Central Bank will impose lending cap if Sri Lanka banks do not cooperate: CBSL Chief
Jun 03, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Monetary Board would need to consider whether they impose a lending cap if the banks are not cooperative enough to reduce …
Jun 03, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Monetary Board would need to consider whether they impose a lending cap if the banks are not cooperative enough to reduce …
May 15, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Tourism Minister John Amaratunga has appointed Johanne Jayaratne as Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority …
Apr 05, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to issue visa on arrival to tourists visiting the island from 39 countries. …
Jan 25, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President has discussed with the Prime Minister of Singapore that the Sri Lankan side is expecting to make certain …
Jan 25, 2019 (LBO) – Credit investors in the Asia-Pacific telecommunications sector have key questions on telcos' growth prospects amidst rising …
Jan 23, 2019 (LBO) – Ceylon Electricity Board and Sri Lanka Air Force today signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate the project of creating …
Jan 21, 2019 (LBO) – Fitch-rated frontier markets saw more positive than negative sovereign rating actions in 2018 with 13 positive rating actions compared …
Jan 16, 2019 (LBO) – The International Monetary Fund remains ready to support the Sri Lankan authorities and an IMF team is scheduled to visit Colombo in …
Jan 09, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s democracy ranking has fallen more than any other country in the region with a marked decrease in its score from 6.48 in …
Jan 08, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor says that the rupee depreciation is no longer aligned with fundamentals in terms of current account …
Jan 02, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor on Wednesday pointed out that the authorities need to look at carefully whether they are recording …
Jan 02, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor remained optimistic that the staff level agreement reached in principle with the IMF on the fifth …
Dec 28, 2018 (LBO) – First Capital Research has upgraded its equity exposure to 60 percent with the belief that the events that have unfolded globally may …
Dec 04, 2018 (LBO) – Fitch Ratings has downgraded Sri Lanka's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'B' from 'B+', with a …
Nov 21, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Central Bank on Wednesday said that it is of the view that the decision by Moody's to downgrade Sri Lanka's foreign currency …
Nov 20, 2018 (LBO) – Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the Government of Sri Lanka's foreign currency issuer and senior unsecured ratings to B2 from …
Oct 27, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and the United National Front (UNF), the alliance formed by the United National Party on Saturday pledged its …
Oct 05, 2018 (LBO) – Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka were up 2.8 percent to 149,087 in September 2018 from a year earlier, official data showed. Last month, …
Sept 29, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government in order to ease the pressure on the Sri Lankan rupee has decided to take the following measures temporarily …
Sept 27, 2018 (LBO) – United States House of Representatives have approved the inclusion of the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development …