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Whilst acknowledging progress, business tycoon Harry Jayawardena has renewed his call for a more enabling environment to boost private sector investments to a desired level, warning that rest of Asia was fast reaping benefits of such strategy. “The region offers many examples of how enabling environments have thrust their private sectors to the forefront of ...
- Diversified young conglomerate LOLC honoured with six accolades (Category: Business)
- LOLC Group bullish on regenerating north east (Category: Business)
- Govt. keen to support private sector: Cabraal (Category: Business)
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
- ‘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)
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)
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- Strategies on reducing or getting out of foreign debt (Category: Business)
The Maldivian administration’s key economic strategy is to engage the private sector and enable the diversification of the economy for sustainable development, said Mahmood Razee, Minister of Economic Development in the Republic of Maldives who was in the country to attend the fourth Annual
- Maldives Hotel Asia 2012 from 10 to 12 Sept. (Category: Business)
- Budding Business (Category: Business)
- Seminar on bilateral trade between Maldives and Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Lankan businesses asked to invest in Maldives (Category: Breaking News)
Maldivian government is inviting Sri Lankan firms to invest in that country. This invitation was made when the Minister of Economic Development of Maldives Mahmood Razee was in Sri Lanka recently. He was in the country to attend the AGM of the Sri Lanka Maldives Bilateral Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. Razee addressing the members ...
- Maldives Hotel Asia 2012 from 10 to 12 Sept. (Category: Business)
- 'Output better when countries join hands' (Category: Breaking News)
- SL-Male currency swap talks continue (Category: Breaking News)
Last week, media were abuzz with two reports on how undesired exchange rate movements could worry governments. One was a currency under pressure for appreciation in the market and the other was a currency moving in the opposite. Swiss Franc: One way Journey to Appreciation The first was the case of the Swiss Franc which ...
- Six popular fallacies of currency appreciation – Part 2 (Category: Business)
- Swiss central bank intervention fails to stem franc’s rise (Category: Business)
- External value of the rupee: Market driven or Central Bank driven? (Category: Business)
- Rupee sinks to record low (Category: Business)
By Devin Jayasundera A top Finance Ministry official last week declared that the country’s import sector has bright opportunities on to the future in tandem with fast growing economy and per capita income of the people. Delivering the keynote address at the Ceylon Chamber Import Section
- The Economic Impact of Exchange Controls (Category: Business)
- Mixed bag for Lankan exports (Category: Business)
- $ 400 m IMF lifeline for struggling Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
By GABRIELLA STERN NEW YORK -- Sri Lanka's president said Wednesday that rising labor costs in China present an opportunity for his South Asian country to attract foreign companies seeking an alternative low-cost manufacturing base....
- Kalutara gets the second Open University of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- President Rajapaksa sworn in for new term (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankaâs President Mahinda Rajapaksa and First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa with US President (Category: Breaking News)
- The `We can` philosophy (Category: Breaking News)
by Ravi Gee I was in Srilanka a fortnight ago for the first time. I travelled to Southern towns Kandy, Bentota and Colombo by road. I would like to share my observations, a mix of positives and negatives as below....
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