Category: BUSINESS
First EU GSP+ Guide For Lankan Exporters Published
The first comprehensive and almost step by step guide for Lankan exporters to export under EU GSP Plus scheme has ... Read More
Sri Lanka Tea Prices Show Gains In Nov 2017
Sri Lanka tea prices at the November 2017 auctions showed gains in high, medium and low growns, a new report ... Read More
IMF Completes 3rd Review; Approves USD251.4Mn Disbursement
MF Executive Board has completed the third review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility arrangement, which enables the disbursement of ... Read More
Sri Lanka To Build 400MW Power Plant In Hambantota
Sri Lanka’s government has given the cabinet nod for the establishment of a 400 MW natural gas power plant in Hambantota, a ... Read More
Central Bank says Sri Lanka prosperity improves in 2016
Sri Lanka’s prosperity, measured by the Prosperity Index has improved to 0.746 in 2016 from 0.685 in the previous year, ... Read More
Planters Association Calls For Greater Support In Oil Palms
Sri Lanka’s Planters Association has called for more support for palm oil as profits from the crop are rising at ... Read More
Austria Gives Euro19Mn Loan To Upgrade Technical Education
The Austrian Government will provide a 19.35 million Euro (Rs 3546 million) interest free soft loans to upgrade the Katunayaka ... Read More
Sri Lanka Exports up 12.9-pct in Sept
Sri Lanka’s exports were up to 1.011 million dollars, a rise of 12.9 percent with growth in the textile and ... Read More
Sri Lanka Plans To Reduce Debt To GDP Ratio To 70-Pct By 2020
The government has endeavored to reduce its debt to a risk-free and manageable level through revenue enhancement and mobilization efforts, ... Read More
Sri Lanka To Give Rs.15Bn As Concessionary Loans To Target Sectors: Finance Minister
The Ministry of Finance says that it will create a credit scheme with the allocation of 15 billion rupees in ... Read More
Sri Lanka Budget Keeps to IMF Plan But Fiscals Still Weak: Fitch
Fitch Ratings says Sri Lanka’s budget for 2018 sticks broadly to the targets for fiscal deficit reduction under its three-year ... Read More
Colombo District Land Price Index Up 12.6-Pct In 1H 2017: CBSL
Sri Lanka’s Central Bank says that on yearly basis Land Price Index for the period ending June 2017 has increased ... Read More
IMF’s Lagarde Warns Protectionism, While Now Just Words, May Come To Hurt Asia
Protectionist sentiment has not yet gone beyond mere words, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday, but ... Read More
Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Keeps Policy Rates Steady
Sri Lanka’s Monetary Board of the Central Bank has decided to keep its key interest rates steady despite rising headline ... Read More
Oil hits two-year high on Saudi purge, world shares retreat
Oil jumped to its highest in over two years on Monday as Saudi Arabia’s crown prince cemented his power through ... Read More