Category: BUSINESS

G-24 Technical Group Meeting Tomorrow

G-24 Technical Group Meeting Tomorrow

Feb 26, 2018

The two-day Technical Group Meeting of the G- 24 countries will be inaugurated by Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala ... Read More

Sri Lankan Rupee Ends Firmer On Bank Dollar Sales

Sri Lankan Rupee Ends Firmer On Bank Dollar Sales

Feb 22, 2018

The Sri Lankan rupee ended slightly firmer on Wednesday as exporter dollar sales outweighed importer demand for the greenback on ... Read More

Oil Falls As Dollar Firms, U.S. Oil Output Expected To Rise

Oil Falls As Dollar Firms, U.S. Oil Output Expected To Rise

Feb 21, 2018

Oil prices fell on Wednesday, weighed down by a rebound in the U.S. dollar from three-year lows hit last week ... Read More

Transshipments at Colombo Port up by 20.4-pct in January

Transshipments at Colombo Port up by 20.4-pct in January

Feb 20, 2018

Transshipment operations at the Port of Colombo have shown a significant increase in January this year against last year amid ... Read More

Thailand Requests Cabinet Approval for FTA with Sri Lanka

Thailand Requests Cabinet Approval for FTA with Sri Lanka

Feb 19, 2018

Sri Lanka is seen as an interesting market in South Asia, given its healthy economic growth average of 6.5% over ... Read More

ADB Gives USD 75mn For Lending to Sri Lanka’s Small Businesses

ADB Gives USD 75mn For Lending to Sri Lanka’s Small Businesses

Feb 17, 2018

Sri Lanka has decided to obtain an additional financing through a loan of US 75 million dollars from the Asian ... Read More

Sri Lanka Rupee Hits Record Low On Heavy Dollar Demand – Dealers

Sri Lanka Rupee Hits Record Low On Heavy Dollar Demand – Dealers

Feb 15, 2018

 Sri Lanka’s rupee hit a record low of 155.90 per dollar on Wednesday, on heavy demand for dollars from importers. ... Read More

Sri Lanka’s Industrial production up 4.3-pct in Dec 2017

Sri Lanka’s Industrial production up 4.3-pct in Dec 2017

Feb 14, 2018

Sri Lanka’s industrial production has increased by 4.3 percent in the month of December, 2017 compared to the same month ... Read More

Sri Lanka Tea Prices Up In January 2018

Sri Lanka Tea Prices Up In January 2018

Feb 9, 2018

Sri Lanka’s tea prices at auctions in January averaged 640.05 rupees and shown a growth of 43.79 rupees from an ... Read More

Asian Shares Tumble After Dow Has Worst Day Since 2011

Asian Shares Tumble After Dow Has Worst Day Since 2011

Feb 6, 2018

Asian shares and U.S. stock futures sank on Tuesday, after Wall Street suffered its biggest decline since 2011 as investors’ ... Read More

Sri Lanka Eyeing Longer Talks With China On Free Trade Agreement

Sri Lanka Eyeing Longer Talks With China On Free Trade Agreement

Feb 5, 2018

Sri Lanka wants a longer-time period to negotiate a free trade agreement with China as it is concerned about the ... Read More

Apple Sells Fewer Phones But Profits Rise

Apple Sells Fewer Phones But Profits Rise

Feb 2, 2018

Apple sold slightly fewer iPhones in the final three months of 2017 than it did the year before, but higher ... Read More

Amazon 2017 Sales Jump By Nearly A Third

Amazon 2017 Sales Jump By Nearly A Third

Feb 2, 2018

Online retailer Amazon saw sales jump by nearly a third last year, helped by growth in its Prime delivery service. ... Read More

Samsung Enters Crypto-Currency Chips Business

Samsung Enters Crypto-Currency Chips Business

Feb 1, 2018

Samsung Electronics has revealed it is making chips designed specifically to harvest crypto-currency coins. The firm made the disclosure in its ... Read More

Oil Prices Fall For Third Day As U.S. Inventory Build-Up Weighs

Oil Prices Fall For Third Day As U.S. Inventory Build-Up Weighs

Jan 31, 2018

Oil prices fell for a third day on Wednesday after data from an industry body showed U.S. crude stocks rose ... Read More