Category: Industry
Sri Lanka hopes to earn more than $6 mn from cricket T20 premier league
August 02, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Cricket tips the island will earn in excess of six million dollars from its inaugural Twnety20 premier league from professional fees, sponsorships and hotel accommodation. The Sri Lanka Premier League runs from August 10-31 and will be played at Colombo’s R. Premadasa Stadium and Kandy’s Pallekele Stadium. The […]
’s John Keells, Phoenix Ventures floats local air taxi service
August 02, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s John Keells Holding PLC has joined with Phoenix Ventures Limited to start a 6.8 million dollar domestic air taxi service, a statement said. Saffron Aviation (Pvt) Ltd, will be a 8.4 million dollar project becoming the second such air taxi operator after national carrier SriLankan Airlines. The start-up […]
Urban Dwelling
Aug 02, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is set to begin work on the second stage of a housing project to relocate Colombo’s shanty dwellers in a bid to improve living standards and transform the congested Slave Island area to a modern residential and commercial zone, officials said. Housing units starting from a minimum five […]
Financial Intelligence
August 02, 2012 (LBO) – The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Sri Lanka’s Central Bank has signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with FIUs of Mongolia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the United States, the bank releasing a statement said. Under the MOU the countries will share financial information to facilitate the investigation and prosecution of […]
Longer Horizon
August 01, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s newest mutual fund operator, Orient Wealth Limited plans to raise about a billion rupees by attracting customers to invest in pension, children’s education and general investment products, officials said. Sri Lanka’s stock market is down by almost 19 percent since January, largely due to lack of credit while […]
’’s Choice award
August 1, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara is among the five international stars nominated for this year’s people’s choice award, the International Cricket Council said. Fans can decide on the winner by unity to decide the winner, by accessing an application: ICC’s official Facebook page Voting will be open until midnight UAE […]
Ex-ICC chief Haroon Lorgat in advisory role for Sri Lanka Cricket
July 31, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed ICC’s former chief executive, Haroon Lorgat, as a special advisor to help the governing body overhaul its domestic cricket structure and improve the game’s administration. Lorgat, who stepped down as ICC CEO after a four-year spell at the end of June, will work with Sri […]
Tight Security
July 31, 2012 (LBO) — Check Point Software Technologies Limited, the world’s second-largest security networks maker, launched a new range of appliances to beef up security in Sri Lankan companies. œThe seven new appliances announced are optimised for Check Point’s Software Blade Architecture and offer approximately three times higher performance than their predecessors, Check Point’s […]
India show in Sri Lanka to boost investment and trade
July 30, 2012 (LBO) – India Show, an exposition of Indian business in Colombo to be held from August 03 has drawn over 100 exhibitors which will give a chance for the two countries to boost trade and investment as well as influence policy, officials said. “We hope this will be a platform to build […]
Trading Monitor
July 30, 2012 (LBO) – A trading surveillance system developed by MillenniumIT, a London Stock Exchange unit based in Sri Lanka has gone live in at the Egyptian Exchange (EGX), the company said. “We are very pleased offer our services to the Egyptian Exchange to improve its surveillance and market monitoring functionsm,” Tony Weersinghe, chief […]
Tight Quarter
July 30, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Union Bank group has report net profits of 27.4 million rupees for the June 2012 quarter, down 61.5 percent from a year earlier, amid rising interest rates and expenses. The bank did not separately report earnings per share at group level in quarterly accounts filed with the Colombo […]
Sri Lanka Cricket bans noisy horns from grounds
July 29, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Cricket has banned spectators from bringing noisy portable horns and hooters to the venues with immediate effect. We will be implementing this rule on Tuesday, the cricket board said. The two sides meet for the fifth game in Pallekele in Kandy on August 4 and a one-off Twenty20 […]