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Former People’s Alliance lawmaker M. M. Zuhair, PC has said that Western powers will exploit an invitation to probe 2019 Easter Sunday attacks to delve into wartime accountability issues. The following is the text of the statement issued by one-time State Counsel close on the heels of the conclusion of the 51 session of the […]
- Government says committed to probe (Category: Breaking News)
- House Oversight Committee assures probe (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet takes up Channel 4 allegations; Premadasa asks for international probe (Category: Breaking News)
- Azad Moulana offers to testify in Easter attacks probe (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is Unelected President Ranil A Vicious Hypocrite? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Why Did Ruwan Exonerate NTJ Leader Zahran? (Category: Breaking News)
- Any Dealing With President Who Lacks Legitimacy Is Political Suicide (Category: Breaking News)
- Are BASL & Media Acting In Cahoots To Promote Ranil? (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka’s First Firm Steps At Economic Reforms appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka: Strategizing Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- BRI Dynamics & Politics Of Cabinet Reshuffle (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Surviving The 75th Year Of Independence (Category: Breaking News)
- Charting A New Beginning? (Category: Breaking News)
Global giant Standard Chartered Bank tips Sri Lanka’s economic growth to rebound in 2013, after contracting this year from 2011. It is forecasting economy to grow by 7.5% in 2013 and by 7.7% in 2014 from 6.8% this year. However, forecasts for the next two years are lower in comparison to record 8.3% growth achieved ...
- SCB checkmates cameo CB! (Category: Business)
- Value investors enter as speculators exit (Category: Business)
- Growth to slow down in 2012 –Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
By Nisthar Cassim The world’s leading nutrition, health and wellness company, Nestlé said last week Sri Lanka is a high growth market with strong upside in tandem with improving socioeconomic development aided by the end-of-war benefit. “We are experiencing double digit growth in Sri Lanka and see very positive prospects going forward. Our commitment to ...
- Creamier 2011 for Nestlé Lanka shareholders (Category: Business)
- Nestlé Worldwide Executive Vice President in town (Category: Business)
- Nestle Lanka ends 2011 with strong results (Category: Business)
- Rs. 1.1 b Nestle rice noodle plant to serve convenient-foods hungry Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Industry experts urge disillusioned local investors to ‘buy when it’s down and sell when it’s up’ In a highly volatile atmosphere and with low investor confidence in the Colombo Bourse, experts earlier this week went against the negative sentiments and instead stated that now is the time to buy. These views were aired at a ...
- Why Lion leads frontier (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Sustainability in volatility: The bankers’ challenge (Category: Business)
By Marianne David MP and consultant economist Dr. Harsha De Silva yesterday alleged that THE UNP’s criticism over the mismanagement of the economy and the Central Bank as well as the EPF’s investments in banking stocks have been emphatically validated by global rating agency Standard and Poor’s.“Standard and Poor’s reiterated what we have been saying ...
- Harsha claims Govt., CB lack credibility (Category: Business)
- UNP draws guns on “military control” of Rupee (Category: Business)
- S&P’s soother! (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau MD post is a permanent position and comes under scheme of recruitment approved by Treasury Rumy Jauffer hired on one-year contract sans an application or a CV Not marking attendance, unlimited use of fuel among flags-off in Auditor General’s Department query A host of queries by the Auditor General’s Department ...
- First female AG appointed (Category: Business)
- Protect Shani Abeysekara’s Life: Victims Appeal To AG (Category: Breaking News)
- Protect Shani Abeysekara’s Life: Victims Appeal To AG (Category: Breaking News)
- Protect Shani Abeysekara’s Life: Victims Appeal To AG (Category: Breaking News)
Suren Rajanathan is Vice President of 3M Sri Lanka, an innovation-based company which boasts a catalog of over 1,000 products sold in Sri Lanka that span 25 different business categories. 3M has an income internationally of $30 billion in sales, employs about 84,000 people worldwide, and has operations in more than 65 countries with products ...
- Leveraging 3M capabilities to build businesses (Category: Business)
- Suresh joins 3M as Head of Marketing (Category: Business)
- 3M rewards individual excellence at Annual Awards Night (Category: Business)
- 3M launches Long Life Coolant (Category: Business)
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) spokesman and parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayaka in an interview with the Daily FT critiques the on-going sessions of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the state of bad governance, deteriorating law and order and the economic crisis in the country.
- Dispelling misinformation and myths regarding the UNHRC resolution and its impact on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Use conciliatory diplomacy to deal with US-sponsored resolution (Category: Breaking News)
- Can Sri Lanka’s government implement the LLRC recommendations? (Category: Breaking News)
- SL attends UNHRC sessions with impressive post-conflict records: Former AG (Category: Business)
The country’s forex market encompassing highly dependent importers and key source exporters was yesterday rocked by what analysts described as the sharpest day gain in the US dollar exchange rate. Before mid-day the Rupee touched a new low of Rs. 127 and then on to Rs. 128 prompting many to assume the rate had bottomed ...
- Rupee hits new low despite inflows (Category: Business)
- CB gives fresh boost to CSE (Category: Business)
- Markets becalmed (Category: Business)
- Rupee weakens on importer dollar demand (Category: Business)
Contrary to exaggerated claims the EPF investments in to the stock market last week had amounted to only less than 10% of market activity and unlike some past contentious buys, this time around it had focused on blue chips. The total turnover of the Colombo bourse last week was Rs. 8.6 billion and local purchases ...
- Investor confidence worsens by the day; bourse loses Rs. 53 b in value (Category: Business)
- Crisis Colombo! (Category: Business)
- Foreign net inflow tops Rs. 3 billion (Category: Business)
- Aitken Spence draws biggest foreign buying as net inflow tops Rs. 1 b (Category: Business)
ASI gains by 5% as Bourse’s value swells by Rs. 96 b Brokers positive after fresh meeting with SEC EPF, private institutional and high networth investors active on attractive valuations The Colombo stock market yesterday produced a major rebound gaining by 5% thanks what some described as “spirited support” whilst others emphasised it was largely due ...
- Investor confidence worsens by the day; bourse loses Rs. 53 b in value (Category: Business)
- Crisis Colombo! (Category: Business)
- From bust to boom? (Category: Business)
- ‘Boom’ is back? (Category: Business)
Expects 2012 to continue 2011 success despite anticipating slow year By Cheranka Mendis Kia Motors is geared to embrace a phenomenal year in 2012, riding high on the extraordinary success of 2011. Launching the final model that was to be introduced to the local market in 2011, the all new fourth generation Kia Rio, Kia ...
- KIA Motors to invest Rs. 1 b on service facilities (Category: Business)
- KIA To Drive Royal Rugby As Sole Team Sponsor Of 1st XV (Category: Breaking News)
- Ceylon Chamber identifies opportunities in Brazil during FIFA 2014 and Olympics 2016 (Category: Business)
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