Tag: economy

Sept 19, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Tokyo Cement group, whose profits dipped last year owing to higher raw material, energy and transport costs, says new eco-friendly manufacturing processes and products should help it revive profitability. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 Chairman Edgar Gunatunga […]

Sept 19, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has opened an investment centre in Shanghai and appointed an official of the Shin Kwan Group, a big investor in the island, as the honorary representative of the investment promotion agency.The Sri Lanka Centre in the Chinese port city is aimed at boosting bilateral economic relations between the […]

Sept 19, 2008 (LBO) – The United States has launched a programme to help develop Sri Lanka’s eastern region from where government forces have driven out Tamil Tigers and which for long has lagged behind other regions. “At the national level, CORE will focus on promoting business-friendly policies that will enable enterprises in the target […]

Sept 17 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s economists are debating inflation, competitiveness and growth this Friday and Saturday at a time when inflation has hit a historic record in the island and subsequent tight monetary policy has strengthened the rupee. “The extent of such gap in aggregate supply will depend on whether the economy is […]

Sept 17, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury Secretary P B Jayasundera is leaving his position having completed preparatory work on the 2009 budget, a senior government official said.Jayasundera originally handed over his resignation shortly after a court order faulted him on a privatization deal, but it was not immediately accepted. An official said the […]

Sept 16, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka would get more than 200 million US dollars a year from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) over the next three years and the country would get more money from its concessionary window, an official said. The ADB’s country partnership strategy, which outlines its lending program for the island […]

Sept 09, 2008 (LBO) – The World Bank has inked deals worth 151 million dollars to lend extra money for road, education and housing reconstruction in conflict-hit areas of Sri Lanka, the multilateral lender said.World Bank country chief Naoko Ishii said the additional financing will support the growth of infrastructure in lagging regions, the return […]

Sept 15, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s central bank said it had maintained targets for reserve money, in the months of July and August, which is its main operational target instead of policy rates, causing inflation and credit growth to fall. The average reserve money in August was 280.9 billion rupees, indicating a growth of […]

Sept 10, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has been rated the top South Asian reformer in an annual business regulation study by the World Bank group, with a new company law and credit information improvements boosting its scores.Singapore led the global rankings on the overall regulatory ease of doing business for a third consecutive year.New […]

September 9, 2008 (AFP) – The United Nations said Tuesday it was withdrawing all its aid agency personnel from Sri Lanka’s embattled north, following a government order to quit ahead of a major military offensive. Only a few aid agencies, including the UN outfits, still operate inside the rebel-held Wanni district in northern Sri Lanka. […]

GENEVA, September 9, 2008 (AFP) – The international Red Cross said Tuesday it has stepped up its efforts to assist thousands of displaced people in the rebel-held Wanni area of northern Sri Lanka. Tens of thousands of people have died on both sides since the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam launched a separatist campaign in […]

Sept 08, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s most prosperous conditions are found in the Western province followed by the central and southern province, while the Northern province trails behind, an index devised by the Central Bank has found. Officials say the index goes beyond traditional measures like economic growth to find out what makes people […]