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Economic Times Editorial: Whatever transpired during the extremely brief visit of National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon to Colombo, ostensibly to deliver an ‘act on the reconciliation front’ message, it is clear that New Delhi has decided to up the ante on Sri Lanka. The recent Indian vote for the US-backed resolution in the UN Human ...
- US Ambassador condemns violence in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia- Sri Lanka Match abondoned due to heavy rain (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Police obtain court order on protesters in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Schools in Colombo and other Major Cities to remain closed next week (Category: Breaking News)
An estimated 150,000 acres of paddy will be affected by the ongoing drought and thousands of people will be directly affected by their crops failing. The numbers that are filtering through are shocking and causing worries not only for the Government but the public in general. The drought has resulted in hydro electricity generation dropping ...
- Sri Lanka to launch an urgent development programme for drought-stricken people (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan government allocates 3.7 billion rupees for drought relief (Category: Breaking News)
- President directs immediate relief to drought-stricken farmers (Category: Business)
- Parts of England hit by drought (Category: Technology)
The vital importance of the development of export and its national value with policy on priority for export trade was emphatically stressed in the Budget speech for 2012 presented by the President. The projected objective was to achieve the export target braving the challenges from the international market. Imperatively Trade Promotion Organisations (TPOs) are bound ...
- EDB turns 33 (Category: Business)
- Over 55 tour agents, 50 international journalists for Expo 2012 (Category: Business)
- Export promotion strategies (Category: Business)
- Treasury Secy. showcases recent economic success and future outlook (Category: Business)
The Standard and Poorandrsquo;s (Sandamp;P) Rating Services assigned a score of 8 (very high risk) to the Sri Lankan economy and banking industry last week. The role of ratings agencies in the lead-up to the global financial crisis (2008) was certainly highly questionable.
LONDON (Reuters): Gold prices eased a touch on Monday after a sharp rally the previous session, surrendering gains along with the euro and other commodities as a bounce lent to the financial markets by European Union plans to tackle the debt crisis petered out. Gold surged 3 percent on Friday, its biggest one-day rise since ...
- Gold rises 0.6 percent as euro zone jitters resurface (Category: Business)
- Gold falls as economic optimism helps dollar (Category: Business)
- Gold gains, eyes biggest weekly rise since September (Category: Business)
- Gold tests $1,750 as Greece buys more time (Category: Business)
LONDON, (Reuters): Barclays Plc chairman Marcus Agius quit on Monday, saying “the buck stops with me” after an interest rate rigging scandal that has dealt “a devastating blow” to the bank’s reputation. Agius, chairman of Britain’s third biggest bank for 5-1/2 years, is the first major scalp from the scandal, which is likely to draw ...
- After Chairman, Barclays CEO Bob Diamond quits (Category: Business)
- UK lawmakers say Libor case shows Barclays flawed (Category: Business)
- UK fraud buster mulls charges in Libor scandal (Category: Business)
- HSBC faces US compliance issues, Libor scrutiny (Category: Business)
The Oxford Dictionary tells us that being ‘happy’ is being cheerful with feelings of pleasure or satisfaction. ‘Satisfaction’ is, in turn, when you are pleased because you have achieved something or because something has happened as you wanted it to. A synonym is being ‘content’ – being happy and satisfied with what you have. Rulers ...
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Transforming education in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
OVER the last three years Sri Lanka has become used to being at the forefront of development potential and political stability in South Asia but interestingly, neighbour Maldives has had the highest per capita income in the region and continues to lead the way in investment and economic growth. A study done by a ...
- Maldives Govt. vows to implement all deals with foreign companies (Category: Business)
- Island Deal (Category: Business)
- Maldives eyes $100 million tourist tax for CO2 plan (Category: Business)
- GMR’s Maldives airport project flies into rough weather (Category: Business)
A top level Sri Lanka Ports, Trade and Logistics conference and exhibition will be held from 10 to 11 July at Colombo Hilton, organised by industry specialists Seatrade. The multi-stakeholder sponsored and endorsed event will showcase commercial opportunities and development of South Asia’s new maritime hub and logistics centre – Colombo and Sri Lanka. Seatrade ...
- Top Sri Lanka Ports, Trade & Logistics conference and expo starts (Category: Business)
- Colombo conference on ‘Sri Lanka Ports Trade and Logistics’, an unqualified success (Category: Business)
- State-run SLPA wins three prestigious Seatrade awards (Category: Business)
Reuters: Persistent fears about the euro zone’s future and an increasingly subdued global economy will restrain further advances for the world’s major stock markets, according to Reuters polls of analysts, who slashed their forecasts. Equity strategists were badly wrong-footed by last year’s disastrous showing for global stocks. Analysts overestimated gains in all but one of ...
- Recovery next year for world stocks after dire 2011 – poll (Category: Business)
- Asian shares rise; oil spikes on Iran tension (Category: Business)
- Anxious global investors look for calm (Category: Business)
China demand for coal, iron ore expected to drive market Average capesize earnings to rise to $12,400 in H2 Panamax earnings seen increasing to $11,000 SINGAPORE (Reuters): The Baltic Exchange’s Dry Index, an indicator of global economic activity, will rebound by 35 percent in the second half of 2012 versus the last six months on ...
- Baltic index rallies, capes at near 9-month high (Category: Business)
- China Aug trade surplus dips, exports off peak (Category: Business)
- Australia trade deficit widens on falling exports, worse to come (Category: Business)
- Commodities Boom (Category: Business)
Reuters: Drydocks World, the indebted Dubai shipbuilder, said last week it has inked a joint venture for its Southeast Asia operations with a company linked to Malaysian billionaire Robert Kuok. Drydocks, which is restructuring $2.2 billion in debt and sought insolvency protection in April, said the venture with Kuok Group’s Pacific Carrier Ltd. will be ...
- Tiger Airways gets new CEO (Category: Business)
- Shangri-La Hotels Eyes Sri Lanka. (Category: Breaking News)
- Dubai to build underwater hotels (Category: Business)
- Shangri-La breaks ground (Category: Business)
UNP MP Karu Jayasuriya has called for the Opposition parties to unite to abolish the Executive Presidency saying it was the singular enemy of Sri Lanka. Here is the full text of Jayasuriya’s statement: Everything that presently ails Sri Lanka hinges on a single factor – the Executive Presidency that concentrates all power in the ...
- Majority support Constitutional Amendments (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahendra Percival Rajapaksa is now the King of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Former Deputy Leader of Sri Lanka's main opposition calls on opposition to unite against executi... (Category: Breaking News)
- Restoring The Parliamentary System, The Womb Of Racism, Discrimination, Separatism & Civil Wars,... (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: Romney or Obama? Republican or Democrat? The U.S. presidential election may inflame voter passions, but based on past experience, whoever wins the world’s most powerful elected office isn’t likely to move the dollar. The U.S. dollar’s performance over the past 40 years shows little relation to the party holding the presidency and more to ...
- Asian shares fall on fears over Europe fund tightness (Category: Business)
- Shares ease on China growth worry, dollar stays firm (Category: Business)
- Gold firms on China inflation spike, US jobs data (Category: Business)
- US economic fix could take years: Obama (Category: Business)
Reuters: Angela Merkel was portrayed across Europe as the big loser of a euro zone showdown in Brussels after the German chancellor was forced to accept the crisis-fighting measures championed by countries struggling with their debts. Newspapers in Spain, Italy and France on Saturday toasted the triumph of their leaders – Mario Monti, Mariano Rajoy ...
- Merkel scrapes win on Greek bailout, rebels grow (Category: Business)
- S&P piles pressure on Franco-German budget plan (Category: Business)
- G20 backs Europe’s plans for overhaul to fight crisis (Category: Business)
- EU leaders to agree on permanent bailout fund (Category: Business)
Wide range of issues discussed; separate meetings held with Basil, Gota and SampanthanIndian National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon met President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday. Menon who arrived on Thursday night is accompanied by the Joint Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla. At President’s meeting External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris was also present. During his stay Menon ...
- Menon arrives in the country (Category: Breaking News)
- Discussed 13th Amendment, says Sushma in briefing PM (Category: Business)
- Shiv Shanker Menon to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian PM briefed on parliamentary delegation visit to SL (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: Malaysia is separated from Indonesia’s Sumatra island by just 40 miles of water, but an ocean has opened up between them over who owns a traditional dance, the latest in a series of disputes between the Southeast Asian neighbors. The feud, one of many over issues as diverse as culture, pollution and borders in ...
- AirAsia establishes regional base in Jakarta, AirAsia Asean (Category: Business)
- Indonesia to start slashing rubber exports in 4Q (Category: Business)
- Thailand seeks global cooperation on rubber prices (Category: Business)
- China backs off as TOCOM bounces; Indonesia shy (Category: Business)
BANGKOK (IPS): The just-ended United Nations sustainable development summit in Rio de Janeiro has exposed the discomfort that many developing Asian countries have over buzz words like ‘green economy’ and ‘green growth’ in development diplomacy. With the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the U.N. regional development arm, endorsing these concep...
- Challenging times for Asia Pacific (Category: Business)
- Green economy and impact on trade (Category: Business)
- More challenging global environment ahead for Asia Pacific region (Category: Business)
Drug Trafficking was one of the main sources of finance for the LTTE terrorists as reflected in the World Drug Report 2012, says Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Dr. Palitha Kohona. He was addressing at the UN General Assembly Thematic Debate on ‘Drug and Crime as a Threat to Development’ ...
- Crime one of the world’s “top 20 economies”: UN (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka a growing hub for drugs (Category: Business)
- Illicit drugs found in Clearview (Category: South Australia)
- Organized Criminals Gangs In Sri Lanka & Its Impact On National Security (Category: Breaking News)
By Joseph Hammond The end of the civil war brought hopes that the country could become united. But attacks by radical Buddhists suggest Sri Lanka faces a new challenge to internal harmony. Colombo’s suburb of Dehiwala is probably best known for housing the Colombo Zoo. But late last month, it became the site of a ...
- Dambulla Mosque Cannot Be Relocated – SLMC (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘No provision for any other faith only Buddhism so move the mosque,’ says Thero (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran expresses confidence (Category: Business)
- Govt. orders mosque move after Buddhist protest (Category: Business)
Reuters: Asian shares jumped and the euro surged more than 1 percent on Friday after European leaders agreed that euro zone banks could be recapitalised without adding to government debt, soothing fears over growing credit strains in Italy and Spain. As the dollar retreated on the back of the euro’s sharp rebound, dollar-based oil, copper ...
- Dollar softer, but euro fails get a boost (Category: Business)
- Global stocks retreat after Swiss move; euro jumps (Category: Business)
- Euro hits decade low vs yen, remains vulnerable (Category: Business)
- World stocks retreat as debt worries, economy outlook weigh (Category: Business)
Reuters: JPMorgan Chase & Co’s (JPM.N) losses from disastrous derivatives trades will likely amount to $4 billion to $6 billion in the second quarter, far more than the original estimate of at least $2 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. The bank has gotten out of more than half of the position, ...
- JPMorgan CIO retires, Obama says proves reform case (Category: Business)
- JPMorgan has trading loss of at least $2 b, reputation hit (Category: Business)
- Obama has assets in JPMorgan accounts: White House (Category: Business)
- Obama pledges tough enforcement of Wall Street reforms (Category: Business)
Case study Middle East Sri Lanka is one of the most sought-after tourist destinations in the world. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean strategically located between West Asia and South East Asia and has been an important stop on the silk route or the Silk Road. It has all requirements to be one ...
- Unified branding in the tourism industry (Category: Business)
- Showcasing Sri Lanka and driving demand (Category: Business)
- Marketing an emerging tourism destination in Asia (Category: Business)
By S.S Selvanayagam The Supreme Court yesterday allowed to file amended petition by Sinhala Jathika Peramuna (SJP) seeking declaration that one of aims of four Tamil political parties is the establishment of a separate state. The Bench comprising Chief Justice Shirani A. Bandaranayake, Justices K. Sripavan and Sathya Hettige allowed to file amended petition subject ...
- President emphasizes all political parties should unite to provide a solution to the ethnic prob... (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF-EFF to be presented to Parliament for discussion from April 25 (Category: Breaking News)
- Police department is working on a non-political agenda. (Category: Breaking News)
- OPA calls to repeal the 13th amendment (Category: Breaking News)
There is no other industry in Sri Lanka which has suffered at the hands of the Government more than the media industry. Media freedom is enshrined in our Constitution, but it cannot just be exercised unless the right to gather news and information is also guaranteed. Media freedom is enshrined in our Constitution, but it ...
- Media Freedom In Sri Lanka; Why Are Journalists’ Murder Investigations Being Avoided? (Category: Breaking News)
- Alarming Increase in hostile rhetoric, threats of reprisals against exiled journalists from Sri ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka is not a free country says Freedom House (Category: Breaking News)
- Protest Held Against Press Censorship (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: Asian shares rose on Thursday on encouraging US economic data, but prices were capped with investors tense ahead of a European Union summit deeply divided on how to tackle the protracted euro zone debt crisis and stop it spreading further. On Wednesday, European shares rebounded from a steep sell-off and Wall Street stocks logged ...
- Asian shares steady amid caution before Fed decision (Category: Business)
- Sampath Bank goes for Rs. 2.5 b listed debenture issue (Category: Business)
- Asian markets fall, Greek bailout delay dampens mood (Category: Business)
- From bust to boom? (Category: Business)
Another day, another boatload of people rescued off the coast of Australia while trying to sneak into the country illegally. More lives lost and more despair spread while a solution drifts into the distance. For the past three years, Sri Lanka’s economic and social situation has increased significantly. Many people are grateful for the ...
- Stop the surge (Category: Business)
- Protecting children from smugglers (Category: Business)
- An economic exodus? (Category: Business)
Rio+20 has come and gone. For some, with June gone, the task may be looking at the flavour of the month for July to prop up different hoardings. The conference was concluded successfully and most of the final photos and comments indicated it was well attended and well run and perhaps well concluded. For sure, ...
- Green growth not targets needed for 2015 climate deal (Category: Business)
- Climate change: The definitive challenge of the 21st century (Category: Business)
- Be a part of Earth Hour 2012 (Category: Business)
- Climate Change: A Red Flag For Environmental Security In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Rating Services assigned a score of 8 (very high risk) to the Sri Lankan economy and banking industry last week. The role of ratings agencies in the lead-up to the global financial crisis (2008) was certainly highly questionable. There are also issues related to their accountability. Despite this, and setting ...
- Way out to fix the sick external sector: Getting back to IMF’s fold a must now (Category: Business)
- Commendable start; now for the finish (Category: Business)
- Taming the ‘monsters’ (Category: Business)
- Limits of statist development or state capitalism (Category: Business)
Recent newspaper advertisements heralding the birth of a sports economy is indeed good news for sportsmen in general and sports entrepreneurs in particular. Tax exemptions that serve as attractive incentives are a much awaited step in the right direction for a small nation who has time and again made forays into the big leagues. The ...
- Sports Track (Category: Business)
- Sports Track (Category: Business)
- Tax Breaks (Category: Business)
- Will play only if you pay! (Category: Business)
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