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Last week I met up with some key business people from Indonesia, which does heavy trading with China on the basis of subcontracted business, and is now attempting to diversify its business due to the volatility of the Chinese economy. This made me conduct some research on the Chinese economy. The findings highlighted the need ...
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 ...
Industry experts urge disillusioned local investors to ‘buy when it’s down and sell when it’s up’ In a highly volatile atmosphere and with low investor confidence in the Colombo Bourse, experts earlier this week went against the negative sentiments and instead stated that now is the time to buy. These views were aired at a ...
The keynote address delivered by Dr. Kalpana Kochar, the World Bank’s Chief Economist for South Asia, at the recently-concluded CCC Economic Summit, highlighted three fundamental flaws in Sri Lanka’s growth model. It will not be possible to achieve sustained growth of 8% without addressing these effectively. The Pathfinder Foundation, and others, has emphasised the need ...
The Sri Lanka Economic Association or SLEA, the long-standing professional body of economists of Sri Lanka, has published some selected papers presented at its Annual Sessions in October 2011 in a volume titled ‘Achieving Economic Goals in the Midst of Global Challenges,’ the theme of the sessions. The volume, edited by two veteran economists – ...
Standard and Poor’s yesterday fired a fresh warning on Sri Lankan banking system, relegating it to a risk prone grouping that includes Nigeria. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it has assigned Sri Lanka to its Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment (BICRA) group ‘8’. At the same time, it assigned an economic risk score of ...
Sri Lanka’s banking industry reflects a “very high risk” assessment of economic resilience and credit risk in the economy, and a “high risk” assessment of economic imbalances, says the Standards and Poor’s. The Rating agency in its latest Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment, assigned Sri Lanka’s Banking sectors economic risk score of ‘8’ and an industry ...
The main Opposition UNP yesterday charged that people are suffering due to the inequitable economic policies of the Government. The UNP said that the Central Bank has stated in its latest monetary policy review that “The policy measures adopted by the Central Bank and the Government during the period February to April 2012 to curtail ...
Ballooning trade gap Even with the multitude of measures taken to curb imports, Sri Lanka's cumulative trade deficit widened to nearly US$ 1.7 billion in the first two months of the year with earnings from exports increasing marginally by 3.3 per cent to US$ 1.8 billion whilst import expenditure shooting by 24.7 per cent to ...
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, I am privileged to have been given this opportunity to be with you this morning. My task before you is to brief potential investors of my personal experience of doing business in Sri Lanka and about the prevailing circumstances there. Therefore, I am not going to focus on the economy ...
Professor Buddhadasa Hewavitharana felicitated The legendary Economics Guru of Peradeniya vintage for more than four decades, Emeritus Professor of Economics Buddhadasa Hewavitharana, was felicitated last week by the country’s top policy think-tank, Institute of Policy Studies or IPS and the Department of Economics and Statistics of the University of Peradeniya by releasing simultaneously tw...
Says Central Bank ‘miserably politicised’; wants change at the top; warns of public, worker agitation UNP MP and its chief spokesman on the economy Dr. Harsha de Silva yesterday said the Government has to blame itself and take responsibility for the current economic crisis in the country. In a statement, Dr. de Silva said: “The ...
Nivard Cabraal and subsequently showcased by politicians the sad reality of the economy of Sri Lanka ha...
What does independence mean to Sri Lanka? After 64 years, one would think that the value of freedom would have waned, but that is not the case. Yet the direction of this independence and what it means to people is undergoing a change and therein lies the challenge for the decades ahead. It is true ...
In the meantime, employees who were killed in the Central Bank bombing are being commemorated. 41 Bank employees died in this attack.The commemoration took place at 10.49 a.m. the time in which the suicide attack took place. The commemoration was held under the patronage of Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabral. The Governor unveiled a ...
The World Bank, painting a bleak picture of the global economy, says Sri Lanka's post-conflict economic rebound is waning and the country is vulnerable to risks associated with falling exports, declin .....
Multilateral donor emphasises devaluation should help exports, reserves Opines 2012 Budget consistent with earlier plans Withholds eighth tranche of $ 2.6 b loan; mission in Jan The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that Sri Lanka’s devaluation of its currency was a “step in the right direction” that should favour export competitiveness and preserve foreign ...
FOR two years, the Daily FT team has worked to empower the people through dispensing knowledge of the emerging economy of Sri Lanka. Our belief is simple but pervasive. Since the end of a brutal three-decade conflict in 2009, Sri Lankans have been steadfast in their single-minded ambition to create
With the dawn of peace after the cessation of the three-decade conflict in the country, the economy of Sri Lanka witnessed a considerable expansion in all three sectors. Year 2010 recorded a significant enhancement in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 8% and the first half of 2011 recorded
Union Bank of Colombo PLC (UBC) together with ShoreCap II Limited of USA, an International foreign investment Fund, has acquired over 98% of the voting shares of The Finance and Guarantee Company Ltd. (TF&G), infusing Rs. 1.1 billion in new capital to resurrect one of Sri Lanka’s oldest finance companies. Previously Union Bank acquired National ...
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 ...
The policy changes, reforms and modernisation since Budget 2011 appears to have been the context of a presentation made to the Joint Apparel Association Forum in July 2011 by the “leading light” in finance, planning, treasury management and economic development. Sri Lanka background 2000-’10 The presentation articulates the background issues experienced from 2000 to 2010. ...
Sri Lanka’s ambition to stage the 2018 Commonwealth Games could receive a further boost today with the arrival of a European delegation that will play a key role in the crucial vote that decides the host city in November. As the race to host the event reaches its final stages, the Hambantota 2018 bid is ...
The Central Bank yesterday announced further relaxation of foreign exchange rules with immediate effect. It said that with a view to facilitating the foreign exchange transactions of the growing economy of Sri Lanka, a few new policy measures had been introduced to further relax the foreign
Central Bank announced today further relaxation of foreign exchange rules with immediate effect. It said with a view to facilitating the foreign exchange transactions of the growing economy of Sri Lanka, a few new policy measures have been introduced by the Central Bank to relax the foreign
IMF Resident Representative Dr. Koshy Mathai made an interesting observation at a seminar in Colombo the other day. He said that the price of milk here was the same as in the USA. In effect Third World Sri Lankans are paying First World American or US prices for their milk (whether it be powdered or ...
By Dr.Laksiri Fernando (Text of DA Rajapaksa Memorial Address) National development is not merely about the economy but the economy is central. It entails economic, social, political, cultural and even moral aspects. The contribution of the North and the East during the last three decades or so was hampered in all these spheres by the separatist and the terrorist war. It is nece...
According to reports, CSE’s Chief Executive Surekha Sellahewa has said that liquidity in the market would be increased by broadening the investor base, increasing listed companies, improving market structure and introducing more asset classes to trade. The Chief Executive was unavailable for comment upon being contacted by the Sunday Leader. However, experts believe that such ...
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