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Honda Motor Co. Ltd is confident of capturing 50% of the motor cycle market in Sri Lanka from the current 25%, banking on the growing Sri Lankan economy.
Richardson Projects is a subsidiary of the Richardson Group, which is a pioneer in Sri Lanka’s electrical products and infrastructure industry recently launched the successor to Moeller brand Eaton. Moeller and Eaton, two of the most established and respected names in the electrical sector came together as Eaton acquired Moeller in the year 2008. In ...
The location of Sri Lanka has a strategic significance and this has been proven by the historical trading activities between Sri Lanka and ancient China, Egypt, and the Roman Empire. There is ample evidence to show that Sri Lanka was a main trading hub in Asia. The reasons for occupation of Sri Lanka by the ...
Reuters: Chinese university teacher Zhu Haibin wept softly as she and other Communist Party cadres stood in rows before a mass grave of Communist fighters in southern China. Ignoring light drizzle, the group listened to a party instructor tell the story of Zhang Longxiu, a “hero mother” from the early days of China’s Communist revolution ...
Reuters: Riskier assets fell broadly on Monday, dragging down Asian shares, copper and oil but the dollar strengthened as investors shifted their focus to weak economic fundamentals while monitoring progress in the euro zone debt bailout scheme. The MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.7%, with a 1.5% drop in its materials ...
Reuters: Manufacturing in China contracted for the 11th month in a row in September, according to a private sector survey of factory managers that indicated the world’s second largest economy remains on track for a seventh quarter of slowing growth. The HSBC Flash China manufacturing
SINGAPORE: Business sentiment among Asia’s top companies fell for the second straight quarter, dragged down by export-orientated economies such as China and Japan, while domestic spending helped boost Southeast Asia’s outlook, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey showed. Concerns over global demand are hurting Asia’s export engines, with autos, technology and shipping sectors am...
It is with great sacrifices that Sri Lanka brought about a victory against ruthless terrorism, which is certainly a feather in the cap of Rajapaksa family. No one can dispute the fact that President Rajapaksa provided the political leadership and ensured that the LTTE was decimated at any cost. The Tamil diaspora and the pro-separatist ...
Sri Lanka is ready and building the platform for the future US$ 100 billion economy, said Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal.
Reuters: The Federal Reserve launched another aggressive stimulus program on Thursday, saying it would pump $40 billion into the US economy each month until it saw a sustained upturn in the weak jobs market. The central bank’s decision to tie its controversial bond buying directly to economic
The place isn’t a paradise for minorities but the economy is recovering By Sam Baker Asuasentinel.com: The Government of Mahinda Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka has probably botched its dealings with the United States, the European Union and the United Nations. Still, the disenchantment with Colombo
The global escalation of commodity prices in the latter part of last decade impacted Sri Lanka’s rice market, with retail prices showing sharp increases for the consumer. The regulatory forces with a ceiling on consumer prices and guaranteed price for paddy did alleviate this problem to some extent. Today it has taken a different turn ...
Reuters: Asian shares steadied in choppy trade on Thursday ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s decision later in the day, as investors remained cautiously optimistic for further stimulus action to bolster the world’s largest economy. Commodities from oil to gold were also held in tight
Reuters: Investors fed up with years of poor returns are deserting BRIC equity funds, pushing share valuations to record cheap levels and questioning the future of the high-profile investment theme. The term, coined in 2001 by Goldman Sachs banker Jim O’Neill, provided a catchy acronym to unite the four biggest emerging economies, two of which ...
LONDON (Reuters): Copper hit a four-month high on Monday as hopes for more policy easing in the United States prevailed and as weak copper and other commodity imports in China, coupled with weak factory activity, reinforced prospects for more stimulus measures there. Chinese data showed copper imports in August fell 2.9% from July due to ...
BEIJING (Reuters): China will provide subsidies worth $2.2 billion to buyers of energy-efficient computers and air-conditioners in the latest effort to stimulate domestic demand and encourage the use of environmentally friendly technology, Xinhua reported on Sunday. The one-year subsidy programme will cover purchases of desktop computers, air-conditioners, fans, water pumps, compressors and transf...
South Africa, Sri Lankaandrsquo;s leading trade partner in Sub-Saharan Africa and the third most competitive economy in the US$ 13.7 trillion BRICS grouping, is making an unprecedented investment foray in to resurgent Sri Lanka-with no less than US$ 122 million initial investment andndash
Reuters: China has given the green light for 60 infrastructure projects worth more than $150 billion as it looks to energise an economy mired in its worst slowdown in three years, fuelling hopes the world’s growth engine may get a lift from the fourth quarter. Shares and steel futures jumped
Sri Lanka being a developing country with mixed economic sentiments, an ordinary layman might find it difficult to be optimistic about the prospects for local as well as for the global economy. Every country is influenced by the global economic situation, and hence every person
MANILA, PHILIPPINES: ASEAN nations can help avoid world rice price shocks by reducing export restrictions, placing less emphasis on self-sufficiency, retooling Thailand’s rice pledging program, and expanding coordinated rice policies with India and Pakistan, according to a series of working papers from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). “So far, the rice market appears to be ...
Suspicion exists that Sri Lankaandrsquo;s economy will be adversely affected by entering into the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India, states a recent report released by Asia Wealth Management Research. The full text of the report, which explores the extent
Reuters: China’s economy is stabilising slowly as pro-growth government policies gain traction while real estate curbs have suppressed speculation, the head of the country’s top planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, said on Wednesday. Zhang told a meeting
24th August 2012 Dr. P. B. Jayasundera, Secretary to the Treasury, Ministry of Finance & Planning The Secretariat, Colombo 1. Dear Dr. Jayasundera, Establishment of a Financial Services Authority and a Banking and Finance Commission I suggest for your consideration that you duly evaluate the long-term national economic benefits of enhancing effective fiscal management capability ...
Sri Lanka requires proactive and pragmatic policy-making as there is a strong case for proactive policy-making to maintain the fiscal consolidation and revive the growth momentum in the economy, local think tank The Pathfinder Foundation said in its latest Economic Flash released yesterday.
The Motivation Charitable Trust (MCT), UK through the Sri Lanka Foundation for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled (SLFRD andndash; Colombo) together with four partner organizations Jaffna Jaipur Centre for Disability Rehabilitation (JJCDR), Centre for Handicapped (CFH) Kandy, Navajeevana Tangalle and Organization for the Rehabilitation of the Handicapped (ORHAN) Vavuniya recognized over 80 Public ...
Visa has taken its first steps towards entry into Myanmar (previously known as Burma) with a series of training workshops to prepare selected local banks for the introduction of electronic payments as the country continues its economic and social reforms. The workshops are aimed at upgrading the banking facilities to accept and issue international payment ...
Reuters: Tanzania has suspended the head of its ports authority and six other senior port officials over allegations of cargo theft and embezzlement of public funds, the transport ministry and local media said on Friday. The government is struggling to crack down on corruption in ministries and state institutions, with the public losing patience at ...
With apologies to Francis Bacon whose quote is misquoted but not in essence of what he meant. Bacon’s comment that “reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man” is to be seriously looked at today in education and in practice where we appear to falter at every step of ...
Developed economies heading towards a recession The global economy started off the second half of 2012 with a whimper as the latest data confirm that growth is faltering across all regions. Europe is clearly in the midst of an intensifying contraction, US consumers and businesses are pulling
Last week I had the opportunity of meeting Hermawan Kartajaya, one of the top 50 gurus who has shaped the world of marketing. His perspective to the changing landscape of marketing and what business must do sure opened my mind set to a new way of thinking business and Sri Lanka’s policy decision making. Hermawan ...