Category: Economy and Markets
Sri Lanka pension bill protestor dies
June 02, 2011 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan worker who was shot while protesting a state plan to deduct more money from private sector worker salaries to build a new state-controlled pension fund has died as the country’s police chief stepped down. The proposed plan would see deductions going up further. Sri Lanka’s state workers […]
Sri Lanka central bank to restore second historic building
June 02, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s central bank which has restored a historic building in Colombo city’s old quarter which features colonial era architecture will begin work on a second building that it has bought, a top official said. The central bank officially opened ‘Lloyds Building’ in Sir Baron Jayetilleke Mawatha in Colombo’s Fort […]
Sri Lanka Treasuries yields steady
June 01, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields were steady at Wednesday’s auction the government’s debt office said, with only a part of maturing bills being sold to real buyers. The 3-month yield moved up 01 basis point to 7. 10 percent, the 6-month yield also moved up a basis point to 7.20 […]
Sri Lanka tax collections up but revenue deficit wide in 1Q
June 01, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s first quarter 2011 state revenues rose 19. 5 percent from a year earlier to 218.4 billion rupees ahead of annual projections of 17. 8 percent with people paying 24.3 percent more taxes , but the revenue deficit was wide. Current expenses pulled ahead at a 9. 9 percent […]
Sri Lanka arrests police over firing at protesters
June 1, 2011 (AFP) – Two senior Sri Lankan police officers have been arrested over live rounds fired at protests against a pension bill at which 150 people were injured in violent clashes. Police spokesman Prishantha Jayakody said the two inspectors were held over their conduct at Monday’s protest in Katunayake, a town near the […]
Sri Lanka shares end down 0.4-pct
June 01, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares ended weaker Wednesday with some interest seen in financial and property stocks, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index closed at 7,387.15, down 0.42 percent (30.92 points) while the more liquid Milanka index rose 0.08 percent (5.45 points) to close at 6,859.06, according to stock exchange […]
Sri Lanka export zone to reopen Thursday
June 01, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Export Processing Zone next to the Katunayake international airport is to be reopened Thursday following violent protests by workers against a new government pension bill they opposed. The Board of Investment said it requests all employees attached to the enterprises in the zone, north of Colombo, to report […]
Sri Lanka March exports surge 54-pct
May 31, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s exports surged 54 percent in March to 1,057 million dollars, topping a billion dollars for the first time helped by a steep increase in industrial goods as well as rising commodity prices, official data showed. Investment goods imports rose 95 percent to 163 million US dollars and consumer […]
Sri Lanka inflation eases to 8.8-pct in May
May 31, 2011 (LBO) – Consumer prices in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo rose 8. 8 percent in May 2011 from a year earlier, decelerating from a high of 9.8 percent in April, the government’s statistics office data showed. The country’s interbank money markets are flushed with excess liquidity. But in the month of May the […]
Sri Lanka shares end down 0.7-pct
May 31, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares ended weaker Tuesday despite retail buying of popular and speculative stocks, brokers said. Capital Development and Investment Company, which had shot up 303.10 rupees or almost 75 percent Monday to 707.30 rupees, fell almost 10 percent Tuesday to end at 636. 90 rupees. The main All Share […]
Sri Lanka IFC investments upped after war
May 30, 2011 (LBO) – International Finance Corporation, the World Bank’s private sector financing arm, said it could double investments in Sri Lanka to nearly 70 million dollars a year after a 30-year war ended in the country. “We are ready to step up our investment in the post conflict era,” Pavol Wajda, program coordinator […]
Sri Lanka IFC in business skill push through web, mobile
May 30, 2011 (LBO) – International Finance Corporation, World Bank’s private sector arm, Dialog Axiata and IBM Corporation is seeing growing use of a web based business training platform backed by mobile delivery in Sri Lanka, officials said. IFC’s business toolkit developed by IBM has been adapted to Sri Lanka since 2008 targeting small and […]