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Keells Food Products PLC (KFP), the processed food maker of John Keells group, reported lower profits for the quarter ended December 31, 2018 (3Q19) amid weak consumer sentiment and difficult operating conditions.
Sri Lanka needs to focus on improving productivity, health and saving capacity of its current workforce in order to earn a second demographic dividend driven by its ‘Silver Economy’, a t
TRADE ARABIA: Sri Lanka-based JLanka International, a premier solar and renewable energy technology solutions provider, has announced an investment of up to US $10 million within the coming five years in Bahrain’s renewable energy sector. Comme
For low-lying island states, the impacts of global warming and climate change can be a matter of survival. The irony is that while these states have not contributed much to greenhouse emissions, as they produce very little, they may face some of the
(Colombo) REUTERS: Sri Lanka’s rupee closed slightly weaker yesterday, snapping two straight sessions of gains, due to dollar demand from banks and importers.
Bloomberg: Real interest rates in South Asia are among the highest in the world, raising the prospect of more dovish monetary policy in the region.
The troubled construction firm, MTD Walkers PLC, has transferred three of its subsidiaries to its Malaysian parent, MTD Capital Berhard, for a purchase consideration of little over US $ 19 million, to settle a debt payable by one of its subsidiaries.
In the new year, Sri Lanka remains at a crossroads. As before, the island nation requires carefully calibrated statecraft from policymakers to choose the path towards prosperity. The political, constitutional and parliamentary crisis over the last mo
(Geneva) REUTERS: Global foreign direct investment (FDI) fell 19 percent last year to an estimated US $ 1.2 trillion, largely caused by US President Donald Trump’s tax reforms, the United Nations trade and development agency UNCTAD said yesterd
Fitch-rated frontier markets saw more positive than negative sovereign rating actions in 2018, partly due to higher commodity prices, although the rating agency cut Sri Lanka’s sovereign rating over political uncertainty in December. &nbs
A new procurement and regulatory entity is to be established within next three to six months to conduct land sales, handle regulation and development activities of Colombo Port City (CPC), a top government official told Mirror Business.
Tea Smallholder Factories PLC has returned to the black during the December quarter (3Q19), as the company saw its earnings for the period rising 47 percent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs.13.7 million, thanks to a Rs.8.9 million tax reversal. The earnings
Tourism earnings are estimated to have risen 11.6 percent year-on-year to US $ 4.4 billion in 2018, according a press release issued by Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) on Friday.
Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) last week announced a new leadership team with the appointment of Kiththi Perera as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and B.P. Fernandez as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) with effect from January 1, 2019.
(New Delhi) REUTERS: The State Bank of India (SBI)-led consortium of lenders is waiting for India’s capital markets regulator to decide on a bailout offer by Etihad Airways for the financially stressed Jet Airways, SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar sa
The Colombo Port City (CPC) will attract foreign banks to set up their operations in Sri Lanka, paving the way for the country’s banking sector’s asset base to more than double to Rs.30 tril
Sri Lanka is set to face higher demand for housing, health, food, education, employment, energy, water, transportation and infrastructure amid unexpected growth in population driven by a significant upturn in recent fertility rates and anticipated in
Sri Lanka’s premier and largest education exhibition and job fair “EDEX Expo” opened at the BMICH yesterday. Minister of City Planning, Water Supply and Higher Education Rauff Hakeem ceremoniously declared the event open as Chief Gu
In response to an exposure by one of their trade unions recently, SriLankan Airlines yesterday said an Airbus A330-200 4R ALS acquired by the previous management, which is
HONG KONG (AFP) - Asian markets rallied yesterday as another broadly positive week drew to a close, with investors cheered by a report that the US was considering lifting tariffs on China
(Kuala Lumpur) REUTERS: Malaysia’s finance minister said yesterday the government would be ready to discuss dropping criminal charges against Goldman Sachs linked to the 1MDB scandal if the bank pays US$7.5 billion in reparations. Goldman Sachs
The public and institutions, particularly the financial institutions were yesterday warned by Central Bank to be beware of a malicious email being circulated, impersonating the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Department of the Central Bank. Issuing a
Jinasena Pvt Ltd, the pump manufacturing giant in Sri Lanka has launched a first of its kind pumping solution for Sri Lanka, adding to the many accolades achieved since its inception in 1905
(London) REUTERS: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s protégé appealed to the British yesterday to stay in the European Union, saying her compatriots had not forgotten how Britain welcomed Germany back as a sovereign nation after Wo
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s rupee closed firmer for a second straight session yesterday, helped by dollar selling by banks and after the IMF said it would resume discussions with the island nation for further disbursal of part of a US
Top professional Kavan Ratnayaka yesterday assumed duties as the Chairman of Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA). Before his appointmen
The Central Bank Governor Dr.Indrajit Coomaraswamy said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed for flexibility to revise fiscal targets set for this year, following the discussions held in Washington, early this week. Delivering the k
Sri Lanka’s seafood industry is eyeing US $ 350 million in exports this year in line with a three-year target of achieving US $ 1 billion in seafood export revenue by 2022.
President Maithripala Sirisena, who is currently on an official visit to Philippines, yesterday signed three loan agreements totaling US $ 455 million with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for projects in higher education and transport as well as tec
Meanwhile Governor Coomaraswamy told Mirror Business that the Central Bank will start the process to raise at least US $ 1 to US $ 1.5 billion via issuing dollar denominated international sovereign bonds (ISBs) in a matter of days. The Cabinet has ap
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