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Tuesday, January 31st, 2023
Courtesy Financial Express RCPL launched its packaged consumer products brand, ‘Independence’ in December 2022 and is creating a distinct and dedicated retail distribution network for its fast-expanding FMCG portfolio. RCPL’s vision is to bring to Indian consumers a bouquet of domestic and globally recognised consumer brands and product choices, the company said. (File) Reliance Consumer […]
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Thursday, January 19th, 2023
Courtesy the cryptobasic.com The project aims to address concerns surrounding the use of electric vehicles while concurrently promoting climate action. eTukTuk, the world’s first Cardano-based automotive project, has announced its plans to launch operations in the South Asian nation of Sri Lanka. This development, announced at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, has the […]
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2023
Courtesy The Indian Express The order is a part of a Line of Credit extended by Export-Import Bank of India, under the Economic Assistance Scheme of the Indian government. Over 5,000 Ashok Leyland buses are currently in operation with SLTB. (Representational Image) Commercial vehicle maker Ashok Leyland on Wednesday said it has bagged a contract […]
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2023
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Jan 17 (AdaDerana) – A delegation of investors from the United Arab Emirates, led by His Royal Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum, visited Port City Colombo on the 14th of January 2023, during a special visit to Sri Lanka for the purpose. Discussions were held between the members of […]
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Monday, January 9th, 2023
Courtesy The Firstpost With the help of Vostro account in local currency, Sri Lanka will be able to seamlessly import from neighbouring India without worrying about its depleting dollar supply. New Delhi: Economic crisis-hit Sri Lanka has been keen to trade in the Indian rupee and to speed up the process, an Indian public sector bank […]
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Sunday, January 8th, 2023
Courtesy NDTV As part of its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy, India has extended multi-pronged assistance to Sri Lanka. Colombo: India has handed 75 passenger buses to Sri Lanka as part of its assistance towards strengthening public transport infrastructure in the cash-strapped country. As part of its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy, India has extended multi-pronged assistance to Sri […]
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Thursday, January 5th, 2023
Courtesy The Daily Mirror A Gazette Notification has been issued restricting the import of gold above 22 carats as jewellery, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said. He said in a twitter post that the decision was taken to prevent gold smuggling.
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Tuesday, December 27th, 2022
Courtesy The Morning The Hambantota International Port (HIP) is supporting Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) to handle running repairs to vessels while they remain afloat in the harbour. The majority of vessels directed to HIP for afloat repairs come with damages experienced below the water line. CDPLC carries out permanent repairs on these ships with service […]
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Thursday, December 22nd, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed the relevant officers to formulate a report jointly engaging all government agencies on the resolution of land problems within the Nuwara Eliya district. Wickremesinghe noted that in the event the said report is not presented to him before 04 February 2023, he will take necessary action in this […]
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Wednesday, December 21st, 2022
By Oneindia Copy Writer Sri Lanka is also mulling to trade with countries like Tajikistan, Cuba, Luxembourg and Sudan in Indian rupee. Being a leading economy in the world, India is offering the much-needed respite to the countries that are short of US dollars. New Delhi, Dec 21: Although this is being done in the […]
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Wednesday, December 21st, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that an environment will be created for small and medium-scale industrialists to become successful using modern technology and the government is ready to empower the industrialists as the main stakeholders in earning foreign exchange for Sri Lanka. President Wickremesinghe made these remarks at the 21st ‘Achiever Awards 2022’ which […]
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Sunday, December 18th, 2022
Courtesy Business Insider Representational imageUnsplashSri Lanka and India will start a passenger ferry service next month between Kankesanthurai port in Jaffna district and Pondicherry, according to media reports. Ports, Shipping, and Civil Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said arrangements were made to start the ferry service in mid-January next year, Colombo Page reported. The minister said the […]
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Sunday, December 18th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka is to sell four plots of land in Colombo Port City for an investor to establish a facility for bunkering, a Minister told journalists. Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation, Nimal Siripala de Silva said that they have also called for expression of interest to start an aviation fuel storage facility. […]
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Thursday, December 15th, 2022
by Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island The headlines in the front page of the Daily News of December 7, 2022 states: GOVT. WILL FORMULATE LAWS TO REPATRIATE USD 53 BILLION”. Quoting Minister Dr. Wijedasa Rajapakse, the report states: Exporters who earn Dollars do not bring that earnings back to Sri Lanka but they deposit it in foreign banks. […]
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana Earnings from merchandise exports declined in October 2022 – on a year-on-year basis – for the first time since March 2022 due to lower earnings from garments exports, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) says. The decline in import expenditure continued in October 2022, (y-o-y), for the eighth consecutive month, despite recording […]
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Sunday, November 27th, 2022
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Friday, November 25th, 2022
Courtesy The Hindu FitsAir — a Sri Lankan based private airline — is looking at possibilities to operate services from Colombo to key destinations in south India by the end of 2023, the airlines vice-president (Passenger) Peter Murray Hill said here on Friday. The airline has narrowed down on five destinations – Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai, Coimbatore, […]
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Friday, November 25th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana The United Kingdom, through the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is providing GBP 880,000 (USD 1,043,395) to strengthen the food and nutrition security of marginal fishers in Tangalle, Negombo, Colombo, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Puttalam, Chilaw, and Mannar of Sri Lanka. In light of World Fisheries Day (November 21) being […]
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022
Courtesy Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Sri Lankan dollar bonds advanced to a two-month high as the fiscal reforms announced in this month’s budget spurred hopes of securing an International Monetary Fund bailout. The 7.55% 2030 dollar bond was indicated up about 0.7 cents to 27.9 cents on the dollar on Wednesday, the highest since mid-September. The […]
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Friday, November 18th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka is in talks for a debt-for-nature” swap deal of up to USD 1 billion in climate-focused finance, a kind of agreement discussed at the United Nations COP27 summit in Egypt, Reuters reported citing people familiar with the matter. According to the news report, such agreements are part of efforts to address an intractable quandary […]
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Friday, November 18th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana Singapore-based renovation and interior design company, Kreate Design Pte. Ltd. today (Nov. 18) signed a USD 1 billion investment agreement with the Colombo Lotus Tower Management Company (Pvt) Ltd. This investment agreement will see the development of water sports and an entertainment zone at the Lotus Tower in Colombo within the next six […]
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2022
Courtesy The Island A top Chinese envoy has said that Sri Lanka should introduce legal reforms to attract foreign investments. Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena’s Office quoted President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) Ambassador Lin Songtian as having told the Premier as Sri Lanka’s infrastructure facilities, human resources and other […]
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2022
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Moscow initiated a banking cooperation between People’s Bank in Sri Lanka and National Investment Industrial Bank in Russia (NIIB) to devising a platform for Russian tourists to make payments in Sri Lanka seamlessly in Sri Lankan Rupees (LKR) with effect from November 22, 2022. According […]
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana The governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) says the construction sector is unlikely to see growth until the economy recovers. Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe made these remarks during an event held at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute with the representatives of the construction sector. Speaking further, he said the relative cost of […]
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
By Ishara Gamage Courtesy Ceylon Today The newly appointed Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), Dr. Sarath Obeysekera has called for immediate liberalisation of the shipping and logistics sectors in Sri Lanka. In a letter to President Ranil Wickremesinghe, he stated that there is a general consensus among the majority of stakeholders in […]
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2022
Courtesy Business Insider The Adani Group will become the first Indian port operator in Sri Lanka as construction of the Colombo Port’s Western Container Terminal (WCT) is set to start on Wednesday. The group will have the majority stake in the West Container International Terminal Joint Venture (JV) which is valued at $700 million. The build-operate-transfer (BOT) agreement which […]
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Saturday, November 5th, 2022
Monetary Institute The Monetary Institute’s “Our Money, Our Banks, Our Country – Money Creation in the Modern Economy” conference was held in Zurich, Switzerland on February 5, 2018. Professor Richard Werner, Chair in International Banking, University of Southampton, England provided this overview of how money is created in nations throughout the world and the impacts […]
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Saturday, November 5th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana China will allow greater market access and share opportunities with all countries, President Xi Jinping said on Friday, following a sharp slowdown of external trade and ongoing tensions with major economies. In an address via video to open the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, Xi called on the world to commit to […]
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Sunday, October 30th, 2022
Courtesy The Daily Mirror While privatisation of SriLankan is high on the agenda of the new government in the island nation, the airline’s CEO says there is a strong future for the country’s national carrier supporting the growth of the Sri Lankan economy in general and tourism in particular. We are open to the proposal […]
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Thursday, October 27th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana The government has decided to facilitate working capital loans up to Rs. 10 million for small- and medium-scale entrepreneurs from 08 state-owned and private banks, the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization & National Policies says. These entrepreneurs can obtain working capital loans on 11% – 12% interest with a grace period of 06 […]
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