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High Court issues interim order against Dr. Ali Gulamhusein and Malayandi Jeyapragash
October 19, 2018 (LBO) – Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) listed Ceylon & Foreign Trades (CFT) recently released a disclosure with regard to its legal matters. In the disclosure it states that the Hight Court has issued : “an interim order against the 1st to 3rd Respondents from disposing, alienating, and/or encumbering and of the assets […]
Opinion: BOI/BOC/PB fiasco, Are board positions worth fighting for?
October 19, 2019 (LBO) – Thursday morning the Colombo business community woke up the news that President Maithripala Sirisena had given instructions for the dissolution of the boards of directors of the Board of Investment (BOI), Bank of Ceylon (BOC) and Peoples Bank. After the news broke there was much speculation on the legality of […]
Govt. will support retail sector to make Sri Lanka a regional shopping destination: Fin Min
Oct 19, 2018 (LBO) – Opportunities for the retail sector will continue to expand with Sri Lanka recently crossing the US 4,000 dollar GDP per capita threshold, the Minister of Finance said. Mangala Samaraweera told a retail forum in Colombo, Thursday. “Tourist arrivals this year have crossed the 2 million mark with growth of 11.6 percent, creating […]
AmCham appoints new Board of Directors for 2018/2019
(Press release) – The 26th Annual General Meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka (AmCham) was held in September at the Hilton Colombo Residences, ushering in the new Board of Directors for 2018/2019. Mr. Michael Koest is the newly elected President of AMCHAM.Mr. Koest takes over from Dr. Kumudu Gunasekera who successfully completed his […]
Mangala reveals fuel pricing formula
Oct 18, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Mangala Smaraweera reveled to media the recently introduced fuel price formula calculation method following repeated calls for it. “The Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of auto fuels has been established as follows MRP = V1 + V2 + V3 + V4,” he told reporters in Colombo a short while […]
ICRA Lanka upgrades issuer rating of Softlogic Holdings
Rating action ICRA Lanka Limited, subsidiary of ICRA Limited, a group company of Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the issuer rating of Softlogic Holdings PLC (SHL/” the company”) to [SL] BBB+ (pronounced SL triple B plus) from [SL]BBB (pronounced SL triple B) and rating watch with developing implications has been removed. The outlook on the […]
BOI rejects reports about resignation of its Director General
Oct 18, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment on Thursday rejected media reports that its Director General Duminda Ariyasinghe has tendered his resignation. BOI Media Director, Dilip Samarasinghe in a statement requested media to refrain from baseless speculation, especially on matters that have implications on investor confidence. Releasing another statement in the afternoon, International […]
Sri Lanka to implement tranche 2 of green power development program
Oct 18, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to implement the tranche 2 of the green power development and energy efficiency improvement investment program. The program includes three major components; transmission infrastructure enhancement, efficiency improvement of medium voltage network and demand-side management improvement for energy efficiency. Accordingly, Secretary of the Finance Ministry Dr.R H S […]
‘s Leasing board, amid litigation/floundering listed companies
October 17, 2018 (LBO) – Controversial Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) investor Dr. Ali Asgar Shabbir Gulamhusein has resigned as an independent non-executive director of listed state controlled leasing giant Peoples Leasing and Finance (PLC). According to a stock exchange disclosure the resignation is “effective from August 31st in terms of section 5 of the Finance Companies […]
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October 17, 2018 (LBO) – Media and political sources say the announcement of the dissolution of the boards of directors of the Board of Investment (BOI), Bank of Ceylon (BOC) and Peoples Bank is imminent. These actions have come as a surprise move on behest of President Maithripala Sirisena. The Chiarman of the BOI is […]
Sri Lanka secures USD1Bn Foreign Currency Term Financing Facility
Oct 17, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has secured 1,000 million US dollars from the China Development Bank (CDB) under the Foreign Currency Term Financing Facility (FCTFF) with a maturity period of eight years.The Central Bank said in a statement that interest cost is highly competitive and linked to 6 Month USD LIBOR with a grace […]
Foreign Ministry says reports about alleged plot to assassinate President, baseless
Oct 17, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday afternoon said that the media reports on an alleged involvement of an Indian Intelligence Service in a plot to assassinate President are baseless and false. Releasing a statement, the ministry said it is disappointing that matters of this nature have become the subject of […]