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Industry veteran Saifuddin Jafferjee re-elected Chairman of JAAF
The Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) held its 21st Annual General Meeting on 27th January in Colombo. Speaking at the event the reappointed Chairperson, Saifuddin Jafferjee, reflected on the achievements of the past year while emphasizing the work needed to navigate upcoming challenges in the apparel industry. “I am deeply honored to serve this incredible industry […]
VIDEO: Microsoft Probes DeepSeek Data; Alibaba Says Its AI Model Is Superior to DeepSeek
Alex Stamos, SentinelOne chief information security officer, outlines the security concerns related to DeepSeek’s app and the safety of their open-source code. Alibaba says it’s new artificial intelligence model is superior to DeepSeek. It says the Qwen 2.5 Max edition scored better than Meta Platforms Inc.’s Llama and DeepSeek’s V3 model in various tests.
Central Bank maintains Overnight Policy Rate at the current level
The Monetary Policy Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, at its meeting held on 28 January 2025, decided to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) of the Central Bank at its current level of 8.00 per cent. The Board arrived at this decision following a careful analysis of the current and expected macroeconomic […]
Sri Lanka Economic Summit kicks off today
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will inaugurate the Sri Lanka Economic Summit organised by The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce which opens Tuesday at the Shangri La Hotel, Colombo. President Dissanayake will participate in a Fireside chat on the Government’s vision for sustainable economic progress, with the Deputy Vice Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber Bingumal Thewarathanthri. Day […]
EDCM Resumes Operations after 28 Years; targeting USD 36 Bn in Export Revenue by 2030
In line with the new government’s policy of “A Thriving Nation- A Beautiful Life,” President Anura Kumara Disanayake directed officials to take the necessary steps to increase export revenue to $36 billion by 2030. The President expressed these views during the meeting of the Export Development Council of Ministers (EDCM), held today (27) at […]
Total exports for December 2024 increased by 9.21-pct compared to 2023
As per the provisional data released by the Sri Lanka Customs, the merchandise export performance in December 2024 amounted to US$ 1,042.5 million, reflecting an 4.06% increase compared to December 2023. This was mainly due to the increase in earnings from export of Apparel & Textiles, Tea, Rubber based products, Coconut based products, Spices & […]
VIDEO: How China’s New AI Model DeepSeek Is Threatening U.S. Dominance
A little-known AI lab out of China has ignited panic throughout Silicon Valley after releasing AI models that can outperform America’s best despite being built more cheaply and with less-powerful chips. DeepSeek, as the lab is called, unveiled a free, open-source large-language model in late December that it says took only two months and less […]
‘ Ratings, Affirms 8 Following National Scale Recalibration
Fitch Ratings has upgraded the National Long-Term Ratings of 10 Sri Lankan non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) and affirmed the ratings of eight. This comes after the agency’s Sri Lankan National Rating scale was recalibrated to reflect changes in relative creditworthiness among the country’s issuers following the upgrade of Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Local-Currency Issuer Default Rating […]
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Sri Lanka Apparel achieves 5-pct export growth in 2024, Eyes in-country verticality to enable growth
Sri Lanka’s export earnings from apparel in 2024 reached USD 4.7 billion, recording a year-on-year growth of nearly 5%, according to the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF). Adding the country’s direct exports of textiles takes the overall export value to just over USD 5 billion. This underscores the resilience of the country’s textile and apparel […]