Rock bottom Rs12bn rights issue pricing crashes Sampath Bank (SAMP) shares
March 1, 2019 (LBO) - Shares on the Colombo Stock Exchange were weaker across the board with Sampath Bank (SAMP) shares having their worst trading day in …
March 1, 2019 (LBO) - Shares on the Colombo Stock Exchange were weaker across the board with Sampath Bank (SAMP) shares having their worst trading day in …
Mar 01, 2019 (LBO) – A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached an understanding at the staff level with the Sri Lankan authorities …
February 28, 2019 (LBO) - The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) awakened from its slumber with trading crossing the Rs2bn mark (US$11mn) after many days of dull …
Feb 22, 2019 (LBO) – Projections of the Central Bank indicates that inflation is likely to remain in the desired 4 - 6 percent range in 2019 and beyond. …
Feb 22, 2019 (LBO) – The Monetary Board of the Central Bank, at its meeting held on 21 February 2019, has decided to reduce the Statutory Reserve Ratio …
Feb 13, 2019 (LBO) – The World Bank Vice President for the South Asia Region, Hartwig Schafer arrived today on his first visit to Sri Lanka to gain a better …
February 11, 2018 (LBO) - The Sri Lankan stock market has at least for today, awoken from its seemingly endless slumber. The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) …
Feb 08, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s official reserve assets were 6.14 billion US dollars by the end of January this year, down from 6.92 billion US …
Feb 07, 2019 (LBO) – Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka has charged a person named Vidanalage Juvenal Aruna Melan Soysa at Fort Magistrate Court …
Feb 05, 2019 (LBO) – Ceylon Guardian Investment Trust PLC (GUAR) and Ceylon Investment PLC (CINV) has decided to consider options of winding up The Sri Lanka …
February 5, 2019 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's richest man, Harry Jayawardena, has increased his shareholding in Colombo Stock Exchange bellwether John Keells Holdings …
Jan 28, 2019 (LBO) - Elaborating on the ‘Insight into Sri Lanka’s Economic Behaviour’, executive vice president – treasury and investment banking at …
Jan 25, 2019 (LBO) – The issue of Sri Lanka development bonds amounting to 200 million US dollars have been undersubscribed with only 182 million dollars of …
Jan 21, 2019 (LBO) – Fitch-rated frontier markets saw more positive than negative sovereign rating actions in 2018 with 13 positive rating actions compared …
January 18, 2019 (LBO) - Foreign institutional investors have continued to sell Sri Lanka's bonds and stocks, even after Sri Lanka's constitutional crisis has …
Jan 17, 2019 (LBO) - A cup of tea is every Sri Lankan’s morning mantra. This might not be the case much longer as Sri Lanka may face a shortage of milk …
January 16, 2019 (LBO) - Shareholders have tendered approximately one hundred million shares of John Keells Holdings (JKH) into the company's latest buyback …
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 14, 2019 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera led delegation arrived in Washington, Sunday for talks with the International Monetary …
January 12, 2019 (LBO) - Foreign institutional selling out of Sri Lanka's bond and stock markets continued at a brisk pace in the first two weeks to start …