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Sri Lanka bond deal goes to JP Morgan, Barclays and HSBC
August 02, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has appointed J P Morgan, Barclays Capital and HSBC to raise 500 million dollars from international market, the government’s debt office said.Twelve international banks and investment houses submitted their proposals and made presentations to be lead managers. Citibank, Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank, UBS Warburg were also in the […]
Super Profits
August 02, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Commercial Bank reported net profit for the second quarter ended June 2007 shot up 52 percent to 1.1 billion rupees from 753 million in the same 2006 period. Net interest income for the quarter soared 66 percent to almost three billion rupees, according to interim results released to […]
No More
August 2, 2007 (LBO) – Eminent banker Pelanage Amarasinghe passed away on Wendesday August 01.He has served Sri Lanka’s banking sector for over 36 years as a central banker and later also in commercial banks. He retired from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka after becoming its Deputy Governor and was a former chairman of […]
Sri Lanka earns more by selling less tea
Aug 2, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s tea export volumes fell by 10 percent in the first six months of this year, but earnings rose marginally by three percent, a commodity broker said Thursday. Sri Lanka, which is better known for its high quality aromatic tea known by the country’s previous name Ceylon, is made […]
Missed Call
August 02, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka should unilaterally liberalise its telecommunications sector even further and update outdated regulations to avoid falling behind the rest of south Asia, a telecom expert has said. The country was also not living up to its commitments made in international trade negotiations and its telecom sector was losing momentum, […]
Walkie Talkie
August 2, 2007 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan celco is rolling out a mobile payphone system for rural communities that have limited access to telecommunications facilities, but it is a market worth billions of rupees, officials said. Sri Lanka has over six million mobile phone users, serviced by four operators. Contrary to popular perceptions that […]
IMF says monetary policy should be tightened to counter effects of commodity price rises
COOLUM, Australia, Aug 2, 2007 (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Thursday that some countries may need to hike interest rates to keep inflation under control amid strong world growth and high fuel prices. “In the current context of continued very robust growth and rising prices in energy, commodities and food, to sustain […]
IMF plays down sharemarket falls as APEC finance meet opens
COOLUM, Australia, Aug 2, 2007 (AFP) – The IMF played down recent sharemarket turmoil and said it would not lower its global economic outlook Thursday as a meeting of Asia Pacific finance ministers opened in Australia.International Monetary Fund (IMF) deputy managing director John Lipsky also said interest rates may need to rise in some countries […]
‘s Malinga to join Kent county cricket
August 02, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s star fast bowler Lasith Malinga is to join English county Kent for just under a month, the governing body of the sport here, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), said Thursday. Malinga becomes the fourth Sri Lankan to play for an English county in the current season — Muttiah Muralitharan […]
Sri Lanka ruling coalition member party submits resignation from govt
August 02, 2007 (LBO) – Members of a Sri Lankan political party, Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC), that helps keep the ruling coalition in power submitted their resignations from the government Thursday. “We have decided to quit the government,” R Yogarajan, Vice President of the Ceylon Workers Congress told LBO. CWC leader Arumugam Thondaman, who is […]