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Seylan Bank will boldly redefine the concept of savings in October and literally ‘drop’ Rs. 1 million from the skies. Helicopters from Helitours will hover over different parts of Sri Lanka between 8.30 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. on Saturday 22 October and drop coupons with a special serial number and individualised barcode to an eager ...
Professionals are shy to raise critical issues in public!It is believed that the single focus advocacy proposal of the Joint Chambers of Commerce and Industry for the Budget 2012 to address is the continuing high priority of enhancing the ‘ease of doing business in Sri Lanka’. A president of a chamber holds a publicly articulated ...
The world’s economies are competing for investment, in order that they create jobs for their citizens and trade effectively in goods and services in this globalised world economy. Barriers and restrictions are tumbling down as nation states compete against each other, to become attractive to investors.Competitiveness is a comparative concept of the ability of a ...
The misery continues at the Colombo stock market as its year to date return yesterday dipped below the 1% threshold once again, a level last witnessed in mid July. A 0.4% dip in All Share Index saw the year to date dip from Wednesday’s 1.06% to 0.63% yesterday. On 19 July the Bourse was recording ...
The Chamber of Young Lankan Entrepreneurs (COYLE), the vibrant forum of the new generation entrepreneurs of Sri Lanka plans to conduct a highly interactive series of programmes named ‘Zero to Billionaire – The Story behind Sri Lankan Business Heroes of the 21st Century’ to bring to the surface the untold truths of success of the ...
By Cheranka Mendis Asia, which is estimated to contribute 52 per cent to the world’s GDP by 2050, has turned back a 260-year spell of declining contribution to the global GDP within a 80-year period and is now poised for better growth. Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal addressing the Asian Bankers Association General Meeting ...
Justice and fair-play is paramount Justice and fair-play are of paramount importance to all members of the world family consisting of 193 nations expecting justice and fair-play equally. It is the principle on which the United Nations was established in place of the less-effective League of Nations, in order to settle differences among nations based ...
AS Sri Lanka celebrated World Tourism Day yesterday, it seems an opportune time to discuss the positives as well as the challenges facing Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan Government on Tuesday unveiled ambitious plans to provide employment in the tourism industry to one in seven people on the back of a 50 per cent earnings ...
Solar, wind, wave, geo thermal, bio massNorochcholai – underperforming, Kerawalapitiya – under maintenance, power utility – threatens strike, Sampur at Trincomalee – coal power agreement signed with NTPC of India, lack of rain in hydropower catchments… the travails of Sri Lanka’s power sector are always in the news. The policy on energy has been driven ...
The Sri Lanka Private Sector Assessment of the Report to the United Nations Secretary General by the Panel of Experts on accountability in Sri Lanka was released on Thursday. The private sector critique is a compilation of views raised by a private sector group in Sri Lanka who are concerned about the content of the ...
By Harsha de Silva We understand that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning to compound undisclosed securities fraud by some billionaire investors. Media reports have begun to circulate that Environmental Resources Investments (ERI) and its Directors have agreed with the SEC to pay an insignificant fine of Rs. 10 million and compound an ...
Reuters: England piled more misery on India with a thrilling six-wicket victory in a one-off Twenty20 match at Old Trafford on Wednesday. After losing the test series 4-0, India started brightly in the shortest version of the game and racked up 165 all out, only to see England reach their target with three balls to ...
It’s strange how the innovations of the world tend to wrap around our daily life. One of them is the brand Facebook. I have been trying to locate a friend of mine for the last 12 years and failed, until I used a modern IT application like FB and today I realise the power of ...
THE Daily FT yesterday reported that the Northern Province is recording a bumper paddy harvest. Estimates are that Yala harvest is above 15% over that of last year. Not only from North but from several other paddy cultivating areas a welcome increased crop is due. The Hector Kobbekaduwa Agriculture and Training Institute (HKATI) forecast is ...
The Colombo stock market erupted yesterday before and after the SEC lifted the ban on broker credit to clients establishing one of the biggest day gains with value of Bourse rising by Rs. 77 billion. The benchmark All Share Index (ASI) shot up by 3.13% or 214 points and Milanka Price Index rose sharply by ...
Investors toast SEC move as pent up buying bolsters CSE to record one of the biggest day gains Market’s value jump by Rs. 77 b; ASI up 3.13% or 214 points; MPI by 3.67%; Turnover tops Rs. 3.76 b; Welcome net foreign inflow completes resurgent day SEC move will encourage greater recapitalisation at broking firms; ...
The Colombo stock market began a fresh week with caution though there was some degree of volatility during the day. Despite gaining 39.3 points at its intra-day high of 6,872.34 points, activity levels calmed down to close flat for the day. ASI eventually closed up 3.47 points and MPI by 13 points. Turnover was a ...
Sri Lanka Gross Domestic Product is worth 50 billion dollars or 0.08% of the world economy, according to the World Bank. Historically, from 1960 until 2010, Sri Lanka's average Gross Domestic Product was 10.46 billion dollars reaching an historical high of 49.55 billion dollars in December of 2010 and a record low of 1.42 billion dollars in December of 1960. Sri Lanka is a developing economy off ...