Category: BUSINESS

Oil Rises as Reality Dawns Over Venezuela’s Export Crisis

Oil Rises as Reality Dawns Over Venezuela’s Export Crisis

Jun 7, 2018

 Oil rose on Thursday on concerns about a plunge in exports from Venezuela, although surging U.S. production kept gains in ... Read More

Sri Lanka Tourist Arrivals Up 6.2-Pct in May, Crosses 1Bn Mark for 2018

Sri Lanka Tourist Arrivals Up 6.2-Pct in May, Crosses 1Bn Mark for 2018

Jun 6, 2018

Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals were up 6.2 percent to 129.466 in May 2018 from a year earlier with arrivals in the ... Read More

Sri Lankan Rupee Holds Steady Near Record Low

Sri Lankan Rupee Holds Steady Near Record Low

Jun 4, 2018

The Sri Lankan rupee ended steady on Thursday, holding near the record low hit in the previous session, as importer ... Read More

4th Review of Sri Lanka Completed By IMF

4th Review of Sri Lanka Completed By IMF

Jun 2, 2018

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has completed the fourth review of Sri Lanka’s economic performance under the ... Read More

Sri Lanka Exports Up 6.3-Pct to USD1.1Bn

Sri Lanka Exports Up 6.3-Pct to USD1.1Bn

Jun 1, 2018

Sri Lanka’s overall exports were up by 6.3 percent to US 1.1 billion dollars with an increase in industrial exports, data from ... Read More

Oil Retreats But Cautious Before OPEC Meeting

Oil Retreats But Cautious Before OPEC Meeting

May 31, 2018

Oil edged lower on Thursday on expectations of a rise in U.S. crude inventories and the prospect of increased output ... Read More

Colombo Port Shows Second Highest Growth Rate in Global Port Rankings

Colombo Port Shows Second Highest Growth Rate in Global Port Rankings

May 30, 2018

Colombo Port has been ranked as the port that shows the second highest growth rate among container ports worldwide, Sri ... Read More

Global Black Tea Production To Go Up 2.2-Pct Annually Over Next Decade: Report

Global Black Tea Production To Go Up 2.2-Pct Annually Over Next Decade: Report

May 29, 2018

World production of black tea is projected to rise annually by 2.2 percent over the next decade to reach 4.4 ... Read More

Oil Sinks Further As OPEC And Russia Look To Raise Output

Oil Sinks Further As OPEC And Russia Look To Raise Output

May 28, 2018

Oil prices extended losses on Monday as Saudi Arabia and Russia said they may increase supplies while U.S. production gains ... Read More

Sri Lanka Tea Exports Up In April 2018, Low Grown Production Down

Sri Lanka Tea Exports Up In April 2018, Low Grown Production Down

May 24, 2018

Sri Lanka’s tea exports for the month of April 2018 showed a gain of 0.7M/kgs when compared with the same ... Read More

Sri Lanka Central Bank Clarifies On External Debt and Reserves

Sri Lanka Central Bank Clarifies On External Debt and Reserves

May 23, 2018

Sri Lanka’s Central bank issuing a statement has clarified a misleading news item has been disseminated in relation to Sri ... Read More

Sri Lanka Inflation Slows To 1.6-Pct In April, Lowest Since Feb 2016

Sri Lanka Inflation Slows To 1.6-Pct In April, Lowest Since Feb 2016

May 22, 2018

 Sri Lanka’s headline inflation measured by National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) has decreased to 1.6 percent in April, lowest since ... Read More

Srilankan Airlines Strengthens Efforts Against International Species Smuggling

Srilankan Airlines Strengthens Efforts Against International Species Smuggling

May 22, 2018

SriLankan Airlines, long in the forefront of global conservation efforts, launched a new ‘Corporate Policy on the Carriage of Fauna ... Read More

Oil Prices Rise As China, U.S. Put Trade War ‘On Hold’

Oil Prices Rise As China, U.S. Put Trade War ‘On Hold’

May 21, 2018

 Oil prices rose on Monday as markets reacted to news that China and the United States have put a looming ... Read More

China Approves USD 1 Billion for Central Expressway

China Approves USD 1 Billion for Central Expressway

May 15, 2018

The Government of China has approved a loan of US$ 1 billion as funding for the construction of Central Expressway ... Read More