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Motorcar registrations in January saw a rebound after a sharp fall in December, but still significantly lower in registrations in January 2018, a vehicle registrations tracker by Colombo-based stock broking and research house JB Securities showed. Mo
(Colombo) REUTERS: Sri Lankan shares and the rupee closed weaker yesterday, with investors waiting for directions from next week’s budget and the outcome of talks between government authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), market sour
Sri Lanka will make its debut at the upcoming Expo 2020 Dubai, with the aim of further promoting Sri Lanka as a tourist destination, facilitating international trade and attracting investors to the country.
Sri Lanka is today facing a domestic labour shortage in some key sectors and industries. Demographic issues, social attitudes, expansion of the economy and outward labour emigration are contributing to the shortfall. Generally, the lack of interest i
Sri Lanka is dollar hungry. As a country with an export income of little over US $ 11 billion and debt obligations of US $ 4 billion on average for the next few years, Sri Lanka’s prime focus should be towards bringing in more dollars into the coun
Sri Lanka Telecom PLC’s (SLT) profits surged despite some significant foreign exchange translation losses incurred on its foreign borrowing portfolio, as the State-controlled telecom operator is pivoting towards data related services from tradition
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global policy setter on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), has made the initial determination that Sri Lanka has completed its action plan
The Northern Province public representatives recently urged the government to adopt short-term employment creation schemes in the Northern Province, as skilled youth migration has spiked, due to the lack of employment opportunities for the youth in t
The renewable energy developer, Resus Energy PLC is to invest Rs.1.3 billion in a couple of hydropower and solar power projects during this year, the company said in a media statement. The company said these projects have been structured with focus
Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB) reported lower profits for the quarter ended December 31 (4Q18) as the increased credit loss expenses upended the financial performance of the country’s second largest private lender. The banking group,
Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC (PABC) was able to somewhat contain the blows from the first-time impact of the adoption of new accounting standards and implementation of financial sector-specific levies during the December quarter (4Q18), while rec
Sustaining its unblemished track record in performance, the LOLC group crossed the rupees trillion mark, with total assets reaching Rs.1.008 trillion, as at December 2018. This significant achievement is on account of the group’s consistently resi
Sri Lanka Tourism is eying a 30-minute segment on the CNN Business Traveller programme hosted by Richard Quest to attract high-net-worth business and leisure tourists to Sri Lanka. A Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) official said they are
Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC saw its earnings for the quarter ended December (4Q18) declining, as the country’s largest private lender failed to reflect its solid loan growth in its net interest income amid attempts to reverse the impact from weak
The buyer of the troubled ETI Finance Limited’s (ETIFL) assets has decided to refrain from purchasing Swarnamahal Financial Services, thereby bringing down the value of the deal to US$ 70 million from the original US$ 75 million. “There is an is
Nestlé Lanka PLC reported lower revenues and profits for the quarter ended December 31, 2018 (4Q18), as the local unit of the world’s largest food company suffered from tough market conditions and weak consumer demand. Nestlé Lanka reported earni
Sri Lanka has commenced registering nearly 2200 tourist establishments in the informal sector amounting to a 50,000 room stock under the newly established enforcement unit of Sri Lanka Touris
Sri Lanka will start discussions with credit rating agencies for a rating upgrade after reaching a staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the 5th instalment of the US $1.5 loan facility.
Economic Reforms and Public Distributions Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva lashed out at his own government last week for its lackluster efforts in getting the local talent pool up to mark, and stressed a more proactive approach is mandatory to bring the
Sri Lanka has recalibrated its borrowing strategy back to dollar denominated international sovereign bonds (ISBs) with the country’s yield curve normalising to below pre-political crisis level. “The yields have
The much anticipated So Sri Lanka IRONMAN 70.3 Colombo Expo will showcase a range of health and wellness products from across the world, and is held from February 21st to the 24th, at the Shangri-La Hotel Colombo, Lotus Ballroom. The timings for the
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian investigators formally charged US investor Michael Calvey with fraud on Thursday following his controversial arrest, his lawyer said. Investigators presented Calvey with the indictment on the charge of large-scale fraud as par
SYDNEY (AFP) - Canberra yesterday played down reports a major Chinese port had banned coal imports from Australia, as fears grow that worsening diplomatic tensions are damaging the nations’ crucial trading relation
FRANKFURT AM MAIN (AFP) - Confidence among business leaders in Germany fell for the sixth month in a row in February, a closely-watched survey showed yesterday, as global trade struggles cast a pall over Europe’s powerhouse economy. The Munich-base
COLOMBO (REUTERS) - The Sri Lankan rupee and the main stock index ended little changed yesterday after the Central Bank surprisingly reduced commercial banks’ statutory reserve ratio (SRR) by 100 basis points with effect from March 1, market source
HONG KONG (AFP) - Asian stocks mostly rose yesterday as early concerns about weak US data were replaced by hopes for success in the China-US trade talks. With high-level negotiations between the w
BERLIN (AFP) - German auto giants BMW and Daimler said yesterday they would invest one billion euros (US$1.1 billion) in combining and extending their carsharing schemes DriveNow and Car2Go, in future offering a slew of ‘mobility services’, inclu
The Monetary Board of the Central Bank (CB) decided to reduce the Statutory Reserve Ratio (SRR) to inject Rs. 60 billion to the domestic money market, aiming to support economic growth and addres
Finance State Minister Eran Wickramaratne recently acknowledged the continuing lag in the implementation efforts in the country and said if at all there is an area to be picked for change, it would be the public service.
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