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‘s launched election manifesto today
UPFA Presidential candidate President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s election manifesto ˜Mahinda Chinthana Lowa Dinana Maga’ launched today at Colombo. Rajapaksa introduced his first manifesto at the 2005 Presidential election named Mahinda Chinthanaya and presented œMahinda Chinthana Idiri Dekma election manifesto for the 2010 Presidential election. The new manifesto launched today is based on the 2005 and 2010 […]
‘s opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena to cancel JKH and Packer casino licenses
Dec 22, 2014, Sri Lanka opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena has declared to cancel the casino licenses given to John Keells Holdings and Australian James Packer, who is in the casino business.Government announced its approval for corporate income tax holidays and import duty concessions on materials, on Feb this year for Lake Leisure Holdings (Private) Limited […]
SriLankan Airlines takes delivery of its second A330-300
Dec 19, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s national carrier SriLankan Airlines, took delivery of its second Airbus 330-300, on today, continuing its wide body re fleeting programme, the airline said in a media release. Passengers will be afforded a new flying experience whilst satisfying customer demand for increased capacity on the primary routes of the […]
Sri Lanka tops web searches on Google for the term sex
Dec 18, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has become the top nation beating India, having highest volume of internet searches for the term ˜sex’, a report released by Google trends said. Homagama, Colombo and Nugegoda topped the list of people Googling the term ˜sex’ in 2014 in the Western Province, while Kandy came the fourth […]
’s HNB to establish $ 50 mn credit line with Korean Exim Bank
Dec 17,2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Hatton National Bank (HNB), a private lender entered into an agreement with The Export-Import Bank of Korea’ (KEXIM)recently to establish a revolving credit line of 50 million US dollars to finance trade between Sri Lanka and Korea, the bank said in a media release. With foreign trade between Sri […]
Human Smuggling
Dec 17, 2014 (LBO) – The Australian Government to continue its tough border protection measures to manage illegal maritime arrivals and combat people smuggling, the high commission of Australia said at a media conference held Colombo.On 26 November 2014, Sri Lanka and Australia worked together to disrupt a people smuggling venture carrying 38 Sri Lankan […]
Sri Lanka economy will grow irrespective of prevailing political situation in the Island : Official
Dec 16, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s economy will grow irrespective of political out come in the Island, an official said. Sri Lanka will held a presidential election on 8th of January next year. Growth in the gross domestic product (GDP) of Sri Lanka was consistently robust in the first half of 2014 to 7.6 […]
Sri Lanka external trade crunched in October 2014: Trade deficit widen significantly: Central bank
Dec 13, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s exports declined by 13.7 percent, to 899 million US dollars in October 2014 from a year earlier with largest contribution from textiles and garments followed by transport equipment and rubber products, all of which are categorized under industrial exports, official data showed. Apparel exports were down 8.7 percent […]
’s growth relies on tapping in to global markets, says Economist
Dec 12, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s economic growth will be driven by tapping into global market through exporting high value manufacturing products, agricultural products and services, a senior economist said. Sri Lanka is a 67 billion dollar economy, which I think not large by any strategy imagination, Deshal de Mel, Senior Economist of Hayleys […]
Sri Lanka policy rates unchanged: Inflation declines due to crude oil prices: Central Bank
Dec 12, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Central Bank says the current monetary policy stance is appropriate and accordingly decided to unchange the policy rate corridor at 6.50 percent to 8.00 percent, respectively. The impact of the contraction in pawning advances on the overall credit growth that was observed since early 2013 has now ended, […]
Belarus removes tax for Sri Lanka exporters
Dec 11, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has been removed from the list of off-shore countries from Belarus, benefiting Sri Lankan exporters a 15 percent tax waiver out on remittance of their export earnings back to Sri Lanka, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Sri Lanka said in a media a release. The total trade […]
Sri Lanka encourages people in North to invest in CSE to raise capital for businesses
Dec 10, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Securities and Exchange Commission’s chief said that, stock market is an alternative financial tool to raise capital for business activities and therefore Northern Province should take advantage of it and derive the benefits of capital market investments. More than 250 participants including professionals, academics and the business community […]