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Sri Lanka stocks close up 0.8-pct: Two week high
July 16, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed up 0.82 percent on Thursday, on two week high with telecom and banking sector stocks showing gains, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 57.95 points higher at 7,124.14 up 0.82 percent. The S&P SL20 closed 33.50 points higher at 3,991.21 up 0.85 […]
Sri Lanka’s ministers to pay for govt vehicles and fuel if used for election campaign
July 16, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government asked Prime Minister, the Ministers, State Ministers, Deputy Ministers and the officials to pay a fee for using their official vehicles to promote their political party or candidature in upcoming general election.The decision was made at a meeting held between the Commissioner of Elections and the General […]
Sri Lanka gets Euro 53mn credit from Spain to construct flyovers
July 16, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government to construct four lane steel flyover in Rajagiriya- Colombo, and two lane flyovers in Ganemulla and Polgahawela to ease the traffic congestion in the Colombo city and suburbs with 53 million Euro credit from Spain, cabinet spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said. The credit from government of Spain which […]
Guaranteed price for green leaf extended till next month; Rs200mn for Tea Shakthi Fund
July 16, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lankan government has decided to extend the guaranteed price of 80 rupees per kilogram of green leaf produced by tea smallholders until this August.Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal by Plantation Industries Minister Lakshman Kiriella to extend this scheme implemented under the 100 day programme of the government.Meanwhile […]
Golden Key depositors to be paid July 24th: Ravi K
July 16, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister, Ravi Karunanayake said that all the Golden Key depositors will be paid on 24th of July 2015.“We are paying the Golden Key depositors on 24th,” the Minister told reporters in Colombo, Thursday.“The exact amount to be paid has not yet been decided yet,” The Golden Key […]
Sri Lanka CEB to
July 16, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has given approval to purchase a 60MegaWatt barge mounted power plant for 571 million yen (641 million rupees). The agreement on purchasing of electricity from the power plant has expired on 30th of June 2015. The proposal to purchase the plant has been […]
Sri Lanka gives nod to transport “Walla-Patta” on commercial basis
July 16, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers have given approval to transport the plant “Gyrinopswalla” or “Walla –Patta” on commercial basis, based on a permit issued by the respective authority, cabinet spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said.The proposal was made by President Maithripala Sirisena in his capacity as the Minister of Mahaweli Development and […]
Greek MPs vote in favour of new austerity measures: Secure third Brussels bail-out
July, 16, 2015 (LBO) – Greek MPs have secured a third Brussels bail-out to ward off the threat of bankruptcy following a vote in favour of new austerity measures, foreign media reports said. “The 300 member parliament voted by a majority of 229 to 64 against on a raft of tax hikes and pension reforms, […]
Sri Lanka to pay revised pensions to pre-2006 retirees with August pension
July 16, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lankan government has decided to revise the pensions of public servants who retired before the implementation of Public Administration Circular 6/2006 which were issued revising the salaries of public service, based on the salary revised by above circulars.The necessary instructions have been given under the Public Administration Circulars No.16/2015. […]
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July 16, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Fitch Ratings has assigned People’s Leasing & Finance proposed senior unsecured debentures of up to 6 billion rupees an expected national long term rating of ‘AA-(lka)(EXP)’. The final rating is contingent on the receipt of the final documents conforming to information already received, Fitch Ratings said. The issue […]
Commercial Bank Bangladesh rated AAA: CRISL
July 16, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Commercial Bank, Bangladesh accorded AAA long-term credit rating by Credit Rating Information and Services (CRISL), a statement said. The full statement follows The AAA (Triple A) long-term credit rating accorded to the Bangladesh operations of Commercial Bank PLC has been reaffirmed by Credit Rating Information and Services Ltd […]
EU to observe Parliamentary Elections in Sri Lanka
July 15, 2015 (LBO) – European Union says that it has today started the deployment of an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Sri Lanka to observe the Parliamentary Elections scheduled for 17 August 2015, following an invitation from the Sri Lanka authorities.“The European Union has once again responded positively to the invitation of the Sri […]