Emotions ran high at the seminar on ‘Sri Lankan Economy: Future Policy Direction’ organised by the Sri Lanka Economic Association (SLEA), with those of differing political economic leanings finding it difficult to find common ground.

Emotions ran high at the seminar on ‘Sri Lankan Economy: Future Policy Direction’ organised by the Sri Lanka Economic Association (SLEA), with those of differing political economic leanings finding it difficult to find common ground.

?The vehicle service industry may be lobbying to reverse the pro-electric vehicle (EV) policy and may continue to engage in predatory business practices to counter the lower revenues they would receive in the future due to new government policies,&nb

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe receiving the US$292 million cheque as the first payment from China Merchants Port Holdings for taking over the commercial operations of the Hambantota Port this Saturday.  The entire deal, worth US$ 1.12 bill

Play Expo 2017, the country’s largest video gaming and e-sports championship with the largest gathering of geeks,

The fate of the ailing national carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines, will be decided soon as the airline has now become a litmus test for the government to prove its commitment towards restructuring of loss making state-owned enterprises (SOEs)—one of

Leo Burnett Sri Lanka, the local office of the global advertising network Leo Burnett Worldwide, repeated its success and completed a hat-trick

Commercial Bank PLC on Tuesday won the ‘Cyril Gardiner Memorial Trophy’ Gold award for Overall Excellence in Annual Financial Reporting at the 53rd Annual Report Awards 2017,

Sri Lanka Insurance, the leading insurance company in the island, has put up a strong performance for the period ending September  30, 2017. 

Leading energy company and a subsidiary of Lanka Ventures, the LVL Energy Fund, Limited officially announced a Rs.1.2 billion Initial Public Offering (IPO) yesterday to fund its strategic expansion and growth in the renewable energy sector.

The implementation of the budget proposal to slap every cellular tower in the country with a levy of Rs.200,000 per month—payable by mobile operators—could result in the possible exit of the major foreign investors from the local telecomm

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday told Parliament that the government will launch a fresh investigation into the Treasury bond issues between 2008-2014 period, once all the activities of the Presidential Committee of Inquiry, which was ap

The apparel industry has set its sights lower for the medium term with a US $ 8 billion annual export target to be reached by 2022 over the delays in regaining the duty free access to the European Union (EU) via GSP Plus and due to the economic and p

Ports and Shipping Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe yesterday told Parliament that President Maithripala Sirisena and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) strongly oppose the move to liberalise the shipping and freight forwarding industries, which was pro

Despite a double-digit growth in exports revenue, surpassing the US $ 1 billion mark, Sri Lanka’s trade deficit in September widened due to higher fuel and rice imports, the data released by the Central Bank showed.

At a time when calls for more Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are echoing from all corners, a recent study by a top academic says that bilateral trade pacts are not the answer for the country’s ailing exports, and attempts towards such is a waste

The 24th of November saw the grand launch of Cotton Collection Christmas 10 campaign ‘Sounds of Christmas’ at their flagship store at No.143 Dharmapala Mawatha, 

Singer Life Style Fiesta, the flagship event of Singer Sri Lanka opened yesterday at the BMICH. This year’s theme of the exhibition is ‘Live out Your Dream’, and the event will showcase more than 90 new products of different brand c

Despite the hue and cry made by the public and a certain section of the business community on Sri Lanka’s trade deficit with its neighbouring giant, a top economist asserted such arguments do not show the real picture of the situation at hand a

The Finance and Mass Media Ministry yesterday entered into two loan agreements with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to borrow US $ 150 million for the development of 3400 kilometres (km) of rural roadways and US $ 200 million for the implementation

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday night hailed the upward revision of Sri Lanka’s credit outlook to ‘Stable’ from ‘Negative’ by the international credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) and t

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) recently recommended the government to consider changing the structure of the power industry, if the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) cannot bring the procurement process for the planned power plants

The proposed Chinese industrial zone that will feed in business to the Hambantota port will have a similar ownership structure to that of the port and the discussions on the agreement are expected to finish by the end of this year, according to Devel

Asian markets built on the previous day’s gains and headed into the weekend on a positive note yesterday as traders were buoyed by news that Donald Trump’s tax cuts had moved a step closer. House Republicans pushed through a landmark over

The Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo was ceremoniously opened yesterday by President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, other ministers and officials from Shangri-La.

Sri Lanka’s economy is heading towards a tumultuous ride in the next three years as widespread policy uncertainty and macroeconomic imbalances will slowdown the economy, push up prices and scare away the investors.   

Ports and Shipping Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said he was broadsided by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera’s budget proposal to liberalize foreign ownership in the shipping and freight forwarding industries, which Samarasinghe said that he

The government will allocate Rs.15 billion under the Budget 2018 to create a credit scheme for small businesses in targeted sectors, Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera said.

Market interest rates are unlikely to experience volatility through public debt-servicing requirements, as the Central Bank the government are better prepared to manage domestic and foreign debt next year with the planned implementation of the Liabil

Sri Lanka is hoping to have the final discussions on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Singapore today and tomorrow, and the agreement will be ready by January, according to International Trade and Development Strategies Minister Malik Samarawickra