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Sri Lanka rupee hovers near 160 to the dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 159.95/95 against the spot US dollar Monday, near the psychological 160 to the US dollar…

7 years ago

UK look to invest in bridges & hospitals in SL

UK State Minister of Trade Policies Greg Hands says the UK is expected to look into trade and investment opportunities…

7 years ago

Daraz.lk Introduces a Mobile Week like never before

Yohan Philips Head of Commercials, Naresh Surendran Head of Marketing, Bart Van Dijk Country Manager and Darshika Attanayake Head of…

7 years ago

More Chinese firms making SL headquarters for South Asia

Bank of China official reveals of the 62 Chinese SOEs doing business in Sri Lanka, 26 have established HQ in…

7 years ago

HNB arranges Rs 5.4B to fund new multi-storey ODEL Mall

HNB announced a breakthrough partnership with popular retail department store, Odel to lead the syndication of a Rs 5.4 billion…

7 years ago

Softlogic Holdings pre-tax profit soars by 130% to Rs. 3.4 b in FY18

To foray into supermarket biz as part of vision to become largest retailer in Sri Lanka Softlogic Holdings Plc has witnessed…

7 years ago

SL seeks $500 mn apparel trade deal with India

Sri Lanka is hoping to convince India to remove the existing quota system for the apparel industry and instead requesting…

7 years ago

Colombo to be AI’s S Asia HQ

Amnesty International (AI) has selected Colombo as its South Asia Head Quarters and a permeant office is to be opened…

7 years ago

Hi-tech methods, transnational links to fight crime

The use of video conferencing technology, joint investigations comprising investigators from Sri Lanka and other countries or specified organisations and…

7 years ago

Port of Colombo clocks 2nd highest growth rate in the world

The Port of Colombo recorded a 16.2% growth in container handling for the 1st quarter of 2018 over the same…

7 years ago