Leveraging trade-investment nexus will enable Sri Lanka create high value jobs: Fin Min
Sept 03, 2018 (LBO) – Leveraging the trade-investment nexus will enable Sri Lanka to create high value jobs and attract technology to drive productivity …
Economy
UN expert to report Sri Lanka’s debt & its impact on human rights to UNHRC
Aug 30, 2018 (LBO) – United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, will conduct an official visit to Sri Lanka …
Financial Intelligence Unit enters into MoU with Insurance Regulatory Commission
Aug 28, 2018 (LBO) – In terms of the provisions of the Financial Transactions Reporting Act, No. 6 of 2006 (FTRA), the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) …
Sri Lanka official reserves at USD9.3Bn : Rupee depreciated by 5.0-pct by Aug 2018
Aug 28, 2018 (LBO) – The Central Bank of Sri Lanka said reflecting developments in the domestic and global foreign exchange markets, the Sri Lankan rupee …
STAX presents research on investment and FTA potential at SL-Singapore business council
Aug 27, 2018 (LBO) – Local research consultancy, STAX presented an overall view of key challenges in investment, potential opportunities for investment …
Sri Lanka July inflation up to 3.4-pct
Aug 22, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s overall rate of inflation as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI),on year on year is 3.4 percent …
Office space demand and long term optimism for apartments to drive real-estate market
Aug 21, 2018 (LBO) – It is clear that Sri Lanka has enjoyed a sustained growth in the supply of high-end luxury apartments. By 2016 and when calculated the …
Moody’s Investors Service annual credit analysis assigns Sri Lanka B1 Negative
Aug 17, 2018 (LBO) – Moody’s Investors Service says that the credit profile of the Government of Sri Lanka (B1 negative) is supported by the …
Central Bank to assist “Enterprise Sri Lanka” loan programme with training
Aug 17, 2018 (LBO) – Finance Ministry is to conduct training programs for all new entrepreneurs covered under the “Enterprise Sri Lanka” loan programme, …
Sri Lanka, Oman sign agreement on avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion
Aug 17, 2018 (LBO) – During the second meeting of the Sri Lanka-Oman bilateral consultations, held recently in Colombo, an agreement on avoidance of …
Sri Lanka’s Manufacturing growth marginally slows at beginning of Q3
Aug 17, 2018 (LBO) – The Manufacturing Sector PMI decreased to 57.2 index points in July 2018 from 57.6 index points observed in the previous month, a …
Singapore-SL FTA revenue protection not yet gazetted but published by Treasury
Aug 16, 2018 (LBO) – Department of Trade & Investment Policy has not yet published the extraordinary gazette pertaining to the revenue protection order …
Fitch maintains negative banking sector outlook for Sri Lanka in 2018
Aug 15, 2018 (LBO) – Fitch Ratings said it maintains a negative banking sector outlook for Sri Lanka as operating conditions remain challenging, which could …
Special Salaries Commission to remove public sector salary anomalies
Aug 14, 2018 (LBO) – Cabinet approval has been granted to appoint a special salaries commission to remove salary anomalies in the public sector including the …
Sri Lanka industrial production index up 0.4-pct in June
Aug 14, 2018 (LBO) – The volume of industrial production has increased by 0.4 percent in the month of June, 2018 compared to the same month in 2017, the …
Jaffna uniquely positioned for dual-hub IT strategy: STAX
Aug 14, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s leading management consulting firm, STAX, recently launched a research report outlining a dual-hub IT strategy for …
President appoints committee to study Sri Lanka – Singapore FTA
Aug 11, 2018 (LBO) – President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed an independent committee comprising of five experts to study and report on the Free Trade …
Sri Lanka hikes premium fuel prices
Aug 10, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has increased the prices of petrol (95) by 2.00 rupees to 167 rupees and super diesel by 1.00 rupee to 130 rupees, the …
Technical Cooperation Project from JICA for development of Kandy
Aug 10, 2018 (LBO) – The Urban Development Authority (UDA) of Sri Lanka and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have been working together …
CB Governor says bank deposit and lending rates need to come down
Aug 08, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy expressed concern on the current deposit and lending rates of the banks. …