SL aims to establish FTAs with most Southeast Asian countries, Min Balasuriya
Significant strides in establishing Free Trade Agreements with Bangladesh and the Maldives, together with existing FTAs will pave the way to initiate FTAs with …
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Hemas Group revenue up by 21.9-pct over last year
Hemas Holdings PLC (HHL) recorded a Group revenue of Rs.57.7 billion, an increase of 20.5 percent over last year. The underlying cumulative operating profit of …
Fitch downgrades Singer Finance to ‘A(lka)’; Outlook negative
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Singer Finance (Lanka) PLC’s (SFL) National Long-Term Rating to ‘A(lka)’ from ‘A+(lka)’. The Outlook …
Q3 performance at JKH Group sees turnaround in Leisure business
Summarised below are the key operational and financial highlights of our performance during the quarter under review: • Group EBITDA recorded a significant …
Renewable energy can be a solution to SL’s energy crisis
Sri Lanka is currently facing an acute energy crisis, primarily due to the country’s reliance on imported fossil fuel. The solution to this is for the …
Indonesia pledges to strengthen palm oil smallholders
A special meeting was held on the 11th of January 2022 between the Palm Oil Association of Sri Lanka (POIASL) and Her Excellency, Dewi Gustina Tobing, …
Foreign Minister discusses range of projects with Korean Speaker
Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris hosted a Lunch on 20 January, 2022 in honour of the visiting Korean Delegation headed by the Speaker of …
Opinion: Special goods and services tax, Issues and concerns
Dr Roshan Perera & Naqiya Shiraz Background The new bill titled ‘Special Goods and Services Tax’ was published by gazette dated 07 January …
Women in Management, IFC and Government of Australia recognise inspiring women from Sri Lanka and Maldives
The ‘Top50’ Professional and Career Women Awards 2021 – hosted by Women in Management (WIM), in collaboration with Women in Work, a partnership …
Opinion: Repay foreign debt or finance essential imports
By Chair of our Academic Programme and former Economic Adviser at the World Bank, Dr. Sarath Rajapatirana, and our Senior Research Fellow, and former Director …
Opinion: Diversification vital for the long-term stability of the RPCs
Should optimise assets, not limit themselves to being solely agriculture businesses By Bhathiya Bulumulla Over the past three decades, the Regional Plantation …
Eco Spindles aims to increase plastic recycling by 10-pct
Eco Spindles, Sri Lanka’s largest plastics recycler equipped with one of only two plants in the world capable of creating polyester yarn directly from …
VIDEO INTERVIEW: What will the year 2022 look like for Sri Lanka? W A Wijewardena
“Sri Lanka will have a very gloomy future in 2022. If the government is interested in avoiding it, it has to immediately change the present economic …
Ecological floating islands to purify Beira Lake
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (21) released a thousand ecological floating islands to Beira Lake initiating the purifying process of the lake. Beira Lake …
John Keells Foundation’s “Break the Silence” public campaign targets domestic violence
John Keells Foundation conducted a two-week public campaign against gender-based violence under its Project WAVE (Working Against Violence through Education). …
ADB partners with JKH to boost food value chains and farm livelihoods in SL
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) entered into an agreement to invest up to $80 million (in Sri Lanka rupee equivalent) in John Keells Holdings PLC …
Sri Lanka’s path to recovery: Restoring human capital in post-pandemic world
Highlights COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on human capital worldwide and has reversed valuable gains made over the past decade. Recovery efforts require …
President Rajapaksa stresses importance to curb deforestation and use of fossil fuels
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa undertook an official visit to the United Arab Emirates from 3 to 5 December 2021 to attend the 5th Indian Ocean Conference …
Mahinda Samarasinghe assumes duties as Ambassador- designate of Sri Lanka to USA
Ambassador – designate of Sri Lanka to the United States of America Mahinda Samarasinghe assumed duties at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in …
BOI enterprises export revenues, record 2019 values: Double digit growth recorded in seven sectors
Accounting for 65% of all national exports and 85% of all national industrial exports, the Board of Investment today announced that total export earnings …