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REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee ended slightly firmer in light trade yesterday, helped by inward remittances and a lack of demand for dollars from importers due to a holiday in New York.
The Brown & Company PLC director board has resolved to raise Rs.7.08 billion through a rights issue, subject to the approval of its shareholders and the Colombo Stock Exchange, with regards to the listing of the rights shares.
AFP: Coca-Cola launched its first-ever alcoholic drink yesterday in Japan— a fizzy, lemon-flavoured concoction laced with spirits that seeks to capitalise on the growing popularity of “chuhai” alcopops enjoyed especially by young wo
REUTERS: The New Development Bank (NDB), set up by the BRICS group of major emerging economies, said yesterday it plans to raise 5 billion yuan (US $ 782 million) through a yuan-denominated bond issue
REUTERS: Sri Lankan shares marked their lowest close in two weeks yesterday with investors mostly keeping to the sidelines awaiting cues about the real impact of the floods that hit the island-nation over the past week.
The Public Debt Department (PDB) of the Central Bank yesterday sold Rs.90 billion worth of five-year and 10-year bonds, the press notice issued by the Central Bank indicated.
Sri Lanka is to amend the archaic customs law shortly to facilitate paperless trade and pre-arrival clearances at the Customs, Sri Lanka Customs Director General and National Trade Facilitation Committee Chairman P.S.M. Charles said.
Despite significantly higher profits recorded by the Sri Lanka’s premier blue chip John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH) due to one-off gains stemming from the group’s financial services sector, the interim financial accounts released to the Col
Higher inflation and lower disposable incomes have hit the core consumer business of Hemas Holdings PLC while the recent investment in Atlas Axillia and other business expansions in both home and abroad are weighing on the group’s overall busi
Ceylinco Insurance PLC announced an incomparable dividend of Rs.31.50 per share to its shareholders for the year 2017, which constitutes a 315 percent dividend of the original share price.
Higher depreciation, interest and energy costs and slowdown in domestic business have impacted the performance Piramal Glass PLC, the only glass bottle maker in Sri Lanka.
REUTERS: Sri Lanka has accepted an eight-year China Development Bank US$1 billion syndicated loan to repay loans maturing this year, two top Finance Ministry officials said on Friday.
Harry Jayawardena-controlled Melstacorp PLC has entered into a cement business forming a joint venture company with Indonesia’s Gama Corp.
Sri Lanka stands mostly at risk among frontier markets from a persistent rupee depreciation against the U.S. dollar as it will present fiscal troubles from bloating debt servicing needs, Moody’s Investors Service said in a special report on imp
REUTERS: Sri Lankan shares closed slightly weaker yesterday as investors sold diversified stocks such as John Keells Holdings Plc, while block deals boosted turnover.
The Sri Lankan government has identified the importance of having competent human capital to compete with the rapidly changing global economy as the country is geared to take off and advance as a fast growing middle-income country.
The Primary Industries Ministry has already started numerous projects under the agriculture sector, specially value-added and export-oriented programmes, to achieve the country’s national objectives. Workshops are being currently conducte
The Auto Vision Motor Show 2018, that brings together motor-related products and services under one roof, opened at the BMICH yesterday. It showcases an array of passenger cars, off-road vehicles, concept cars, luxury vehicles, custom-built veh
The Chinese ambassador to Sri Lanka Cheng Xueyuan paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrama recently. The meeting took place at the ministry was meant to discuss ways to promote invest
REUTERS: World shares steadied and the dollar resumed its rise yesterday after a wobble caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel a summit with North Korea, though political risk put Italian markets on track for heavy weekly lo
REUTERS: U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will visit China early next month for another round of talks amid ongoing trade frictions between the world’s two largest economies.
REUTERS - European Union finance ministers reached an agreement yesterday on reforming bank capital rules, a major step towards boosting the bloc’s financial stability and a stepping stone towards a deal on a backstop for its bank-rescue fund i
REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee ended steady yesterday with dollar buying by a foreign bank and importers weighing on the local currency, while exporters stayed on the sidelines expecting the rupee to weaken further in line with other emerging market c
The saying ‘there is strength in diversity’ often comes up when people talk about ASEAN’s cultural differences but it is also true that economic diversity is one of the bloc’s great strengths.
Hambantota International Port Group (Private) Limited, the joint venture formed between China Merchants and Sri Lanka Ports Authority for the development of the Hambantota port, now eyes the bunkering business for global shipping lines, an official s
Fitch Ratings said yesterday private healthcare providers in Sri Lanka will experience rising demand amid the fast-ageing population and rising incidence of non-communicable deceases (NCDs) with more people moving into cities.
REUTERS: Sri Lanka’s tea output fell 15.3 percent in April from a year earlier, the state-run Tea Board said yesterday, with industry officials attributing the decline to a high base effect and more public holidays this year.
Ending wild speculation, Finance and Mass Media Ministry yesterday announced the appointment of senior professional Ranel T. Wijesinha as the Chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission, the regulator of the Colombo Stock Exchange.
The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to award the contract for an E-Motoring project of the Department of Motor Traffic that will mainly facilitate online registration of vehicles to a joint venture of Face Technologies and Metropolitan.
Sri Lanka will sign an agreement with the Eastern Echo Holdings Plc, a fully-owned subsidiary of the world’s largest US-based oilfield services company, Schlumberger, on May 30, to conduct s
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