Global giant Standard Chartered Bank yesterday predicted external factors are likely to be less adversarial for the Sri Lankan economy in 2019, though ..
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The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) and the Urban Development Authority (UDA) have embarked on a mutual partnership to prepare tourism
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DFCC Bank has reported a Profit before Tax of Rs. 4,233 million and a Profit after Tax of Rs. 2,768 million for the year ended 31 December 2018. This
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The Board of Investment has made a significant impact in developing local economies, by implementing the Government’s objective to promote regional
Thursday, 21 February 2019 01:31 Views - 105
REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee rose 0.2 % on Wednesday in a lacklustre trade on dollar sales by banks, market sources said. The stock market fell for
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President’s Counsel Kalinga Indatissa was yesterday elected as the 25thPresident of the Sri Lanka Bar Association. He contested against former BASL
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In the backdrop of a challenging external environment, Seylan Bank has recorded a Profit-after-Tax of Rs. 3,189 million for the year ended 31 December
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Reuters: Sri Lanka’s Central Bank is expected to leave its key interest rates steady on Friday, a Reuters poll showed, as the island’s economy sl
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National carrier SriLankan Airlines and fast expanding Cargills Bank signed an agreement to enable payments to be made at Cargills Bank branches and C
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Party Leaders yesterday agreed to seek advice from the Attorney General on the possibility of holding Provincial Council elections under the Proportio
Thursday, 21 February 2019 02:20 Views - 121
The United National Party (UNP) has appointed a four-member Committee to probe the allegations levelled by Highways and Road Development State Ministe
Thursday, 21 February 2019 02:18 Views - 201
Justice and Prison Reforms Minister Thalatha Atukorale yesterday rejected an Opposition request to publish the investigation report on the killing of
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By Ashwin Hemmathagama – Our Lobby Correspondent Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has instructed to replace the decades-old lifts in the Parliament with stat
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Ambassador of Norway to Sri Lanka and Maldives Thorbjørn Gaustadsæther visited Jaffna to attend the International Conference on Advanced Materials f
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Sri Lanka’s fisheries sector provides employment for about 600,000 people (nearly 10% of the total labour force and a quarter of the agricultural se
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The Pathfinder Foundation (PF) last week organised a panel discussion to meet with Thomas L. Vajda, visiting Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secreta
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President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday pointed out the importance of implementing the Gramashakthi People’s Movement, aiming at uplifting the unde
Wednesday, 20 February 2019 00:00 Views - 131
The historic 41st Annual Navam Maha Perahera of the Hunupitiya Gangaramaya Temple ended yesterday with the participation of President Maithripala Sir
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After three decades since their initial displacement, Muslim IDPs from Jaffna now scattered across the country will finally be able to resettle thanks
Thursday, 21 February 2019
Member of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Neville Guruge said 25% of the 1.5 million public servants in Sri Lanka w
Thursday, 21 February 2019
The export figures in December 2018 saw Sri Lanka’s ready-made garments industry for the first time crossing the $ 5 billion mark for the first time
Thursday, 21 February 2019
A country’s economic prosperity is associated with the ownership of powerful global brands. Look at the world’s most valuable brands and see who o
Thursday, 21 February 2019
Seventy-one years since 4 February 1948 is what our senses had been informed living in this beautiful isle since independence. Over the last 71 years
Thursday, 21 February 2019
However much and in whichever manner one shuffles the pack of cards in Sri Lankan politics, five jokers constantly appear right at the front: an incom
