Sri Lanka could tap new World Bank agriculture aid, better strategy promised
WASHINGTON, Oct 21, 2007 (LBO) – The World Bank is putting up new cash to boost rural agriculture and is promising not to repeat past mistakes that …
WASHINGTON, Oct 21, 2007 (LBO) – The World Bank is putting up new cash to boost rural agriculture and is promising not to repeat past mistakes that …
WASHINGTON, Oct 20, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka should pay more attention to rising inflation and address the problem with the country's budget, a top IMF …
WASHINGTON, Oct 19, 2007 (LBO) - IMF chief Rodrigo de Rato said countries emerging from conflict should be careful about commercial borrowing, but welcomed …
WASHINGTON, Oct 19 2007 (LBO) – World Bank chief Robert Zoellick's new push to lend to middle income nations is opening up new opportunities for …
Oct 18, 2007 (LBO) –Credit-default swaps tied to Sri Lanka's debt started trading Thursday after the government sold 500 million dollars in bonds to …
Oct 18, 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Central Bank Thursday said the government's first international sovereign bond issue of 500 million dollars was more than …
Oct 18, 2007 (LBO) – Trade delegations from 12 countries have already confirmed their participation at IMEXPRO 2008, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said …
Oct 16, 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's financial sector has been advised to exercise caution in launching derivatives which are yet new instruments in the island. …
Oct 12, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's country-wide inflation has rocketed to 21 percent in July 2007 even as authorities derided a more widely watched price …
Oct 10, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will have to borrow 740 billion rupees in 2008, to bridge the budget deficit and roll-over existing debt in 2008, a bill …
Oct 10, 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) said an assessment by a rating agency that a future administration run by the …
Oct 09, 2007 (LBO) - Standard and Poor's has confirmed Sri Lanka's B+ sovereign rating on the eve of a maiden global bond offer, but warned that excessive …
Oct 08, 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's opposition United National Party is not expected to "willfully default" a proposed 500 million dollar sovereign bond if the …
Oct 08, 2007, (LBO) - Sri Lanka is starting road shows in a number of financial centres to sell its maiden sovereign bond with teams from the finance ministry …
Oct 08, 2007 (LBO) - Fitch Ratings has given a speculative BB- rating for Sri Lanka's upcoming sovereign bond but warned that a worsening conflict could cause …
Oct 06, 2007 (LBO) – The overshooting of a self-declared Central Bank 10 percent inflation target for 2007 is strengthening the case for reforming the …
Oct 05, 2007 (LBO) – Asian Development Bank (ADB), the second largest lender to Sri Lanka, says two decades of aid has mixed results and the relevance of …
Oct 04, 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lanka treasuries edged up again this week as a high budget deficit drained funds from the domestic markets and the central bank fought …
Oct 03, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka consumer affairs ministry said it was amending laws to bring a Singapore-owned flour mill under its control as rising …
Oct 02, 2007 (LBO) – Zimbabwe has hiked overnight discount rate by 15,000 basis points to 800 percent while the rate at the unsecured last resort window …