Category: Industry
Sri Lanka thermal energy generation up
Jan 09, 2014 (LBO) – Thermal generation at Sri Lanka’s state-run power utility has reached 70 percent with a sharp drop in cheap hydro generation amid dry weather, official data shows.On January 07, Ceylon Electricity Board generated 69.9 percent of its daily 32.5 GigaWatts (millions of units of electricity) from thermal sources with hydro at […]
Sri Lanka tourist arrivals reach 2013 target after data revision
Jan 08, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka said it had received 1.27 million tourists, topping a 1.2 million target for 2013 after changing the method of calculation, as concern grows over the credibility of state data.The latest tourism statistical reports come amid a call by business chambers to probe allegations of manipulating gross domestic product […]
Sixer
Jan 08, 2014 (LBO) – HSBC said it had helped sell the sixth Sri Lanka sovereign bond with the latest one billion US dollar 5-year bond.“Counting over 120 years in Sri Lanka, we are the only bank to have consecutively partnered the Government of Sri Lanka on all of its sovereign bond issuances since 2007,” […]
Ton-up Mathews helps Sri Lanka foil Pakistan
ABU DHABI, January 3, 2014 (AFP) – Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews hit a pugnacious hundred to pull Sri Lanka out of trouble on the fourth day of the first Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Friday.Mathews notched up 116 not out under pressure for his second Test hundred and put on invaluable 138-run […]
Mergers
Jan 02, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank is expecting two development banks and smaller state banks to be merged, Governor Nivard Cabraal said.National Savings Bank, another state bank will have to broaden their services, he said. New foreign banks setting up in Sri Lanka will also have to be locally incorporated. At the […]
Financial Consolidation
Jan 02, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s finance companies will be encouraged to merge with each other and banks and outside investors will be invited in a bid to strengthen capital deficient ones, Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal said. The regulator would like to see 58 non-bank financial institutions consolidated into 20 larger ones, he […]
Ton-up Younis, Misbah give Pakistan control
ABU DHABI, January 1, 2014 (AFP) – Exepreienced batsmen Younis Khan and Misbah-ul Haq hit sparkling hundreds as Pakistan took command of the first Test in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.Shehzad also miscued a hook shot and was caught at forward square-leg by Dimuth Karunaratne after hitting three boundaries. But after those two wickets, Misbah and […]
Liberty
Jan 02, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has lifted a 100 percent cash margin requirement to import cars with immediate effect, as the exchange rate came under appreciating pressure, and the monetary authority held it down.The Central Bank said the restriction imposed on August 30, 2013 has been removed. The monetary authority has been buying […]
Junaid, Bhatti destroy Sri Lanka in first cricket Test
ABU DHABI, December 31, 2013 (AFP) – Pacemen Junaid Khan grabbed five and Bilawal Bhatti took three wickets as Pakistan caught Sri Lanka napping at 167-8 at tea on the opening day of the first Test in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.Pakistan strove hard for wickets in the first hour but wasted one review when they […]
Oil Switch
Dec 30, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will start selling petrol with an Octane count of 92 from January 2014 and will discontinue 90-octane fuel, petroleum minister Anura Yapa said. Minister Yapa said state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and the second player Lanka IOC will both sell 92-Octane petrol. There will be no change to retail […]
Acess Points
Dec 30, 2013 (LBO) – About 11.4 percent of households in Sri Lanka have internet access at home, with 9.2 percent accessing through other means with communications centres were playing a key role, official data shows. In Trincomalee 3.7 percent of households had internet access through Nanasala booths, followed by 3.6 percent in Ampara and […]
Sri Lanka pull off thrilling consolation win over Pakistan
ABU DHABI, December 27, 2013 (AFP) – Dinesh Chandimal kept his nerve to pull off a sensational two-wicket win for Sri Lanka in the fifth and final one-dayer in Abu Dhabi on Friday, but Pakistan took the five-match series 3-2.Chandimal finished with 64 not out off 70 balls and added a match-turning 40 runs for […]