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Sun, 22 Sep 2024 Today's Paper
There is piercing hopelessness for the future when listening to certain political rhetoric in Sri Lanka.
In the context of strained public finances and limited borrowing capacity for developing countries, there is growing debate on the roles of public and private actors to deliver the trillions of dollars of infrastructure necessary to achieve the Susta
To facilitate Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Sri Lanka is launching this week an innovative online one-stop shop to help investors obtain all official approvals. To mark the occasion, this blog series explores different aspects of FDI in Sri Lanka.
The Sweden-based global asset management company, Tundra Fonder’s Tundra Sustainable Frontier Fund said they upped their position in Sri Lanka’s premier blue chip John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH) following the latter’s exclusion from
Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka in May rose 6.2 percent year-on-year (YoY) to 129, 466, recording the lowest arrival number so far this year. For the first five months of the year, the cumulat
The losses at The Finance Company PLC (TFC) widened many-fold during the period ended in March 31, 2018, as the troubled licensed finance company saw the hole in its balance sheet deepening with over Rs.16 billion in negative shareholder funds.
Finlays Colombo Limited has entered into a binding agreement to dispose its insurance broking business to a Singaporean party, according to the company’s 2017/18 annual report.
Fitch Ratings sees further consolidation by way of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in Sri Lanka’s insurance market, particularly in the general insurance segment, as the players continue to compete in a crowded market amid tougher operating
One Transworks Square (Pvt) Ltd together with Zhong Tian Ding Hui (ZTDH) Company yesterday announced that it is ready to transform Colombo’s skyscape with South Asia’s tallest building, rising to a height of 376 meters in 92 floors by 202
The Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs Ministry yesterday announced the appointment of veteran marketer Dehan Seneviratne as the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) Chairman with effect from June 4, 2018.
Sri Lanka Insurance (SLI) has declared a life insurance bonus of Rs.6.8 billion for this year, recording the largest life insurance bonus ever to be declared in Sri Lanka’s insurance industry.
Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB), Sri Lanka’s second largest private sector lender by assets, yesterday announced a breakthrough partnership with popular retail department store, ODEL to lead the syndication of a Rs.5.4 billion loan to fuel the e
(Colombo) REUTERS: Sri Lankan shares ended weaker yesterday to hit their lowest close in more than five months as investors sold telecom and banking shares, while foreign buying curbed further decline.
About two decades ago, prior to the Asian financial crisis, investor overconfidence triggered a mispricing of risk on Asia’s economic prospects. The region’s policymakers and financial markets became complacent and risk aversion dropped,
Sri Lanka’s CIC Holdings PLC, which has its core interests in the country’s agriculture sector, said it carried out a re-strategizing exercise, which accompanied a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS), aimed at creating a more fluid and effi
Today the rise of emerging markets, the accelerating impact of technology, new talent demands, an aging population, and the easy flow of capital and knowledge are having a transformative impact on business, leaders and economies. By 2025, a single re
The tourism industry has been referred to as a ‘Thrust industry ‘and ‘Engine of growth’ by the state ad nauseam, while in reality the industry is paid only lip service. The immense benefits both direct and indirect often go un
The growing global trade volumes across all trade lines kept both air and ocean freight operations busy at Expolanka Holdings PLC during the January-March quarter, giving the much-needed impetus to the logistics player’s top and bottom lines.&n
Following the introduction of the automatic pricing formula on fuel prices by the government last month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with whom Sri Lanka has an ongoing Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement, now wants the government to c
The top line growth across major business sectors led by retail and healthcare and the tight cost controls helped Softlogic Holdings PLC to report better operating profits for the quarter ended March (4Q18), as the group
Fitch Ratings last week said Sri Lanka’s banking sector is bracing for some tough operating conditions in 2018 with muted loan growth and moderate asset quality, which could put pressure on profits. As a result
(New York) REUTERS: A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a bid by Raj Rajaratnam, the highest-profile hedge fund manager convicted in a sweeping U.S. crackdown on insider trading, to void much of his 2011 conviction and shorte
Sri Lanka is to move ahead with the former government’s policy of establishing 20,000 hectares of oil palm in the country as a ‘supplementary income’ to the rubber plantation, Plantations Industries Minister Navin Dissanayake said
Vehicle registrations in April remained almost unchanged from the highs it reached in March, the vehicle registrations data compiled by JB Securities, a Colombo-based equity brokerage, showed.
Sri Lanka will end 2018 with gross official reserves of US $9.5 billion while further cutting its exposure to short-term swaps by another US $700-800 million, Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajit
Sri Lanka was showcased in all its splendour at the Shanghai World Travel Fair held at Shanghai Exhibition Centre in China last week. This was the main highlight of a series of promotional events and meetings that were conducted across major ci
Skilling and improved human resources are crucial in government’s economic vision, but Sri Lanka is facing a supply crunch in such skilled personnel.
MOSCOW(AFP): While the World Cup that kicks off later this month will focus the attention of football fans around the world on Russia it will have little impact on the country’s economy, analysts at Moody’s rating agency have said.
Workers of State-owned Lanka Sugar (Private) Limited flocked to President’s office on 31 on Thursday complaining that after the operation has been swapped to a different Ministry from its parent, it now risks falling back to a ‘loss-makin
Paris(AFP): The world’s largest economies stood on the brink of all-out trade war as the EU, Canada and Mexico drew up retaliatory measures to Washington’s stinging steel and aluminium tariffs that came into effect yesterday.
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