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The Government has gazetted a Bill, on 27 July 2012, to set up a Divi Neguma Department, which will take over the existing Samurdhi Authority, the Southern Development Authority and the Udarata Development Authority (successor to the Kandyan Peasantry Commission). The Bill will also set up a Divi Neguma Community Based Organisation, Divi Neguma Community ...
- Regulation of microfinance institutions (Category: Business)
- Unregulated microfinance - A high-risk strategy (Category: Business)
- New department to drive ‘Divi Neguma’ (Category: Business)
- Finance: Restrictions on use of the word (Category: Business)
2012 unlikely to match up to 2011 tea revenue; stakeholders’ voice uncertaintya By Cheranka Mendis The tea industry which brought in revenue of approximately US$ 675 million within the first six months of this year – US$ 50 million below the revenue collected in the same period in 2011 – is likely to fall short ...
- Hub is no hoodoo, says TEA (Category: Business)
- Tackling tea travails (Category: Business)
- Tea exporters want Gota to defeat mafia (Category: Business)
- Industry discusses Ceylon Tea’s ‘ExclusiviTea’ (Category: Business)
The Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) together with the Bucks University featured the 2012 award winners from Singapore of global business associations and chief marketing officers under the theme ‘Is The Party Over?’ at Galadari Hotel, where a select audience of 200 business and marketers attended the event. Some of the key points discussed ...
- Honoured for driving marketing in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- New tea industry model: By default? (Category: Business)
- Focus on the magic than logic (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka can be a top 30 country by 2015 (Category: Business)
Reuters: The Central Bank believes the rupee can strengthen to around 125 per US Dollar due to high foreign inflows into the economy, the Head of the country’s monetary authority said of Monday. Since April, the Central Bank and Finance Ministry have repeatedly said the rupee should stabilise at around 125 per dollar, given the ...
- CB says no need for FX intervention (Category: Business)
- CB says rupee outlook unchanged from 125 (Category: Business)
- Pressure on rupee to ease on inflows: CB (Category: Business)
- Rupee’s value: Out goes 125; welcome 132 (Category: Business)
By Shanuka Tissera A year to date, since the last annual general meeting of The Planters’ Association of Ceylon, there have been some turbulent changes in the tea, rubber and coconut industries due to the crisis in the Middle-East and EU. The 158th AGM of The Planters’ Association
- Sector report (Category: Business)
- Local tea industry in a fix (Category: Business)
- Forbes and Walker recaps tea industry’s 2011 (Category: Business)
- Tackling tea travails (Category: Business)
In the global public relations business, Asia is also rising. The flow of Western talent and treasure into the region is well known in our industry, but less visible is the advance of many powerful Asian consultancies with international ambitions which are rising fast. On my 10th anniversary here I would like to share 10 truths ...
- J. Walter Thompson launches new communications integration agency brand (Category: Business)
- Leo Burnett celebrates exceptional year in 2011 (Category: Business)
- A ‘modern’ definition of public relations? Why? (Category: Business)
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has called on the Government to immediately address the issues faced by the university lecturers. JVP parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayake said the government should not allow the current crisis in the university sector to further aggravate. He explained
- Sri Lanka's striking university lecturers deny reports of lecturers returning to work (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka medical faculty lecturers support striking university lecturers (Category: Breaking News)
- SB invites lecturers to report to work (Category: Breaking News)
- UNP back Uni. academics (Category: Breaking News)
KfW should try not to grow too fast New investor types needed for infrastructure Bank business to shrink under regulation, capital requirements FRANKFURT, (Reuters): German state bank KfW predicts a credit crunch due to a shortage of long-term project financing partly due to a retreat by major banks from such capital-intensive businesses. KfW, which specialises ...
- Ship lending to slide in 2012 as downturn bites (Category: Business)
- DEG provides $ 21 m loan to NDB Bank to strengthen SME sector (Category: Business)
- Rs. 3 b German boost for SMEs (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
- 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)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas Setting its sights on placing Sri Lanka in the global economy and expanding its reach in overseas markets, the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2012, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce’s annual flagship event, aptly themed ‘Positioning Sri Lanka in the Global Economy,’ commenced last evening at the Cinnamon Grand. In the context of ...
- Lion leads frontier markets (Category: Business)
- Young political guns speak up for economy (Category: Business)
- Ceylon Chamber spearheaded repositioning post-war Sri Lanka forum kicks off today (Category: Business)
- Sustainability in volatility: The bankers’ challenge (Category: Business)
Colombo Page: Ministry of Agriculture sources say that around 20,000 hectares of paddy cultivation is under threat of destruction due to shortage of irrigated water and rains. An estimated 600,000 metric tons of paddy may be lost due to the crisis, Ministry sources say. However, the Minister
- Sri Lanka: SLA denies irrigation facility to resettled civilians in Kilinochchi district (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's other crops not severely affected by the drought as paddy (Category: Breaking News)
- Ninety percent of paddy damaged (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan government yet to decide on compensation for drought stricken farmers (Category: Breaking News)
President of the UNCSD, Secretary General of the UN, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, it is indeed a great pleasure for me to be here in Rio de Janeiro and to share my thoughts at this momentous event. The presence of so many Heads of State and Governments, Senior Ministers, Officials and thousands of members of ...
- Rio+20 and the developing world (Category: Business)
- President faults developed nations for environmental crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Saving environment: not task of developing countries alone: President at Rio+20 (Category: Breaking News)
- World leaders gather at RIO for Sustainable Summit (Category: Breaking News)
Key insights to state of the economy and market and future prospects from NDB Stockbrokers’ latest Sri Lanka Equities report Uncertainty in the macro environment The robust economic growth and steep rise in global crude oil prices increased Sri Lanka’s import bill by 51% in 2011. As a result the trade deficit widened, putting the ...
- ‘Rupee Volatility – In Search of Equilibrium’ (Category: Business)
- Forex crisis: CB explains and assures (Category: Business)
- Economic growth to rebound in 2013: SCB (Category: Business)
- Raising the bar: The rise of the Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group’s Head of Rating Advisory Raymond Woo had recently called on Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa. “Sri Lanka was able to control the impact of internal and external crisis successfully due to the efficiency of the political, economic
- Minister suggests exporting Sri Lanka`s surplus rice and vegetables (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister suggests exporting Sri Lanka's surplus rice and vegetables (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka exporting maize is a people's victory - Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan would face any challenge - minister (Category: Breaking News)
Asian prices return to pre-Lehman crash high New production start-ups to add 10 cargoes/month Europe re-exports record number of cargoes London (Reuters) : Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG) spot prices for July delivery hit highs not seen since mid-2008 this week as import demand from a nuclear power-free Japan rose while recent high oil prices ...
- Asia distillates-high sulphur gasoil premiums down on demand dip (Category: Business)
- World food prices fall in Sept-FAO (Category: Business)
- No recession but weakness will endure (Category: Business)
- Iran oil output steady despite sanctions (Category: Business)
LONDON (Reuters): The Bank of England looks set to call a halt to its asset-buying program on Thursday, despite the economy having slipped into recession and renewed risks rising from the euro zone debt crisis, as UK inflation remains stubbornly high. Ending its program of quantitative easing
- Rocky Road (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank raises rates to contain record high inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- Fiat Inflation (Category: Business)
- Inflation drops in July for the fifth consecutive month (Category: Breaking News)
CB asks banks overnight for their forex commitments for Thursday and Friday; steps up bank visits Convenes meeting with treasury heads of banks; rupee crisis figures in monthly CB-bank CEOs meeting as well Dealers say no room for speculation given the very narrow net open positions; new rules apart
- Markets becalmed (Category: Business)
- Rupee sinks to record low (Category: Business)
- Rupee on a yo-yo! (Category: Business)
- An effective consumer lending proposition (Category: Business)
Denying accusations that the Ceylon Electricity Board is a burden on the national economy, Minister of Power and Energy Champika Ranawaka points out its contribution towards the country’s development and claims the staggering loss of $ 42 billion predicted for 2012 was mainly due to the fuel price hike and rupee depreciation. Following are excerpts ...
- Electrifying losses (Category: Business)
- CEB GM Eng. Rohan Seneviratne steers electricity sector toward sustainable and renewable future (Category: Breaking News)
- CEB: Making losses or deliberate blunders? (Category: Business)
- Treasury defends fuel revisions (Category: Business)
With the recent relaxing of the rupee exchange rate and subsequent increase in fuel prices, trade unions and the opposition parties are conducting protest campaigns against the Government, demanding a reduction in oil prices and the cost of living. This article investigates the living conditions of citizens in the recent past and present, quality and ...
- Treasury Secy. showcases recent economic success and future outlook (Category: Business)
- The Economic Impact of Exchange Controls (Category: Business)
- Living with debts (Category: Business)
- Strategies on reducing or getting out of foreign debt (Category: Business)
Recently I attended a session oversees on how countries internally are creating flexible labour arrangements to reduce the levels of long-term joblessness. In many countries young people have been the biggest victims of the recent economic crisis and few governments have much capacity
- United Front (Category: Business)
- Middle East countries search on Lankan maids (Category: Breaking News)
- Many job offers to Sri Lankans, but only a few takers (Category: Breaking News)
- Medical certificate on arrival in UAE (Category: Breaking News)
High cost of living and festive seasons go hand in hand and the upcoming New Year looks set to becoming a particularly difficult one. With the Central Bank downgrading the economic forecast from eight per cent to 7.2 per cent and a rapidly depreciating rupee adding to increasing imports, the month of April, when consumerism ...
- Former Mississippi Gov. William F. Winter dies at 97 (Category: USA, Mississippi)
- March on Capitol costs Georgia man his job at car dealership (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- March on Capitol costs Georgia man his job at car dealership (Category: USA, Maryland)
- March on Capitol costs Georgia man his job at car dealership (Category: USA, Maine)
SINGAPORE (Reuters): European banks will continue to reduce their lending in Asia, posing problems for companies in the region as local financial institutions lack the capacity to make up the shortfall, Singapore’s central bank chief warned on Wednesday. Asian firms, other than the bluest of blue chips, have seen a jump in their dollar borrowing ...
- Asian shares fall, dollar spikes vs yen on intervention (Category: Business)
- Dollar debt set to remain sparse and steep in Asia (Category: Business)
- Commercial Bank offers NRFC accounts in Chinese Yuan (Category: Business)
- Singapore expected to keep monetary policy on hold (Category: Business)
Reuters: Forget austerity in the supercar zone at the Geneva Auto Show. Lamborghini and Ferrari flaunted some of their most expensive models to date, confirming the recession-proof appeal of ultra high-end cars to the world’s wealthy. Supercar Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) unit Bentley, boasting a rich heritage of super-expensive sedans, coupes and ...
- Bugatti is getting into the home audio business, kind of - Roadshow (Category: Technology)
- Bugatti is getting into the home audio business, kind of - Roadshow (Category: Technology)
;s external sector crisis, warned that the country will have to grapple with “the tyranny ...
- High costs of poor performance or high returns of sound management (Category: Business)
- Appreciating exchange rates: Not a boon always (Category: Business)
- Flexible exchange rates and impact on exporters (Category: Business)
- No more IMF loan for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 92.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 (4Q11), down 0.2% compared to the same quarter in 2010, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. As expected, shortages of hard disk drives (HDDs) added to challenges from slow economic conditions and competition from other consumer electronics, including ...
- Worldwide PC shipments up 1.9% in 2012 1Q (Category: Business)
- Global smartphone market hits all-time quarterly high (Category: Business)
- Samsung takes top spot as smartphone market grows 42.6% in 3Q (Category: Business)
Reuters: France and Germany agreed on Thursday to stop arguing in public over whether the European Central Bank should do more to rescue the euro zone from a deepening sovereign debt crisis. President Nicolas Sarkozy and Chancellor Angela Merkel said after talks with Italian Prime Minister Mario
- S&P piles pressure on Franco-German budget plan (Category: Business)
- Crisis in Italy spurs fears of euro zone break-up (Category: Business)
- EU leaders to agree on permanent bailout fund (Category: Business)
- Euro zone crisis reaches France, turns existential (Category: Business)
BANGKOK (Reuters):The world's top rubber producers are blacklisting buyers which have failed to honour their contracts after recent defaults caused panic selling in the physical market, the Thai Rubber Association said on Monday. Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia backed off from a plan to bolster prices at their weekend meeting in Bangkok, but pledged to prevent ...
- Thailand seeks regional benchmark rubber export price (Category: Business)
- Tokyo rubber futures end down 36% for 2011 (Category: Business)
- Thailand seeks global cooperation on rubber prices (Category: Business)
- Thailand to start cutting rubber exports from Oct. (Category: Business)
Reuters: Sri Lanka’s stock market narrowly edged up on Monday from a seven-week low, ending four straight falls as investors snapped up battered shares though a liquidity shortage and global worries cooled sentiments, dealers said. The island nation’s main share index closed 0.02 per cent or 1.42 points up at 6,736.02, from the lowest since ...
- Stock market at two-week low; block deals boost activity (Category: Business)
- Stock market at 11-week low despite foreign inflows (Category: Business)
- Kenya tea exports up 10% in first quarter (Category: Business)
- Stocks slip on profit-taking ahead of SEC ruling (Category: Business)
Stock Broking firm Capital Alliance suggests that the 2.6 million tourist arrivals target isn’t a pipedream but achievable though it will be only by 2020, which is 4 years later than the Government and industry set timeline of 2016. “The Government projects 2.5m arrivals in 2016, but the industry will lack the rooms and trained ...
- Think tourism (Category: Business)
- ETA examined (Category: Business)
- September tourist arrivals up 27% (Category: Business)
- South Africa’s Sun City to invest $ 800 m in Sri Lanka tourism (Category: Business)
crisis amongst themselves without pushing the ...
- Ranil Asks For Leadership For Another Year (Category: Breaking News)
- Karu Defends UNP’s No Ball (Category: Breaking News)
- For A Public Dialogue With UNP As “Twenty-Eleven” Rolls Out (Category: Breaking News)
- He Who Dares Wins (Category: Breaking News)
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