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The Indian Oil Corporation will set up its first refinery outside India with an investment of up to Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) in Sri Lanka, Indian media reported. IOC operates 10 refineries in India and the capacity of its Sri Lankan refinery is expected to be 5-9 mtpa (million tonnes per annum), the rediff.com website reported. "We have done the analysis and have first-hand information...
- IOC plans $ 3.6 billion refinery at Sapugaskanda (Category: Business)
- IOC eyes bid for expansion of Sri Lanka refinery (Category: Breaking News)
- IndianOil to set up refinery in Sri Lanka for Rs 20,000 cr (Category: Breaking News)
- IndianOil to set up $3.6 bln refinery in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC (DIMO) together with TATA Motors India recently introduced the latest range of TATA Small Commercial Vehicles (SCV) to Sri Lankan market. The SCV range comprises of the DIMO Batti (promoted in India as Tata Ace Zip), TATA Super ACE (earlier known as DIMO Lokka ) and DIMO 207 DI BULLET. ...
- President kicks off construction of domestic airport at Batti (Category: Business)
- New Range Of TATA Small Commercial Vehicles From DIMO (Category: Business)
- Airtel creates first millionaire in Batti. (Category: Business)
- Video: The mysterious death of cattle in Batti (Category: Video)
Emirates’ five daily flights to London Heathrow will all be served by A380s by 1st February next year, firmly establishing the airline as the principal double decker operator into the British capital. Combined with the daily Manchester A380 service, this will mean the world’s largest A380 carrier will be sending 42 A380 flights to the ...
- Emirates’ Rome A380 service underway (Category: Business)
- Emirates inaugurates A380 service to Amsterdam (Category: Business)
- Emirates’ Munich A380 service to arrive early (Category: Business)
- Emirates’ A380 joins Hamburg Airport centenary celebrations (Category: Business)
of fuel are being produced daily. Fuel including ...
- Sri Lanka's only oil refinery closed for renovation and maintenance (Category: Breaking News)
- Renovation of Sapugaskande refinery successfully being carried out (Category: Breaking News)
- Oil Plan (Category: Business)
- ‘Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery’ to become a separate state enterprise (Category: Breaking News)
of fuel are being produced daily. Fuel including ...
- Oil Plan (Category: Business)
- ‘Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery’ to become a separate state enterprise (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery’ to become a separate state enterprise (Category: Breaking News)
- Disputed oversized loads to start rolling in Idaho (Category: USA, Washington)
UNP MP Dr. Harsha De Silva yesterday called upon the Government to take urgent steps to reverse the decline in apparel exports. He said that the Central Bank had announced that apparel exports fell every month this year in spite of the depreciation of the currency in February. Monthly exports amounting to US$ 367 million ...
- October sees 20% decline in apparel exports from Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Trade Performance (Category: Business)
- Trade Trends (Category: Business)
- Wall Street Journal spotlight on Brandix’s global push via regional foray (Category: Business)
by Sarath De Alwis The crisis is not in our system of higher education. The crisis is in not knowing what higher education is. Arrogance of presumed superior knowledge of the policy makers and dogmatism of the teachers has precipitated a debate that reflects a pedantry of crisis proportions. We do not seem to have ...
- Friday Forum on crisis in the education sector (Category: Business)
- Say no to NEPF! Say no to abolishing free education! (Category: Breaking News)
- Free education and parents’ aspirations (Category: Business)
- "I dont like to use the term 'student supppression' simply because there is no such thing" (Category: Breaking News)
LONDON (Reuters): Britain’s economy shrank far more than expected in the second quarter, battered by everything from an extra public holiday to government spending cuts and the neighbouring euro zone crisis. Finance minister George Osborne said figures released on Wednesday showed Britain had “deep-rooted economic problems,” adding that the slump in the second quarter was ...
- Indonesia’s tourism sector to focus on emerging markets (Category: Business)
- Growth is better than expected – CB (Category: Business)
- Growth gloom (Category: Business)
- Global 2012 rubber output forecast revised up: ANRPC (Category: Business)
Sri Lankaandrsquo;s entry into the hydrogen fuel era is to be kicked-off in October. And the adoption of a PPP model is being mulled. andldquo;The forthcoming Hydrogen and Renewable Energy conference in Colombo to be held in October is also the first step in formulating Sri Lankaandrsquo;s hydrogen
- Is hydrogen the future of motoring? (Category: Technology)
- 2021 Toyota Mirai: Sharp-lookin' sedan with hydrogen power - Roadshow (Category: Technology)
- 2021 Toyota Mirai: Sharp-lookin' sedan with hydrogen power - Roadshow (Category: Technology)
- 2021 Toyota Mirai: Sharp-lookin' sedan with hydrogen power - Roadshow (Category: Technology)
1Q pre-tax profit up 42% to Rs. 2.4 b; bottom line higher by 34% to Rs. 1.6 b; revenue improves by 26% to Rs. 20 b Premier blue chip John Keells Holdings (JKH) has made a good start in the new financial year 2012/13 with turnover and profits up but its Chairman Susantha Ratnayake has ...
- JKH forges with solid growth (Category: Business)
- Stellar 3Q for JKH (Category: Business)
- 2Q results add further value to Softlogic story: Ashok (Category: Business)
- Jumbo profit at JKH (Category: Business)
Mulls PPP model for new initiative Sri Lanka’s entry into the hydrogen fuel era is to be kicked-off in October. And adoption of PPP model is being mulled. “The forthcoming Hydrogen and Renewable Energy conference in Colombo to be held in October is also the first step
- Galle Fort to get green hydro-powered tuk-tuks (Category: Business)
- Hydrogen powered three wheelers for Galle (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahindra bags Title Sponsorship rights of Sri Lanka Premier League (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Enters Hydrogen Fuel Era (Category: Business)
Blue Flame Technologies (Pvt) Limited was recently appointed the exclusive distributor of BROAD non-electric chillers for air conditioning systems in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. From left: Director Business Development Richard Bahar, Managing Director Z.M. Hairu, International Sales Manager – South East Asia for Broad AC Jimmy Chen, Director PR and Sales Derrick Karunaratne and ...
- Panasonic launches new ECONAVI air-conditioners (Category: Business)
- SMED seminar on managing electrical energy of business enterprises and industries (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka targets slashing industrial power use by 10% (Category: Business)
- Phoenix Industries wins ‘Gold Flame’ award (Category: Business)
By Amantha Perera IPS: For many Sri Lankans, the effects of climate change can be summed up in one word: rainfall. “The biggest impact (of climate change) is rainfall or the lack of it,” W.L. Sumathipala, one of Sri Lanka’s foremost experts in changing climate patterns, told IPS on a scorching hot and humid day ...
- Climate change ‘biggest threat’ to food security (Category: Business)
- Adding rice farmers to the Rio+20 Agenda (Category: Business)
- Better weather warnings needed (Category: Business)
- Water conservation “desperately” needed (Category: Business)
July 26, Colombo: The Petroleum Ministry of Sri Lanka would not increase the fuel prices despite a hike in Iranian crude oil.
Reuters: The United Nations’ carbon offset market has a long future in helping the world curb man-made greenhouse gas emissions, even with carbon prices at record lows, the executive chairman of the UN Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) said last week. UN-backed carbon credits, called certified emissions reductions (CERs), have plunged around 70 per cent over ...
- Haycarb trades Carbon Credits under Kyoto Protocol (Category: Business)
- Passenger fare hike may earn airlines a CO2 windfall (Category: Business)
- Lufthansa to pass $ 169 m carbon costs to passengers (Category: Business)
- Global CO2 emissions rise 3 % in 2011: report (Category: Business)
Sri Lankans are fleeing the land of their birth by the hundreds each week even to countries that do not hold out much prospects for them. The bulk comprises the poorest of the poor. Refugees who on selling their meagre possessions – their plots of land, homes and jewellery – take enormous risks with their ...
- Sri Lanka election results open way for President to unify the country, U.S. official says (Category: Breaking News)
- President requests Sri Lanka work force to lend maximum support for a stable government (Category: Breaking News)
- MR wishes new Indian President (Category: Business)
- Yoshitha Rajapaksa leaves the country (Category: Breaking News)
But Market’s Illiquid Status Of Such, Drawback In a depressed market, such as that which is facing the Colombo bourse today, the time however is ripe for investors to buy good stocks at bargain prices an economist said. Amal Sanderatne, Director, Frontier Research (Pvt.) Ltd., addressing a seminar on the economy with a focus on ...
- Mafia Manipulates Bourse (Category: Breaking News)
- Bourse’s Volatility Here To Stay (Category: Breaking News)
- Politicos , Brokers ; Bourse’s Tailwind (Category: Breaking News)
- Broker Credit Drives Up Market (Category: Breaking News)
Sunil Bharti Mittal, India’s fifth largest dollar billionaire of Airtel fame, and Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma are among the renowned members of the top Indian delegation coming here next month. “The high-level Indian trade delegation arriving next week will consist of reps from the Government, business and the chambers. The arrival of this delegation ...
- Powerful Indian business delegation in Colombo next month (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian Commerce Minister in town tomorrow to lead greater ties with Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Top Lankan CEOs bullish post Indo-Lanka meet (Category: Business)
- Mega ‘India Show’ in August 2012 to boost bilateral trade with Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Reuters: India’s lawmakers voted for a new president on Thursday, ending weeks of wrangling and opening a much-hyped political window billed as the best chance for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to launch a wave of reforms and reverse an economic slowdown. India’s markets are anticipating quick action to relax investment rules and cut subsidies once ...
- UPA names Mukherjee as presidential candidate (Category: Business)
- Indian PM says hard decisions needed for 9% growth (Category: Business)
- Pranab Mukherjee is the new president of India (Category: Business)
- Populism may trump reforms in India (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)
Global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows rose 16 per cent in 2011, surpassing the 2005-2007 pre-crisis level for the first time, despite the continuing effects of the global financial and economic crisis and the current debt crisis in Europe, UNCTAD’s annual survey of investment trends reports. The World Investment Report 20121, subtitled ‘Towards a New ...
- Global FDI defies crisis to jump 17% to $ 1.5 trillion in 2011 (Category: Business)
- Global FDI slumps as debt crisis scares M&A away: UN report (Category: Business)
- UNCTAD moots new generation of investment policies for sustainable development (Category: Business)
- Global trends in investment (Category: Business)
LONDON (Reuters): Oil retreated slightly on Wednesday, snapping five days of gains as U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered few signs of further monetary stimulus and a gloomy view of the economy of the world’s top oil consumer. Brent crude slipped 38 cents to $103.62 a barrel by 1017 GMT, after settling 63 cents ...
- Oil gains on US stocks draw (Category: Business)
- Brent steady above $116 on U.S. stocks draw; Greece risk weighs (Category: Business)
- Oil slips from 4 wk high ahead of U.S. oil data (Category: Business)
- Oil falls towards $105, economy jitters return (Category: Business)
By Shamil Samsul Mueen 1. Introduction The global financial crisis has raised imperative issues concerning the stability and reliability of existing financial systems. This has driven an extensive global re-examination on the competence of the existing financial architecture and the search for a more enduring solution. As a result an increasing interest in Islamic finance ...
- HNB launches Al-Najah Islamic banking unit (Category: Business)
- Islamic finance: Challenges and opportunities (Category: Business)
- Islamic banking and finance advisory services to assist financial institutions (Category: Business)
Four examples; two bad and two goodThe website of the London Economist newspaper has a reference to an official of a certain country referring to a journalist in words similar to what follows – I have substituted words which would be appropriate to an officer and a gentleman addressing a lady, for what was actually ...
- Corporatism: A step beyond state capitalism (Category: Business)
- Entrepreneur and the profit motive (Category: Business)
- Exercising civic responsibilities (Category: Business)
Introducing energy management systems to establishments will be coordinated through Energy Managers appointed at establishment level in accordance with the provisions given in Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority Act. Minister of Power and Energy Champika Ranawaka said yesterday that a gazette notification (No. 1715/12) was issued on 20th July 2011, and it prescribes the qualifications ...
- SMED seminar on managing electrical energy of business enterprises and industries (Category: Business)
- Wayamba Development Authority seminar on sustainable energy for hoteliers (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka appoints 150 power and energy managers to save energy (Category: Breaking News)
- Green Credentials (Category: Business)
A SWISS-based company has emerged to negotiate a disputed payment deal the UAE-based Fujairah Petroleum Company had signed with the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) to supply up to 160,000 tons of low sulphur oil. The blatant lack of transparency of this deal has raised new questions over the governance of CPC and why repeated transgressions ...
- CPC implications (Category: Business)
- Fuel a price change (Category: Business)
- Taming the ‘monsters’ (Category: Business)
- CPC In Dubai Deal (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka will start operations at the 82,000 tonne capacity fuel bunkering terminal of its new Hambantota port in October, 16 months later than the original schedule, the ports authority said.
Standard Chartered Bank has revised Sri Lanka’s credit outlook to stable from positive and is advising bond investors to await the conclusion of Sri Lanka’s $ 1 billion Sovereign issue prior to getting involved in the country’s debt market opportunities. This advise is contained in SCB’s latest Asian sovereign credit coverage. “While we believe that ...
- Standard Chartered optimistic Rupee will appreciate in Q3-4 (Category: Business)
- A rosy update (Category: Business)
- Raising the bar: The rise of the Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
- A resolute Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
Reuters : Sri Lanka will start operations at the 82,000 ton capacity fuel bunkering terminal of its new Hambantota port in October, 16 months later than the original schedule, the ports authority said on Friday. The state-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority had originally planned to open the facility
- Sri Lanka says China to not operate oil bunkering (Category: Breaking News)
- Rocky Tale (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to open bunker terminal (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka boosting Colombo bunkering capacity 50 pct (Category: Business)
Boeing, Airbus report $35 b total firm orders Production issues in focus at quiet air show FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters): The world’s dominant aircraft makers, Airbus and Boeing, left a rain-swept Farnborough Airshow without the order deluge some had predicted, but each claiming victories as they prepare to focus on delivering a huge jet backlog from ...
- Boeing targets number one spot with 1,000 jet sales (Category: Business)
- Boeing sees more 787 cancellations, still upbeat (Category: Business)
- Singapore Airlines to order 8 more Boeing 777-300ERs (Category: Business)
- New Boeing 737 planes launched (Category: Business)
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