Reality Check
Treasury Bond yields touched 8.06 percent at this weeks auction for paper maturing in 316 days.The yield is slightly above one-year treasury bill notes which …
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Short Respite
Treasury Bill yields fell by 200 basis points at Wednesdays auction due to excess liquidity in the money market and less pressure on short-term interest …
Comrade Minister
Officials in Kumaratungas Freedom Alliance said four members of the Marxist JVP, or Peoples Liberation Front took their oaths while another four were sworn in …
Shooting Stars
The economy, politics and human life itself is in for harder times predict astrologers, as a lunar eclipse, two meteor sightings and a meteor shower coincide. …
Mixed Signals
The Asian Development Bank revised growth targets downwards to 5 percent this year and 5.5 percent in 2005, providing also that politics does not derail …
Comeback Call
The Norwegian government will send a high level team on Saturday to explore possibilities of reviving the stalled peace process.The delegation will include …
Foreign Call
The investment bank picked for the job will initiate the book building exercise for the funds rising, while the telco giant obtains State approval for its …
Return Ticket
The new government will continue with plans to put in place a Tourism Development Bill and restructure the Tourist Board on priority basis this year.Mooted …
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The Central Bank will raise nine billion rupees worth of shorter maturity bonds next month to ease the current interest rate pressures.The new issues which are …
Under Scrutiny
Accounting experts say local companies should invest more in voluntary social and environmental reporting, since indifference could be costly.It is cheaper for …
Big Buy
NDB picked up a further 20 per cent stake in NDB Bank, following up on Fridays 37 per cent acquisition. Mondays buy increases NDBs stake in the commercial …
Avrudu Bash
Commercial Banks ATMs dispensed a staggering Rs. 625 million over the five-day lquote Avurudu weekend in April, the Bank said this week. buy renova online …
First Act
The governments first piece of business when parliament opens on May 18 will be to push through an Anti-corruption Bill to replace the Bribery Commission and …
New Deputy At Central Bank
Dr. Ranee Jayamaha succeeded Mr. P.M.Nagahawatte, Deputy Governor who retired from the Central Bank on April 18, 2004. online pharmacy buy cymbalta with best …
Commercial Buy
National Development Bank (NDB) picked up a 29 per cent stake in its associate company NDB Bank (NBL), as part of its strategy to merge with the commercial …
Back In Business
Norway said that it had conditionally agreed to resume its role as mediator between the government and armed rebels in Sri Lanka, at the request of President …
Clean Slate
The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) says it is ready to work with the Alliance government on a clean slate and support issues in Parliament on a case-by-case basis. …
Just Out
The vote to elect the speaker to the new Parliament closed minutes ago, with initial reports indicating the race between the two key candidates was neck and …