SriLankan Airlines special flights to bring back stranded in India, Pakistan and Nepal
Apr 21, 2020 (LBO) - SriLankan Airlines will operate special flights from India’s Amritsar, Coimbatore, Pakistan’s Karachi, Lahore and Nepal’s …
Apr 21, 2020 (LBO) - SriLankan Airlines will operate special flights from India’s Amritsar, Coimbatore, Pakistan’s Karachi, Lahore and Nepal’s …
Apr 20, 2020 (LBO) – Central Bank reiterates that there is no hindrance to providing financial assistance to Sri Lankans who have gone abroad to pursue …
Bilesha Weeraratne Growing pressure on Sri Lanka’s scarce foreign exchange resources, due to the wide spread of COVID-19 across the globe, is now more real …
Advocata Institute is hosting a panel discussion with tourism industry leaders, Kimarli Fernando (Chairperson, Sri Lanka Tourism), Vipula Gunatilleka (CEO, …
Apr 18, 2020 (LBO) – ICRA Lanka expects the Sri Lankan economy to face a recession of magnitude -1.9% in 2020 with a U-shape recovery path returning to its …
Apr 17, 2020 (LBO) – The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, in a communication to the President has proposed a Shared Vision, Economic Recovery Strategy and …
Apr 17, 2020 (LBO) – Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has today placed the Government of Sri Lanka's long-term foreign-currency issuer and senior …
Apr 17, 2020 (LBO) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is starting to review Sri Lanka's request for Rapid Credit Facility this week, the international …
Apr 16, 2020 (LBO) - Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlook on Sri Lankan consumer-durable retailer Abans PLC's National Long-Term Rating to Negative from …
Apr 16, 2020 (LBO) – President Gotabaya Rajapaksa discussed rebuilding the economy in the face of the current challenges during a meeting with the …
Apr 14, 2020 (LBO) - The Asia Development Bank (ADB) has tripled the size of its response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to US20 billion …
Apr 14, 2020 (LBO) - Amid the mounting human toll and global economic fallout triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, South Asian governments must ramp up action …
Apr 12, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Government in consultation with the Monetary Board of the Central Bank has introduced a Special Deposit Account (SDA) with …
Apr 09, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s gross official reserves were 7.5 billion US dollars (USD7,525.7mn) by the end of March, down from 7.9 billion US dollars …
Apr 09, 2020 (LBO) – PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) expects real GDP growth in the Island to be less than 2 percent this year even if the pandemic is contained …
By Sharhan Muhseen 6th April 2020 National policymakers have been grappling on the right balance between lockdowns (total or partial) and maintaining a …
Apr 06, 2020 (LBO) - Presided by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a discussion took place at the Presidential Secretariat to review the progress of the COVID-19 …
Daraz, Sri Lanka's largest e-commerce platform, ordinarily connects thousands of sellers to millions of consumers across the country. Now, however, the …
Apr 03, 2020 (LBO) – The Monetary Board of the Central Bank today decided to reduce the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending …
Apr 03, 2020 (LBO) – First Capital Research has reduced its ASPI target to a mere 5,000 for June 2020 as earnings of most companies are likely to be negative …