Feb 19, 2015 (LBO) – Fitch Ratings has assigned Singer Finance PLC’s proposed listed senior secured debentures of up to 1.5 billion rupees an Expected National Long-Term rating of ‘BBB (lka) (EXP)’, the rating agency said in a statement.The proposed issuance is expected to have a tenor of five years with a fixed-rate coupon which […]

Feb 19, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Port City project has not been stopped yet and is still being looked into, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament yesterday. “We have not yet decided to stop this project but we are examining all the details of this agreement,” Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in a statement. […]

Sri Lanka and IMF talks kicks off

Feb 19, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Largarde discussion had kicked off in Washington today. Management level dialogue will continue on the occasion of the Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in April. the statement said. We had a fruitful discussion […]

” magazine issue

Feb 18, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s new administration had ordered to release an issue of India’s Frontline magazine, which was held at the border, Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister’s office said in a statement.Customs authorities had held up the magazine due to an article which contained a reprint of an interview with the leader of […]

Sri Lanka Treasury bill yields up: Central Bank

Feb 18, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields were up on Wednesday’s auction with the 12-month yield increased to 6.12 percent from 6.10 percent in the last auction, data from the state debt office showed.6-month yield was also up at 6.03 percent and 2,391 million rupees were accepted from 7,016 million rupees.The debt […]

Sri Lanka Softlogic December net up 10-pct

Feb 18, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Softlogic Holdings December 2014 quarter net profit rose 10 percent to 179.1 million rupees from a year ago with big contributions from healthcare and IT and financial sector, interim accounts showed. Sales in the quarter rose 52 percent to 7.1 billion rupees from the previous year. Other operating […]

’s national carrier launches a new codeshare

Feb 18, 2015 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier for Sri Lanka inked a coadshare agreement with Jetstar Asia, a low-cost airline based in Singapore. The airline said that the SriLankan customers will be able to travel on codeshare services operated by Jetstar Asia on seven routes from Jetstar Asia’s hub in Singapore from […]

Online Solution

Feb 18, 2015(LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Export Development Board (EDB) said that it has opened a web portal for service exporters as a one stop for them to link with international partners.Sri Lanka™s exports of ICT and construction services increased by 8 percent to 774 million US dollars in 2013 from 2012™s 714 million US […]

Sri Lanka Treasury bill yields up: Central Bank

Feb 18, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields were up on Wednesday’s auction with the 12-month yield increased to 6.12 percent from 6.10 percent in the last auction, data from the state debt office showed. The debt office which is part of the island’s central bank offered 3-month short term bills for the […]

‘s NDB to issue Rs7.5bn listed debt

Feb 17, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s National Development Bank to issue listed rated unsecured senior redeemable debentures for 5 billion rupees with an option to go up to 7.5 billion rupees, the company said in an announcement to stock exchange.The rates and tenor was not announced.

Human Rights

Feb 17, 2015 (LBO) – The United Nations had delayed the report of alleged human rights violations in during the Tamil tiger war in Sri Lanka until September 2015, given the changing political context in the island. He said that the three experts, who were appointed by his predecessor Navi Pillay to advise the investigation, […]

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