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(Frankfurt) AFP: Natural disasters including wildfires, hurricanes and tsunamis inflicted US $160 billion of damage and claimed 10,400 lives in 2018, German reinsurer Munich Re said yesterday.
(Colombo) REUTERS: Sri Lanka plans to increase government spending by 13.2 percent from last year to Rs.4.47 trillion (US $24.51 billion) in 2019, the Finance and Mass Media Ministry said
The controversial tariff revision by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), which rattled exporters and importers alike, has been suspended after the industry lobbied against the move, Mirror Business learns. The decision to suspend the higher tarif
The Central Bank has sharply raised the upper limit of interest rates that could be offered by non-bank lenders on deposits, Mirror Business learns. The increase in ceiling deposit rates at non-bank finance companies comes as part of the twice a year
Sri Lanka’s unemployment rate for the third quarter (3Q18) edged down to 4.1 percent, from 4.2 percent a year earlier, although the participation of females in the labour force continues to remain low, according to the data released by the Cens
The Colombo Stock Exchange has amended the Listing Rules to facilitate the secondary listings of foreign firms through the Multi Currency Board (MCB).
Hunas Falls Hotels PLC yesterday said a prospective buyer had approached the two major shareholders of the hotel owning company to purchase their collective shareholding of 66.2 percent, subject to a due diligence.
(Colombo) REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee recovered further yesterday, after hitting a record low in the previous week, helped by mild dollar inflows.
The government may have lost Rs.18 billion in cigarette tax revenue as a record 583 million illicit cigarettes were estimated to have smuggled into Sri Lanka in 2017, driven by the high taxes on legal cigarettes and the absence of a proper mechanism
Sri Lanka’s experiment with hybrid governments failed miserably. By hybrid government, I mean a government that entails the President from one party and the administration or the Cabinet of ministers from another party (or a coalition). &n
To improve SOEs’ performance and following many controversial appointments to State-owned enterprises in the past, President Maithripala Sirisena has issued fresh instructions on selection criteria in a bid to eliminate controversial and poorly
Meanwhile, Cooray and Fernando revealed that in order to enhance the benefits of GSP Plus, the industry stakeholders had submitted reports to the government requesting to source fabrics from Indonesia and South Korea, last year. The Department
As the apparel export growth picked up pace in November last year, the apparel industry expects to surpass the US $5 billion mark in 2018 for the first time, recording the best growth in apparel exports since
One of Sri Lanka’s frontline construction firms, International Construction Consortium (Pvt) Ltd., has embarked on an ambitious Rs.4 billion apartment complex in Galle. The oceanfront serviced ap
(Dubai) REUTERS: Iran’s central bank has proposed slashing four zeros from the rial, State news agency IRNA reported yesterday, after the currency plunged in a year marked by an economic crisis fuelled by U.S. sanctions.
he Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has substantially raised its port charges and other related tariffs effective from January 1, 2019, a move that has taken importers, exporters and other key stakeholders by surprise, as it will drive up costs for m
The budget 2019, which is to be presented to Parliament on February 05, will be prepared with a focus to reduce the fiscal deficit to 3.5 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and mainta
Hayleys Advantis Ltd (Advantis), the transportation and logistics arm of Hayleys PLC, announced that it has entered into a landmark deal with Dubai-based Trustworthy.ae Group to manage the container depot in Abu Dhabi. Advantis is to operate an
Standard Chartered last Friday announced the appointment of its first Sri Lankan Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bingumal Thewarathanthri with effect from January 1, 2019.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed to lend US $ 1.85 billion to Sri Lanka to build a light rail transit (LRT) service between Colombo Fort and Malambe to ease the cong
The Central Bank entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) and the Insurance Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (IRCSL) on 31 December 2018, to conduct effective consolidated risk-
(Tokyo) AFP: Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn is likely to appear in a Japanese court next Tuesday to hear the reasons for his detention, after his lawyers deployed a little-used article of the Constitution. The shock move was the latest in a seri
(Berlin) REUTERS: Hackers have posted personal data from hundreds of German politicians from major parties including credit card details and mobile phone numbers, with Chancellor Angela Merkel among those affected, local media reported yesterday. Ger
(London) REUTERS: Oil rose towards US$ 57 a barrel yesterday after China said it would hold talks with the United States to look for solutions to a trade dispute, while signs of lower crude supply also supported prices. The Organization of the Petrol
The Central Bank has extended the suspension on controversial primary dealer Perpetual Treasuries Limited by six months. “The Monetary Boar
(Zurich) REUTERS: Food group Nestle said on Thursday a ruling by India’s Supreme Court marked a partial victory in its row with the government over Maggi noodles. Maggi, Nestle India’s single-la
(The Hauge) AFP: US internet giant Google used a legal mechanism to transfer almost 20 billion euros from the Netherlands to Bermuda in 2017 for tax purposes, a Dutch newspaper report said yesterday.
REUTERS - The Sri Lankan rupee ended steady near a record low yesterday, as foreign fund outflows mainly, from government bonds, continued amid dented investor sentiment after a recent political crisis.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal by Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera to hold negotiations and enter into an agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to fund a light rail system. The 17km-long
The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) and Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) have got new acting chairmen as the appointment of permanent chairmen is further delayed as the President has got tough on qualification criteria of ne
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