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Sri Lanka foreign reserves at USD6.5bn by end July: Central Bank
Aug 05, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s official reserves were 6.48 billion US dollars at the end of July, up from 5.27 billion US dollars end of June, official Central Bank data showed. Foreign currency reserves were 5.45 billion dollars, and reserves in Gold were 0.96 billion dollars. Reserves were boosted by a dual-tranche sovereign bond […]
PTL Watch: Bond yields lower on fresh buying by locals
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Janashakthi Insurance records remarkable growth in 1H, 2016
Janashakthi Insurance PLC (Janashakthi) posted a consolidated Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs. 630 million for the six months ended 30th June 2016, recording an impressive Year-on-Year growth of 198%. Consolidated Gross Written Premium (GWP) grew by 34% to Rs. 6.5 billion with the Company’s Non-Life segment leading the charge with 41% growth in GWP […]
Rio Olympics 2016 commence today, nine Sri Lankan athletes compete
Aug 05, 2016 (LBO) – Nine athletes from Sri Lanka have traveled to compete in eight events at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games which will officially begin in Rio today. The nine-member team will be captained by Anuradha Indrajith Cooray. The rest of the team includes, Niluka Rajesekara and Sumedha Ranasinghe as athletes; Mathew Abeyasinghe […]
Sri Lanka PM meets business leaders at Horton Debate
Aug 05, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe met leading business personalities at a dinner event organized by the Horton Debate Society in Colombo recently. At the well-attended function, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe explained his plans for electoral reforms, constitutional amendments and the initiatives underway to develop the economy. The Prime Minister was […]
Sri Lankan shares rise as investors pick blue chips; rupee steady
Aug 05, 2016 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan shares rose on Friday, hovering near a seven-week high hit earlier this week, as investors bought blue chips expecting better profits after hopes rose that a recent rate increase by the central bank would help improve the island nation’s macroeconomic outlook. The benchmark Colombo stock index was 0.7 […]
‘s Rangana Herath takes hat-trick against Australia
Aug 05, 2016 (Reuters) – Rangana Herath became only the second Sri Lankan cricketer to claim a test hat-trick on the second morning of the second test against Australia on Friday. The left-arm spinner dismissed Adam Voges, Peter Nevill and Mitchell Starc off successive deliveries to achieve the feat. Former paceman Nuwan Zoysa was the […]
Malaysia’s rationalization of SOEs, lessons for Sri Lanka
Aug 05, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-owned public enterprises should be rationalized to focus on four main factors to future survival, a top official at PEMANDU Malaysia said. Speaking at the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2016, CEO of PEMANDU, Dato Sri Idris Jala, said the most important factor is that the SOEs should be […]
‘s senior debt final BBB+(lka)
Fitch Ratings has assigned Senkadagala Finance PLC’s (SFC: BBB+(lka)/Stable) issue of senior unsecured redeemable debentures of up to LKR3bn a final National Long-Term Rating of ‘BBB+(lka) ‘. The final rating is the same as the expected rating assigned on 13 June 2016, and follows the receipt of documents conforming to information already received. The amount […]
Colombo Stock Exchange offers online services through CDS e-connect
Aug 05, 2016 (LBO) – The Colombo Stock Exchange has launched CDS e-connect, a portal with an array of online services to Central Depository System account holders. The CDS will match depositories from around the world in offering electronic services to account holders, a statement said. Many peer depositories in the Asian region currently provide similar […]