Crumbling with Age
Old age is catching up with Sri Lanka but taking it slow and easy in comfortable retirement is just not an option available to this islands 19 million people. …
Waiting Game
The Banks country director, Peter Harrold, said the relatively peaceful run-up to the April 2 vote had been a blessing, but an outbreak of post-election …
Cry For Peace
His conflict with the president may have pushed Sri Lanka into early elections on April, 2, but Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says he would rather talk …
Hedging Bets
Singer (Sri Lanka) Ltd secured a SL A credit rating from Fitch Ratings Lanka for its upcoming four-year Rs. 400 mn unsecured redeemable debenture issue.The …
Early Leave
The Central Bank says it will issue Rs. 2 bn worth of treasury bills to the debt market as part of its borrowing programme for April.Of the Rs. 33,371 bn worth …
Tough Run
NatWealth Corp., says the fund misappropriation allegations in the State media are politically motivated, baseless and a distortion on facts. online pharmacy …
Saving A Dynasty
For Sri Lankas President Chandrika Kumaratunga running the country is like a family business, but she is taking a gamble at next weeks snap election that could …
Crouching Tiger
Sri Lankas elusive Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran is not a candidate at next weeks elections, but he could end up calling the shots in …
Victim Of Peace
The man who is seeking re-election as Sri Lankas prime minister at April 2 polls halted an ethnic war raging for decades, but his handling of the peace process …
Taming The Tiger
Sri Lankas political groups enter next weeks elections vowing to bring the Tamil Tigers back to the table, but the parties are poles apart on how to end …
Safe Mode
The Central Bank bought Rs. 4.4 bn worth treasury bills on Wednesday by driving rates down marginally.buy grifulvin online buy grifulvin online no prescription …
Flying India
Indias Jet Airways chalked up Colombo as its first international destination on Wednesday, after both governments opened skies recently for bilateral …
Sharing Wealth
Hatton National Bank is coming out with an Employee Share Ownership Plan to reward staff and give them a sense of partnership.HNBs Chairman/CEO Rienzie T …
Show and Tell
Sri Lanka is drumming up support for an annual regional export sector exhibition, kicking off its campaign with a 4-day local event in November 2004. A …
Animal Instinct
Sri Lankas political stage is a muddle of fish, eagles, trishaws, trees, mammoties, electric bulbs, coconuts and many more, all convinced they could do a …
Splitting Hairs
Despite a slew of recent opinion polls showing a significant lack of confidence in the UNF running of the economy, the party believes a societal shift in voter …
Over The Sahara
Indias Sahara Air flew in its first paid-passenger-flight to Colombo on Monday taking Sri Lanka a step closer to the coveted regional tourism hub …
Bad Luck
The Mahapola Trust Fund and GTECH filed a counter case in courts Tuesday to fight a fundamental rights petition against the launch of its online lottery. The …
Checkmate
Moves by DFCC Bank to invest in National Wealth Corp. were put on hold following defamatory reports by the state media on Tuesday.NatWealth, which is a fully …
Socially Accountable
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL) - the countrys auditing standard setting body - is trying to lift the countrys accounting standards …