Business

Palm Oil industry rejects vilification of crop as “baseless and unscientific”

The vilification of oil palm in Sri Lanka on the grounds of the crop’s purported adverse impact on the environment…

6 years ago

SL can double exports to South Asia: WB

Sri Lanka has the potential to more than double exports to South Asia, suggests a new World Bank report titled…

6 years ago

Sri Lanka July exports up 5.7-pct, tea, garments down

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri lanka’s earnings from merchandise exports surpassed a billion US dollars for the second consecutive month in July…

6 years ago

Ranil kicks off trading at London Stock Exchange

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (centre) being applauded after he commenced trading of the London Stock Exchange yesterday. State Minister of…

6 years ago

Fresh push to woo UK investors to SL

CSE/SEC-organised ‘Invest Sri Lanka’ Forum in London today; in Edinburgh on Wednesday  13 Listed Companies to pitch for more foreign portfolio investments State…

6 years ago

30,000 Job redundancies over past three months

The latest findings revealed that 30,000 employment redundancies have been recorded in the country during the past three months, according…

6 years ago

SL-Vietnam 2020 trade target of US$ 1B unlikely : Vietnam Ambassador

The trade target of US$ 1 billion by 2020 between Vietnam and Sri Lanka is unlikely to be achieved, given…

6 years ago

Visa regulations to be relaxed to boost tourism: Dept

The existing regulations on extending Sri Lankan online visa facility would be relaxed to encourage tourists, an official of the…

6 years ago

Link more with Japan to face crisis: PM

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had told a group of Ministers and economic experts that Sri Lanka should enhance its economic…

6 years ago

Tourism earnings up 12.5% Jan-Aug

Tourism earnings during the first eight months as well as during the month of August this year reflected the same…

6 years ago