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Alternative Finance
Mar 29, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka expects to devise Islamic finance specific regulations this year following ongoing consultations with the industry, though the first commercial bank on alternative finance has been licensed on existing rules, an official said. At the moment a commercial bank operating on Islamic finance principles has no income earning asset […]
AirAsia, Expedia tie up to tap Asia travel demand
SINGAPORE, March 29, 2011 (AFP) – Budget carrier AirAsia and travel website Expedia announced a tie-up Tuesday to sell flights, hotel bookings and holiday packages in Asia in a bid to cash in on rising regional demand. It flies to 14 destinations — London, Taipei, Tehran, Paris, Seoul, Tokyo, China (Tianjin, Hangzhou, Chengdu), Australia (Gold […]
Sri Lanka construction, housing market expands
Mar 29, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s construction industry and housing market grew strongly in 2001 compared with the year before driven by infrastructure projects, resettlement after a war and increased borrowing. The construction sub sector of gross domestic product grew 9.3 percent in 2010 from a growth of 5.6 percent the previous year, the […]
Sri Lanka per capita income on the rise
Mar 29, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s per-capita income at market prices was estimated at 271, 259 rupees or 2,399 US dollars in 2010, up 14.7 percent in rupee terms or 16.6 percent in dollar terms from 2009, the government said. The Department of Census & Statistics (DCS) said in a statement Private Final Consumption […]
Sri Lanka economy grew 8.0-pct in 2010
Mar 29, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew eight percent in 2010, up from 3.5 percent the year before, the Department of Census & Statistics (DCS) said in a statement. The Department of Census & Statistics said the agriculture sector grew 7.0 percent in 2010, industry at 8.4 percent and services […]
Sri Lanka economic growth 8.1-pct in 2010: Deputy Governor
Mar 29, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s economy is estimated to have grown by 8. 1 percent rebounding from a slowdown a year earlier as the country benefitted from a peace dividend, Central Bank deputy governor Dharma Dheerasinghe said. “In January exports have grown 72 percent,” Dheerasinghe said. Imports had grown at a slower rate […]
Sri Lanka shares close down 0.42-pct
Mar 28, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares closed down Monday with continuing interest seen in a cable firm and several private deals in an asset-rich pharmaceutical retailer, brokers said. The All Share Price Index closed at 7,210. 09, down 0.42 percent (30.18 points) while the more liquid Milanka index was barely changed at 6,838.41, […]
Fast Decisions
Mar 28, 2011 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government is seeking private investment proposals to modernise the neglected transport system and will give investors speedy approvals, a senior official said. A new transport master plan is being prepared to economically move people and freight, said Dhammika Perera, secretary to the ministry of transport. Investments are […]
Credit Trend
Mar 28, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka loans to business from commercial banks rose 28.1 percent in January 2011 from a year earlier to 1,530 billion rupees, central bank data showed as inflation concerns also rose in the island. Under Sri Lanka’s flawed monetary law, which critics say has made the country prone to high […]
Maldives releases cricket WCup terror suspect
March 27, 2011 (AFP) – Maldives police said Sunday they had released a man suspected of plotting an attack on the cricket World Cup taking place in South Asia. Maldivian national Iqbal Mohamed, 42, was arrested on March 10 as he arrived at Male International airport from Pakistan following a tip-off from the international police […]
Sri Lanka venture capital firm invests in wind power
Mar 28, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan venture capital Lanka Ventures said it will invest 384 million rupees through a subsidiary to set up a wind power plant on the island’s north-west coast. A stock exchange filing said LVL Energy Fund (LEF), a fully-owned subsidiary of Lanka Ventures, has signed a deal with LTL Holdings […]
Sri Lanka power conspiracy alleged in fuel move
Mar 28, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s power ministry has alleged that a private sector conspiracy could be behind the sudden withdrawal of fuel supplies to a thermal power plant which had failed to pay arrears. It said in a statement the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, under the petroleum ministry, had stopped supplying heavy fuel oil […]