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Mon, 17 Jun 2024 Today's Paper
Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC reported some solid financial performance for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 (2Q18), as the country’s largest private sector lender saw strong growth in new loans and deposits.
The recent new acquisitions weighed on the bottom line of the diversified conglomerate Hemas PLC during the quarter ended June 30, 2018 (1Q19), the interim financial accounts released to the Colombo Stock Exchange showed.
Following is a speech delivered by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa recently at the graduation ceremony of Oxford College of Business Colombo.
A key assistant type to a powerful politician in the current government is showing great promise when it comes to wealth accumulation.
A chairman of a statutory body that is involved in regulating an emerging industry we hear has hired 21 consultants.
The free trade arrangement (FTA) that was signed recently with an ASEAN country is set to run into hot water. A militant religious leader is getting ready to take on the architect of the FTA publicly and float a no confidence against the man for what
Sri Lanka’s largest aluminium extrusion manufacturer, Alumex PLC, a subsidiary of the Hayleys group, on Tuesday announced aggressive plans to sharply increase its aluminium extrusion exports to 10 percent from the current 2 percent and to tap i
Guardian Capital Partners PLC (WAPO), a unit of the Carson Cumberbatch group, on Tuesday said it is terminating a joint venture (JV) agreement it had entered into with a foreign party due to the “current economic conditions and unfavourable inv
The Monetary Board of the Central Bank yesterday said it has decided to extend the suspension of business and activities of the primary dealer operations of Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC (PABC) for a period of six months, with effect from today.
Sri Lanka has been a country repeatedly hit by trade union strikes and street protests for past few years. Labor is one of the key factors that drive economic growth, in addition to capital. There are more labour-intensive industries than capital-int
The former foreign ministering type is livid with his party that he has not been given the portfolio back despite many promises by the green leader and the presiding type. The man, who is well known as a mover, is getting ready to make his next move
Sri Lanka will launch the long-delayed six-month digital marketing campaign in top source markets in Europe—the United Kingdom, Germany and France—from end of August, after the Cabinet of Ministers on Tuesday approved the Cabinet paper pr
Having decided a few years ago to make my permanent home in the remote village of Samagipura in the Anuradhapura District, I have been reawakened too much. The intention to seek village life and roots of my ancestors has been rewarded in many ways. S
A state-owned entity in the communications set up has mismanaged its finances to such a level that the entity has started to delay payments to its creditors. No creditor wants to take on the institution, given the size of its reach and the power the
The poor coordination of agricultural policies among government agencies, disharmony between agricultural and trade policies and the lack of congruence between agricultural and other national policies and goals, have become major roadblocks to uplift
The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Monday announced the relaunch of the annual Sri Lanka Tourism Awards, which is scheduled to be held on December 6, following a six-year hiatus.
(Colombo) REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee hit a near-record low yesterday on weakness in emerging-market currencies including the Indian rupee, and importer dollar demand, dealers said.
The excise duty reforms on beer in November last year have delivered social and financial returns to all stakeholders, Sri Lanka’s largest brewery, Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC (LION) said releasing its first quarter results for the 2018/19 finan
Sri Lanka’s banks will see a rebound in private sector credit triggered by the acceleration in consumption towards mid-2019, as the election minded-government is likely to loosen its grip on the tight spending and offer fiscal handouts to buy v
(Colombo) REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee hit a near-record low yesterday as weakness in emerging market currencies weighed, but later recovered to end the day flat, dealers said.
Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC saw a growth in the company’s sales during its most recent financial quarter ended on June 30, 2018 (2Q18), ending a long losing streak in its quarterly revenues and made an operating profit, compared to what it pos
The director board of Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (SLT) has resolved to go for a private placement of shares to meet the minimum public free float requirement as per the Colombo Stock Exchange Listing Rules.
(Mumbai) REUTERS: China is exporting textiles to India through Bangladesh to get around a tax increase on imports, undermining New Delhi’s efforts to support local manufacturers, industry sources said.
Avocado’s analysis (‘What kind of liberals are these?’ –June 29) inspired retort from “Fellows of the Advocata Institute” (“The kind of ‘liberals’ we are”, July 24). These Fellows accuse us
The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority yesterday announced the relaunch of the annual Sri Lanka Tourism Awards, which is scheduled to be held on December 6, following a six-year hiatus.
By One of the objectives of the open economic policy as articulated by President J.R. Jayewardene in 1977 was to have an export-led growth strategy and to accelerate international trade and investments. This would enable the country to eventually hav
Sri Lankan multinational Hayleys PLC, which accounts for 3.3 percent of the country’s export earnings and has business interests spanning over 16 sectors, says it is “not worried” about the debt pile it
Weak sales and profits from the key power generation and tourism businesses hit Aitken Spence PLC performance as the Sri Lankan corporate monolith with interests in to wider business
The Central Bank has directed all finance companies in the country to consider the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority’s (SLTDA) license as a pre-requisite for granting loans to any tourism related business.
President Maithripala Sirisena last week appointed a committee of experts to study the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SLSFTA) and submit a report. The President’s
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