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Mon, 23 Sep 2024 Today's Paper
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, hand sanitizer has been in high demand and hard to source.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and Rakuten Viber yesterday announced a new partnership to fight misinformation around COVID-19 with an interactive multi-language chatbot available globally.
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) yesterday said the market would be closed from tomorrow onwards until the curfew is lifted.
Sri Lanka (B2 stable) is among low-rated emerging markets with large near-term international bond repayments that are likely to face a marked weakening in debt metrics following the coronavirus outbreak and sharp commodity price declines, internation
European stock markets extended gains yesterday after a largely positive showing across Asia and as oil prices rebounded from 18-year lows, with a jump in Chinese factory activity providing a surprise boost for the virus-hit global economy.
Standard Chartered announced this week that it will globally commit US$ 1 billion of financing for companies that provide goods and services to help the fight against COVID-19, and those planning the switch into making products that are in high deman
The Employers’ Federation of Ceylon (EFC) this week spelt out measures companies should take to carry out operations in the coming days with the island-wide curfew set to continue at least till April 4, which requires the business community to make
The confederation representing micro, small and medium enterprises have called for a Rs. 500, 000 interest-free loan, repayable in three years to resurrect micro and small scale entrepreneurs engaged in agriculture-based industries and manufacturing.
It is evident that the COVID-19 pandemic would create a significant economic impact globally. Whilst it is rather premature to predict the overall impact, one can safely conclude that the impact will last for a number of months (best-case scenario) p
COVID-19 has been rapidly outreaching across the globe, taking thousands of lives and pausing hundreds of economies. Its initial impact on China’s economy is pathetic and China’s slowdown may have adverse economic impacts on the rest of the world
The Colombo Tea Auction, the world’s oldest operational and largest single-origin tea auction, plans to conduct its next auction for the first time on an e-platform, aiming to avoid public gathering, to slow the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19)
A special ‘Tashi Air’ charter flight operated yesterday from Colombo to Paro, Bhutan, to carry Bhutanese students studying in various universities in Sri Lanka back to Bhutan.
Sri Lanka’s Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) have stepped up to provide immediate relief to all plantation workers while ensuring health and safety protocols are followed amidst the islandwide curfew imposed to slow the spread of the coronaviru
While the COVID–19 outbreak in the country has forced all citizens to remain indoors and has brought many banking activities to a halt, NDB has taken several steps to assist the bank’s customers to perform their banking transactions in a secure a
Sri Lanka’s earnings from exports dipped and imports surged, widening the hole in the trade deficit for January, as the country braces for deeper troubles in the trade account for months to come when the world battles what appears to be a prolonged
SriLankan Airlines, continuing to answer the call of the nation, airlifted a consignment of medical aid from Shanghai, China, on March 28, 2020.
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic raises the spectre of another global debt crisis.
Sri Lanka is battling to control the coronavirus by getting the critical government machinery into full gear to put an end to the crisis and has set an example in taking preventive measures to gain control over the epidemic.
Today, mankind has enabled technological and scientific progress to eradicate diseases, helped increase life expectancy, reduced starvation and extreme poverty, revolutionised transport and communications, explored other worlds in the universe and ma
Over a quarter of the world’s population is currently under movement restrictions. For the first time in recent human history, coronavirus has shattered the myth that the economy must come first. While public health concerns, undoubtedly, should ta
The government has so far raised Rs.311 billion to fulfil over Rs.2 trillion debt servicing obligations for this year, which includes US$ 4.5 billion in foreign debt servicing obligations.
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) welcomes moratorium on debt capital and interest and concessionary working capital scheme extended to export-related enterprises that are adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Strategy 1:Return approximately 20 percent of the balances amounting to around Rs.500 billion of the Employees’ Provident Fund, lying to the credit of members, directly to the members.
Sri Lanka’s hard hit tourism sector has made a fresh appeal to the government to extend a new relief package to industry stakeholders in addition to what has been already proposed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
The National Chamber of Exporters (NCE) yesterday said it offers services on its digital platform, a facility operational for several years to provide Certificates of Origin (COs) and related documents.
In view of the extension of the curfew by the Government, the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) yesterday said the CSE would remain closed for trading today (March 30). Accordingly, March 30th will be considered a market holiday.
The China Merchants Port Group (CMPort)— one of the largest port operators in the world donated 1000 pieces of protective suits to the Sri Lankan government to support the ongoing national mission against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbre
Sri Lankan workers at the frontline of battling the COVID-19 outbreak received close to half a million serves of food and beverage products from Nestlé, worth Rs. 15 million.
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