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(Dhaka) REUTERS: Baton-wielding Bangladeshi police fired tear gas to break up thousands of garment workers demonstrating for higher wages for a fifth day on Thursday, forcing dozens of factori
(Berlin) REUTERS: Volkswagen Group said yesterday its passenger car deliveries rose 0.9 percent last year to a record 10.83 million, putting it neck-and-neck with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi in the race to be the world’s biggest carmaker. Rivals
(Colombo) REUTERS: Sri Lanka will ask the IMF to ease its 2019 budget deficit target of 3.9 percent under a US$1.5 billion loan programme, to give the economy more time to recover from
(London) REUTERS: Oil prices rose slightly yesterday, putting them on track for solid weekly gains after financial markets strengthened due to hopes the United States and China may soon resolve their trade dispute.
(Hong Kong) AFP: The upbeat tone that characterised this week helped Asian markets to fresh gains yesterday, with Hong Kong chalking up a sixth straight day of rises. Investors globally have been
(Colombo) REUTERS: Sri Lanka›s rupee closed steady yesterday in dull trade as dollar selling by banks offset importer demand for the greenback, while political uncertainty dented investor sentiment. Sri Lankan shares posted a more than s
2.33 million tourists – up 10.3 percent over last year; February, March, June and November registered the highest growth rates in terms of monthly ‘arrivals’; December saw a record 253,169 tourists; India, China, the UK and Germany
This is that time of the year many of us make resolutions—from losing weight to eating healthy to complete something you procrastinated for months. May be it’s time that we all Sri Lankans come up with a collective resolution this year by
Qatar Airways announced its latest global sales promotion designed to inspire passengers to explore new and exciting destinations in 2019.
Araliya Group is set to double its hotel room inventory to 1,014 rooms, as Araliya Unawatuna and Araliya Red in Nuwara Eliya are scheduled to be launched this year. Araliya Group of Companies C
(Colombo) REUTERS: Sri Lanka’s rupee closed higher yesterday as banks sold dollars but political uncertainty dented investor sentiment. Sri Lankan shares
Sri Lanka is among one of four Asian countries most vulnerable to shifts in external financing conditions due to its high debt repayment schedule and low reserve position, said international rating agency, Moody’s Investors Service. Renewing it
Sri Lanka’s tourism industry officials expect the contribution of MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibition) tourism to overall tourist arrivals to increase by at least by 5 percent to 20-25 percent this year.
Another round of talks to arrive at a solution on the drawn out wage issue of estate workers ended inconclusively yesterday. The meeting was attended by the heads of the Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) and Plantations Industries Minister N
Sri Lanka witnessed foreign outflows to the tune of US $ 500 million during the final quarter of 2018, the government revealed yesterday. As per the data presented by Economic Affairs Non Cabinet Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva and Finance State Ministe
Global economic growth is projected to soften from a downwardly revised 3 percent in 2018 to 2.9 percent in 2019 amid rising downside risks to the outlook, the World Bank said on Tuesday.
The news communication industry is highly dependent on technology, and every new technology will take its transformation. Although the algorithmic news has just started,
The World Bank (WB) forecasts Sri Lanka’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth to accelerate marginally to 4 percent this year, below the projected growth in South Asia, while the GDP growth for 2018 is estimated at 3.9 percent.
Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera will leave for Washington tomorrow to get the International Monetary Fund (IMF) External Fund Facility (EFF) back on track.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has agreed to provide US $ 400 million to the Central Bank under its SAARC swap facility.
(Colombo) REUTERS: Sri Lanka’s rupee closed higher yesterday as foreign banks sold dollars but political uncertainty dented investor sentiment, dragging the benchmark stock index down to a more than six-week low.
Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC, the market leader in Sri Lanka’s lubricant market, saw its market share declining further during the third quarter of last year (3Q18), the lubricant market data released by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri L
Dialog Finance PLC, a unit of Dialog Axiata PLC, is to raise little over Rs.764.1 million through a rights issue, subject to shareholder and Colombo Stock Exchange approval.
The brother of President Maithripala Sirisena and Araliya Group of Companies Chairman Dudley Sirisena yesterday announced his plans to launch an anti-corruption organisation by joining hands with scholars, professionals, media and business community
In 1996, a punishing drought crippled hydroelectricity generation and impacted households and industry with gruelling eight-hour blackouts. Thousands of farmers faced crop failure and bankruptcy as Chandrika Kumaratunga limped along without plan or p
Sri Lanka’s revised 30-year National Physical Plan (2019-2050), which had been delayed due to two months of political turm
(Colombo) REUTERS: Sri Lanka’s rupee ended weaker yesterday as importer dollar demand and continued outflows of foreign funds from government bonds and stock markets due to political uncertainty dented investor sentiment. The bourse fell
Chinese tourists visiting Sri Lanka now have the added benefit of purchasing goods and services and paying for them through ‘WeChat Pay’ –one of the leading mobile payment solutions in China, consequent to a partnership between the
The Finance Company PLC (TFC) has sought further time from the securities regulator to resolve the serious matters outstanding in its books of accounts marred by omissions and errors, which led the company auditor to issue qualified opinion on its fi
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