Sri Lanka News Explorer
Last 7 Days
Older News
- Older than 2023-Nov (18)
Narrow by Category
- Business (18)
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 ...
- Village as a developmental unit (Category: Business)
- Paddy farmers’ problems (Category: Business)
- Budget 2012’s impact on the export sector (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s stake in the intl. agriculture debate (Category: Business)
From 1 January 2013, EK203 from Dubai to JFK, and its return sector EK204, will become A380 flights, offering an increased capacity of almost 1,000 additional seats in both directions every week. The service is currently operated by a Boeing 777-300ER. “Emirates is experiencing very high demand for its New York flights and the start ...
- Emirates to Fly A380 Twice Daily to JFK (Category: Breaking News)
- Emirates to fly A380 twice a day to JFK (Category: Travel)
- Did Fox Valley tip JFK election? (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Thousands of unedited government JFK assassination files released (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: Authorities in the world’s major economies are preparing for a possible market storm or public panic after cliffhanger Greek elections this weekend, officials said on Thursday, should radical leftists win and cast doubt on the nation’s future in the euro zone . Britain announced on Thursday it would flood its banking system with cash ...
- Euro zone crisis heads for September crunch (Category: Business)
- Euro zone seals second Greek bailout worth 130 b euros (Category: Business)
- Merkel scrapes win on Greek bailout, rebels grow (Category: Business)
- World stocks, euro rise on hopes Greece ditches referendum (Category: Business)
Historically, capital markets have played an important role in the development of market economies and therefore the development of efficient regulation of securities too has become increasingly important. While fostering the development of the economy, the capital markets also play
- SEC To Work Towards Strengthening Investor Protection (Category: Business)
- Regulatory framework in place for Exchange Traded Funds (Category: Business)
- Top Govt. politico among investors summoned by SEC via ‘fiery’ notice (Category: Business)
- ‘Those who live by the Dhamma are protected by the Dhamma’ SEC Chief tells investors (Category: Business)
Last Sunday when the unknown Ajinkya Rahane scored 103 runs off just 60 balls at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, which helped the Rajasthan Royals to score a massive 195 runs at IPL season five, my mind went to just one ethos the IPL is all about – highlighting performance. It is how IPL ...
- Developing cutting-edge brand strategies (Category: Business)
- The ‘real’ problem with brand Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- HR and London Olympics (Category: Business)
- Nation branding: A holistic perspective (Category: Business)
PYONGYANG,(Reuters) : North Korea’s new leader delivered his first major public speech on Sunday as the impoverished state celebrated the centenary of its founder’s birth, calling for a push to “final victory” despite a failed rocket launch two days earlier. A jowly Kim Jong-un, clad in black and the third of his line to rule ...
- North Korea says fuel being injected into rocket (Category: Business)
- North Korea confirms mystery woman is leader’s wife (Category: Business)
- Kim to reform North Korean economy after purge: source (Category: Business)
- North Korea’s Kim Jong Un threatens to build more nuclear weapons (Category: USA, New York)
Reuters: Federal Reserve policymakers on Monday signaled little appetite for further monetary steps to stimulate U.S. growth in an economy that is gradually strengthening. “With my current outlook, I think our policy stance is still the one best suited to foster steady gains in output
- Twisted (Category: Business)
- Low Rates (Category: Business)
- Liquidity Trap (Category: Business)
- Dollar Gambit (Category: Business)
Reuters: On a recent Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, water flowed from the toilets through the aisles during the entire journey from London to Islamabad. "What if it reaches some electrical wires and puts us in danger?" said one concerned passenger to another after flight attendants brushed off repeated complaints. "This could be a catastrophe." ...
- PIA fleet to be gradually renewed (Category: Business)
- First Thai Airways A380 rolls out of paint shop (Category: Business)
- SpiceJet to start Madurai-Colombo service in Sept. (Category: Business)
- Mihin Lanka launches second aircraft (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s benchmark stock index, the world’s worst performer this year, may extend its slump as the central bank raises interest rates to curb inflation, according to HSBC Holdings Plc’s private banking unit. HSBC Private Bank, which oversees about $499 billion, will wait for stock valuations to fall to “single digit” multiples before it considers ...
- Stocks approach one-month low; rupee steady (Category: Business)
- China factory surveys signal economic growth stays soft in Q3 (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Stocks May Slump More on Rates, HSBC Private Says (Category: Breaking News)
- CB seen holding rates, SRR steady – Reuters poll (Category: Business)
Ambassador updates foreign reporters on post-conflict development and reconciliation in Sri Lanka “Sri Lankans support a home grown solution for reconciliation” Ambassador invites international correspondents to visit Sri Lanka WASHINGTON: Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya hosted a group of foreign correspondents here in a January 25 reception held at his residence, prompting a discussi...
- Effective LLRC implementation sans external pressure (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s ‘Lies Agreed Upon’ screened in US Congress (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka will hold accountable every person accused of war crimes – Jaliya (Category: Business)
By Dinali Goonewardene Prathilaba was telecast on Rupavahini on Sundays at 10 a.m. The TV documentary, a studio discussion on investing in the stock market was commissioned by the Securities and Exchange Commission and panellists from the stock market industry participated. These included stock brokers, research analysts, fund managers and officials from the Colombo Stock ...
- Invest In Stocks With Good Valuations (Category: Breaking News)
- Investor Day at Negombo tomorrow (Category: Business)
- SEC Investor Day goes to Matara (Category: Business)
- Investor Day in Kurunegala on Saturday (Category: Business)
Reuters: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack while on a train trip, state media reported on Monday, sparking immediate concern over who is in control of the reclusive state and its nuclear programme. A tearful television announcer dressed in black said the 69-year-old had died on Saturday of physical and mental ...
- Kim Jong Un’s nephew Kim Han-sol reportedly taken in by CIA after dad’s murder (Category: USA, New York)
- Kim Jong Un’s nephew Kim Han-sol reportedly taken in by CIA after dad’s murder (Category: USA, New York)
- Kim Jong Un’s nephew Kim Han-sol reportedly taken in by CIA after dad’s murder (Category: USA, New York)
- Kim Jong Un’s nephew Kim Han-sol reportedly taken in by CIA after dad’s murder (Category: USA, New York)
After the recent Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, critics found three new words for the acronym ‘CWG’ – Corruption, Waste and lack of Governance. The Chairman of the Indian National Olympic Committee, who was Chairman of the Organising Committee, is presently in Tihar Jail, in Delhi with many of his acolytes, on charges regarding ...
- CWG bid money not wasted: Cabraal (Category: Business)
- Gold Coast wins CWG 2018 bid (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka hosting CWG would inspire 45 other nations – President (Category: Business)
- A month to go for vote, Govt. says momentum building on Hambantota’s 2018 CWG bid (Category: Business)
The Free Dictionary defines impunity as ‘exemption from punishment or loss or escape from fines’. In the context of the international law of human rights, it refers to the failure to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to justice and, as such, itself constitutes a denial of the victims’ right to justice and to bring ...
- The Need to Address Persistent Impunity for Violations and Abuses of International Human Rights ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Power: Opium of the political class (Category: Business)
- Declining Trust In A Legal System; Where The “Fence Is Eating The Crops”! (Category: Breaking News)
- Declining Trust In A Legal System; Where The “Fence Is Eating The Crops”! (Category: Breaking News)
PARIS (Reuters): France announced 65 billion euros of tax hikes and budget cuts over five years, as President Nicolas Sarkozy seeks to protect the country’s creditworthiness in financial markets without killing his chances of re-election in six months time. The main goal was to protect a top-notch credit rating that allows France to fund itself ...
- Sarkozy details measures for growth, jobs (Category: Business)
- Euro zone barely grows in Q3, recession looms (Category: Business)
- Voting begins in France, economy may doom Sarkozy (Category: Business)
- Euro zone crisis reaches France, turns existential (Category: Business)
Airline, unions appear again before govt-ordered labour tribunal Qantas says 447 flights grounded, 68,000 passengers affected since Sat PM calls for end to dispute World leaders at Perth meeting among those affected Rival airlines put on more flights MELBOURNE, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Qantas Airways and its unions appeared before a labour tribunal on Sunday ...
- Qantas chaos casts shadow on Gold Coast bid for 2018 CW Games? (Category: Business)
- Blow for Qantas as talks with Malaysian Airlines end (Category: Business)
- Qantas overhauls with $ 9 b fleet order, two new airlines (Category: Business)
- Fair Work ends Qantas industrial dispute (Category: Australia, Queensland)
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, yesterday took delivery of its first A330-200 aircraft retrofitted with Panasonic Avionics Corporation’s (Panasonic) Global Communications Suite. The comprehensive communications and entertainment solution, ‘Sky Hub’, offers passengers onboard full broadband connectivity to access internet, mobile phone services and, for t...
- SIA invests $ 400 m for next-gen in-flight entertainment systems (Category: Business)
- Emirates continues roll-out of inflight product innovations (Category: Business)
- Emirates launches A380 connectivity (Category: Business)
- Emirates in-flight entertainment wins Skytrax Award (Category: Business)
Our ‘poli-socionomic’ dialogue You will recall that like Capt. Kirk in his Star Ship-Enterprise,’ we also ventured into new territory with our first discussions under this theme ‘poli-socionomics,’ which appears to have caught on somewhat; thus, on behalf of those of us who still dare to think, I must thank those editors who carried it. ...
- Poli (Sigh): Hunker Down For The Holidays (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Poli (Sigh): Hunker Down For The Holidays (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Poli (Sigh): Hunker Down For The Holidays (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Poli (Sigh): Hunker Down For The Holidays (Category: USA, Indiana)
Popular Topics
- International Monetary Fund (18)
- Political crisis (11)
- Foreign exchange reserves (9)
- Bank reserves (6)
- Fuel (3)
- Economy of Sri Lanka (18)
- Sri Lanka Tea (8)
- Tourism (2)
- Sri Lanka Quality Tea (8)
- Sri Lanka Tourism (9)
- Sri Lanka Cricket (8)
- Sri Lanka Hotels (8)
- Sri Lanka Elections (10)
- Hiru Tv (18)
- ITN News (18)
- Shakthi Tv (18)
- Rupavahini (1)
- Derana Dream Star (1)
- BBC (1)