Category: Industry
Credit Transition
Aug 21, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s private sector credit utilization is higher than bank loan data suggest due to structural changes that are taking place this year, a senior central bank official said.During the first six months of the year credit to private business and individuals from commercial banks rose 74.6 billion rupees, down […]
Credit Trend
Aug 19, 2013 (LBO) – Credit to the state spiked in June 2013 to 36.7 billion rupees, up from only 5.7 billion in May, crowding out loans to private citizens to 11.5 billion rupees from 18.3 billion a month earlier, official data showed. Central Bank credit to government fell to 233.2 billion rupees in June […]
Ship Building
Aug 19, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard Plc, a unit of Onomichi of Japan said profits fell 73 percent to 114 million rupees in the June 2013 quarter from a year earlier amid a drop in revenues. The firm reported profit of 572 million rupees from shipbuilding in the six months with 482 […]
Wearable Computing
PARIS, August 17, 2013 (AFP) – South Korea’s Samsung Electronics will unveil its new Galaxy Gear “smartwatch” early next month, ahead of Apple’s iWatch, Bloomberg news and a fan site said Saturday.The Galaxy Gear, which will allow users to make calls, access email and even surf the Internet, will launch on September 4, said the […]
Sri Lanka rejects night cricket Tests with pink ball
COLOMBO, August 16, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka on Friday turned down a request from Pakistan to play day-night Tests in the upcoming series in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where both countries have loyal fans. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said it decided against playing day-night Tests “since the national team players have not practised […]
Australian tycoon Packer eyes Japan casino
SYDNEY, August 16, 2013 (AFP) – Australian tycoon James Packer said Friday he wants to expand his gaming empire into the lucrative Japanese market in the form of resort-casinos to tap the country’s love of gambling. The mogul, who already operates casinos in Melbourne, Perth and Macau and is planning complexes in Manila, Sydney and […]
Capital Boost
Aug 15, 2013 (LBO) – The capital of Sri Lanka’s state-run People’s Bank will be increased to keep pace with higher business volumes information minister Keheliya Rambukwelle said.As a first step the cabinet of ministers had approved changes to its governing law to increase its authorized capital to 50 billion rupees. A change will also […]
” challenge in Sri Lanka
August 15, 2013 (AFP) – England cricket legend Sir Ian Botham said Thursday he has accepted his “daftest” challenge — walking hundreds of miles under Sri Lanka’s scorching sun to raise money for charity.“It is good to make appeals on television, but when they see you actually doing something, then they are likely to give […]
Cricket: Pakistan plans day-night Test with Sri Lanka
KARACHI, August 15, 2013 (AFP) – Pakistan cricket authorities said Thursday they have proposed playing day-night Tests in the upcoming series against Sri Lanka in the United Arab Emirates in a bid to attract bigger crowds.“The time and weather would be ideal as there will be no dew at that time and it will be […]
Petro Projects
Aug 15, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Laugfs gas group has been give the nod to build liquefied petroleum gas terminal and a lubricant blending plant with investments of 21.14 million US dollar at Hambantota port, a minister said. Both projects will serve export markets. Information minister Keheliya Rambukwelle said the cabinet of minister had […]
Chance
Aug 15, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run National Lotteries Board (NLB) expects revenues to grow 16.2 percent to 14.7 billion rupees in 2013, a top official said.This year it has paid 3,761 million rupees as prize money and created paid prizes of over 10 million rupees to 14 winners. Chairman Chaminda Athuluwage said revenues […]
Growing Sector
Aug 15, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s human resources management sector is growing faster than in countries like India and China where there is a relative slowdown, an international specialist said. “The aspiration and the sentiment in the HR sector here is quite positive and its growth path is escalating,” Pat Caputo from Aon Hewitt’s […]