:30 p.m., with effect from today, with pre-open sessions from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and open auction starting from 11:00 a.m.
National telecommunications services provider, Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (SLT), has decided to restructure two of its subsidiaries and its ride-hailing venture, SLT muve, after evaluating the past performances and considering the opportunities and challe
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