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The World Bank (WB) has advised Sri Lanka to prioritise investing in human capital, as the country’s progression to higher-income status would require a more developed human resource pool,
A petition will be filed in the Supreme Court shortly seeking a Stay Order preventing SLPP Presidential Candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa from contesting at the November 16 Presidential Election, Minister Ra
President Maithripala Sirisena said over the weekend that he was not ready to retire from politics and that he would open a new chapter after December.
A female Brazilian tourist who attempted to smuggle in a stock Cocaine worth over Rs.10 million by swallowing it was nabbed by the Customs officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on Saturday morning.
The shareholders of Morison PLC approved the delisting of its voting and non-voting shares from the Colombo Stock Exchange, by way of a special resolution, having over 75 percent shareholders present and voting at the Extraordinary General Meeting of
AFP: Dubai, a city defined by its glittering towers and man-made islands, is stuck in a five-year property downturn with no end in sight, drawing warnings of an industry reckoning that will see weaker players fail.
UNP leader Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said it was important to ensure the victory of presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa as the next step to enact the new constitution. Addressing a meeting with civil society leaders at Temple Trees yes
All organisers of the United National Party had been called for a meeting at the party headquarters Sirikotha today, sources said yesterday.
The registration of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) under the leadership of the United National Party (UNP) has been postponed until after the Presidential Election to be concluded on November 16, Daily Mirror learns.
RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi Arabia said yesterday it will offer tourist visas for the first time, opening up the ultra-conservative kingdom to holidaymakers as part of a push to diversify its economy away from oil.
The World Bank unveiled yesterday a new report to guide policymakers and development practitioners across Sri Lanka in better investing in the health and education of all Sri Lankans. The report titled ‘Sri Lanka Human Capital Development : Realiz
England (Reuters) - The Bank of England may need to cut interest rates in the likely scenario that high levels of uncertainty over Brexit persist, policymaker Michael Saunders said yesterday in the first
HONG KONG (AFP) - Asian markets fell yesterday following declines on Wall Street as the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump weighed on sentiment. Political turmoil in Washington following the release of a whistleblower’s complaint overs
ISTANBUL (AFP) - Turkey’s tourism minister said yesterday he was unconcerned by the collapse of British tour operator Thomas Cook as he unveiled ambitious plans to make the country one of the world’s top holiday destinations. “Nobody should be
(Colombo) REUTERS: Sri Lankan shares ended down yesterday, snapping two straight gaining sessions to record their second weekly fall, while the rupee was little changed as inward remittances offset dollar demand from banks. The index rose for the pa
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Key oil freight rates from the Middle East to Asia rocketed as much as 28 percent yesterday in a global oil shipping market spooked by United States sanctions on units of Chinese giant COSCO for alleged involvement in ferrying c
The need to build more Sri Lankan brands and taking them to international market successfully was asserted this week, as challenges continue to mount with the country looking to shift its attention towards being
(Gaydon, UK) REUTERS: Britain’s biggest carmaker, Jaguar Land Rover, will close its British factories for a week in November to cope with Brexit, its boss said yesterday, a plan automakers are adopting to help prepare for any disruption resulting f
South Asian academics and think tanks yesterday expressed hope for a shift in political structure and thinking to move forward with regional integration, which has come to a grinding halt due to region
(Washington) AFP: The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday formally selected Kristalina Georgieva of Bulgaria to be only the second woman ever to lead the 189-member institution. The selection had been all but guaranteed after the global crisis l
(Colombo) REUTERS : Sri Lanka’s ruling party yesterday nominated its Deputy Leader, Sajith Premadasa, to run in a presidential election on Nov. 16, a move that appeared intended to win over Buddhist-majority voters.
(Colombo) REUTERS: Sri Lankan shares rose for a second session yesterday as banks and diversified stocks continued their rally after the Central Bank asked lenders to cut interest rates, while the rupee closed weaker.
Bank of Ceylon’s (BOC) Thurunudiriya loan scheme has assisted to-date 1, 000 young entrepreneurs across the island disbursing more than Rs.410 million by end of September. This was reporte
Home Lands Skyline, the residential development arm of Home Lands Group has invested Rs.364 million in an up-market property of 6.5 acres in Malabe in Chandrika Kumarathunga Mawatha.
Sri Lanka’s spice exporters yesterday lashed out at the multiple non-tariff barriers imposed by Indian authorities on pepper, areca nuts and clove stems despite the existence of Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement. The Management
The European Union delegation to Sri Lanka and the Maldives along with the United National Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) recently held a workshop as project consultation and validation for new initiative to support to the implementation
Sri Lanka’s spices industry received the much-awaited and required boost yesterday with the Export Development Board (EDB) launching the country-of-origin trade mark, ‘Ceylon Spices’. The trademark is followed
Sri Lanka has missed the fiscal target it had agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during its fifth review of the four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme, said a staff team from the fund, who were in Colombo from September 10 to
The Treasury fears revenue loss in excess of Rs.300 billion by the end of this year as the economy struggles to recover from the adverse impacts of the Easter Sunday attacks. “So far, we have seen a Rs.215 billion loss in state revenue. If the rev
The economic activity in most of Sri Lanka’s provinces had remained stagnant in 2018 as their contribution to the country’s GDP remained more or less unchanged, according to the data of the Statistics Department of the Central Bank.
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