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Sri Lanka commercial banks finance road
May 24, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will build a 24. 14 kilometre road in the island’s south with 1.98 billion rupees in commercial bank credit from Commercial Bank and DFCC Bank, minister Lakshman Abeywardene said. The road from Matara to Hakmana will connect to a planned expressway running to Hambantota, he said. The road […]
Sri Lanka to upgrade blood bank
May 24, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will spend 32 million US dollars to upgrade the country’s state-run blood bank with financial assistance from The Netherlands, minister Lakshman Abeywardene said. Sri Lanka’s national blood transfusion service will get new freezing facilities which can keep blood and components up to 10 years, he said. The national […]
Sri Lanka capital facelift gets US$213 from World Bank
May 24, 2012 (LBO) – A plan to give a facelift to Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo by sprucing up key roadsides rehabilitating lakes and wetlands and reducing flooding will be backed by a 213 million US dollar World Bank loan, the finance ministry said. The ‘Metro Colombo Urban Development Project’ covers metropolitan area of the […]
Sri Lanka investment, structural shifts backed by World Bank
May 24, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s aims of improving investment, supporting structural shifts and improving living standards as a middle income country will be the focus of a new 4-year program, multilateral lender, the World Bank said. Sri Lanka already had ‘well articulated’ vision for development, it said. “The road ahead in achieving the […]
Sri Lanka Treasuries yields fall across maturities
May 23, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields fell across maturities at Wednesday’s auction with the 3-month yield slipping 41 basis points to reach 11. 58 percent, around the levels seen in the secondary market over several days. The 6 month yield fell 8 basis points to 12. 32 percent and the 12 month […]
Some Headway
May 23, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s listed Mercantile Shipping Company Plc, cut losses in the March 2012 quarter to 1.89 million rupees in the from 18.2 million a year earlier helped by stronger margins, interim accounts show. The firm reported losses of 66 cents per share for the quarter. For the year to March […]
Plugging Leaks
May 23, 2012 (LBO) — Fraudulent practices across business activities has risen over the past two-years in Sri Lanka, with billions of rupees lost each year to economic crime, a new study showed. Awareness of fraud is always the first step towards managing the issue. It’s the first step towards beginning a new era of […]
Sri Lanka Finlays estates diversify crops
May 22, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Hapugastenne and Udapussellawa Plantations, controlled by James Finlays said losses were making it difficult to replant tea but they were trying to improve productivity and was expanding rubber and timber. Hapugastenne Plantations lost 214.00 million rupees in the year to March 2012, reversing a profit of 281 million […]
Sri Lanka Nestle March net down 25-pct
May 22, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Nestle Lanka Plc, a unit of a Swiss food firm said profits in the March 2012 quarter fell 25 percent to 461 million rupees as the firm was hit by higher energy prices and currency depreciation. Nestle Lanka reported earnings of 8.60 rupees per share for the quarter. […]
Sri Lanka Cricket gives local TV rights to Carlton Sports
May 23, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Cricket has offered the local television rights to the new Carlton Sports Network for a three-year period, after the sports channel emerged the sole bidder, a news report said Wednesday. Carlton Sports Network (CSN) was formed last February and its chief executive, Nishantha Ranatunga is also the present […]
’s former sacked Aussie coach, takes legal action
May 23, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s former Australian cricket coach Geoff Marsh has sent a letter of demand over his unfair dismissal, a report said Wednesday. Marsh, 53, who was given a two-year contract in September 2011, was removed in January and replaced by South African Graham Ford. Sri Lanka Cricket did not give […]
Steady Ship
May 22, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Hatton National Bank PLC retained its AA-(lka) rating from Ftich Ratings, but the risk evaluator warned the bank’s ratings was constrained by exposure to weak lending to the Maldives. One of Sri Lanka’s biggest privately-held banks, HNB retained its stable outlook, while Fitch also affirmed the lender’s sub-ordinated […]