Business
ComBank raises another Rs.10 bn to support COVID-19 affected SME exporters
Bank obtains US$ 50 mn short term loan from a development finance institution for this purpose Loans to be made
Read morePeople’s Bank offers special COVID-19 loans up to Rs.20mn to CA Sri Lanka members
From left: CA Sri Lanka CEO Dulani Fernando, Vice President Sanjaya Bandara, Council Member Tishan Subasinghe, President Manil Jayesinghe, People’s
Read morePepper prices record sharp drop as harvest season arrives
Indian importers await clearance from their govt. to import duty free pepper Sri Lanka’s pepper prices have sharply dropped from
Read moreTourism business weighs on Aitken Spence March performance
The well-diversified nature helped Aitken Spence PLC to weather two back-to-back crises within one financial year but its leisure sector
Read morePrime Group sets benchmark for real estate industry with credit rating
Commences operations at head office, flagship project Prime Grand – Ward Place and all other construction sites Prime Group has
Read moreSri Lanka may benefit from early buyback of US$ 1bn ISB maturing in October
Sri Lanka may benefit from an early buyback of US$1 billion dollar-denominated international sovereign bond (ISB) maturing this October, although
Read moreHuman development on course to decline this year for first time since 1990: UNDP
Global human development, which can be measured as a combination of the world’s education, health and living standards, could decline
Read moreSinger March revenues below expectations; expects retail operations to normalise from Sept. quarter
Singer Sri Lanka PLC’s March 2020 top line came in at below the previous year’s levels but reported higher operating
Read moreFebruary trade gap widens as exports languish; imports up
Feb. trade deficit widens by US$ 574mn Exports up by just 0.7% to US$ 988mn Imports up 9.1% to US$
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