World Bank fast-tracks USD128Mn COVID-19 support for Sri Lanka
Apr 03, 2020 (LBO) – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved the $128.6 million Sri Lanka COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health …
Apr 03, 2020 (LBO) – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved the $128.6 million Sri Lanka COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health …
Apr 02, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Cabinet of Ministers has decided to suspend all restrictions on foreign currency inflows into the Island during the COVID-19 …
Mar 31, 2020 (LBO) – Headline inflation as measured by the year-on-year change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index declined to 5.4 percent in March 2020 from …
Mar 31, 2020 (LBO) – The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has decided to introduce a number of measures to provide flexibility to Licensed …
Mar 31, 2020 (LBO) – Colombo Stock Exchange will remain closed for trading from 01 April 2020 until the curfew is lifted, the exchange said in a notice. CSE …
Kithmina Hewage Over a quarter of the world’s population is currently under movement restrictions. For the first time in recent human history, coronavirus …
H2O ONE and its Singaporean technical partner ACE WATER met with Deputy General Manager Lasantha Weerasekara and staff members at the National Water Supply and …
Mar 25, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa requests international donor agencies to provide a debt moratorium or debt deferment facility …
Mar 24, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's government has announced a number of relief measures to people undergoing various hardships due to the prevailing situation …
The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation today announced plans to donate much-needed medical supplies to 10 more countries in Asia to help the global …
Mar 21, 2020 (LBO) – The coronavirus crisis is crushing global GDP growth according to Fitch Ratings in its latest quarterly "Global Economic Outlook". "The …
Mar 20, 2020 (LBO) - Trading at the Colombo stock exchange closed at midday as the S&P SL20 index of more liquid stocks fell 11.90 percent or 262.42 points …
Mar 19, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Central Bank has introduced several measures to ease the pressure on the exchange rate and prevent financial market panic …
Mar 19, 2020 (LBO) - The government has declared a period of work from home for both public and private sectors starting from March 20 to 27, the President's …
Mar 19, 2020 (LBO) – The 6-month debt moratorium announced for businesses will only be applicable to the most adversely affected five sectors of the economy, …
Mar 19, 2020 (LBO) – China Development Bank and Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Finance has signed a 500 million US dollar loan agreement amidst the COVID–19 …
I first heard of the BBK Partnership Sri Lanka in 2015. I first spoke with its co-founder Anandan Arnold in 2018, and finally met him in March 2020 at a …
Mar 17, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Central Bank requests financial institutions to refrain from engaging in speculative activity which could lead to panic in …
Mar 16, 2020 (LBO) – The Monetary Board of Sri Lanka's Central Bank at an urgent meeting held today has decided to reduce the Standing Deposit Facility Rate …
Mar 13, 2020 (LBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa requested the heads of research organizations to find ways and means to uplift a small country like Sri Lanka …