Category: BUSINESS
Sri Lanka shares slip as financials, consumers stocks weigh
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Reuters - Sri Lankan shares fell on Tuesday to their lowest in nearly eight weeks, dragged ... Read More
President tells EU to look positively at Sri Lanka
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President invited all countries to look positively at Sri Lanka as an investment hub when a ... Read More
Rethink about credit disbursement policies; shift from ‘risk averse’ mindset – CBSL Governor
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Central bank chief Monday (06) urged banks to rethink their credit disbursement policies, as the traditional ... Read More
Vehicle imports down in 2020
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Vehicle Importers Association of Sri Lanka says the importation of vehicles have reduced drastically in ... Read More
CBSL to enact new Banking Act in 2021
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Central Bank of Sri Lanka will enact a new Banking Act in 2021, which will ... Read More
Govt. insists will not continue with fuel pricing formula
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Government led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa would not continue with the fuel pricing formula of ... Read More
CBSL extends suspension on PTL
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has extended the suspension of Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) ... Read More
Oil prices jump after top Iranian general killed by US
(FASTNEWS | IRAQ) - Oil prices have risen sharply after the killing of a top Iranian general in Iraq. Analysts ... Read More
CNN selects Lanka as best place to visit in 2020
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - US based CNN Travel has included Sri Lanka along with 19 other countries as ‘20 best ... Read More
Asia’s richest man takes on retail giant Amazon
(FASTNEWS | NEW DELHI) - A conglomerate run by Asia's richest man has started rolling out a challenger to Amazon ... Read More
Pay raise for public servants from tomorrow
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - New salary scale for the posts in Public Service will be implemented in January as planned, ... Read More
Tesla delivers its first ‘Made in China’ cars
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Tesla has delivered its first cars made in China, marking a major milestone for the electric ... Read More
Maximum Retail Price for cement gazetted
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has gazetted the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) for three categories of ... Read More
Plans to re-open Kantale sugar factory
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Government has drawn attention towards re-opening the Kantale sugar factory which has remained closed for ... Read More
Govt. to launch first $250M foreign investment
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Ministry of Finance says the first foreign investment under the new government of President Gotabaya ... Read More