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September 28, 2006 (LBO) -- The Strategic Enterprise Management Agency (SEMA) and top state bank officials are due to present a comprehensive proposal to the …
September 28, 2006 (LBO) -- The Strategic Enterprise Management Agency (SEMA) and top state bank officials are due to present a comprehensive proposal to the …
Sept 28 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government said Thursday that it would amend the country’s Finance Companies Act, to allow minimum capital …
Sept 27, 2006 (LBO) – India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp and British Gas have bought up seismic data on potential oil deposits off Sri Lanka’s west …
Sept 27 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state oil giant Ceypetco dropped fuel prices on Wednesday to appease trade unions, but has been helped by falling world …
September 26, 2006 (LBO) – Lanka IOCs share prices perked up Tuesday after the Indian fuel retailer announced plans to ink a deal next week, which …
Sept 26, 2006 (LBO) – Japanese telco NEC Tuesday inked a deal with Sri Lanka's Steuartel (Pvt) Ltd to sell its cellular handsets in the local market. "We …
September 26, 2006 (LBO) – Cisco Systems, the world's leading supplier of network equipment and solutions, hopes to double its sales in Sri Lanka as …
SINGAPORE, Sept 25, 2006 (AFP) - Oil prices fell back below 60 dollars in Asian trade Monday to their lowest level in six months, before regaining some ground, …
Sept 25 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has slashed tariffs by up to 70 percent on top imports like cement imported duty free from India, under a trade deal with the …
Sept 25 (LBO) – Sri Lankan song writers and other artistes are hoping a new licensing and royalty scheme being drawn up will help protect their creative …
LONDON, Sept 24, 2006 (AFP) - Islamic finance is soaring around the world owing to an influx of petro-dollars from the Middle East and growing demand by …
Sept 22 (LBO) –Savers in Sri Lanka, who are losing money because of negative real interest rates in the country, stand to recoup their losses if they get …
Sept 22 (LBO) - Some Sri Lankan banks that are shifting traffic off its counters and to self service channels like teller machines and home banking, are doing …
Sept 22 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan telecom firm shifted its call centre out of the capital to a lower-cost central region of the island, in a trendsetting move …
Sept 21 (LBO) – Another round of Indo-Lanka trade talks ended this week, with no firm agreement on resuming controversial duty free exports of vanaspati …
Sept 20 (LBO) – Tourist and business traffic from Sri Lanka to Thailand is expected to go on as normal following a military coup there, with few …
SINGAPORE, September 20 (LBO) –Singapore-based luxury resort and spa chain Banyan Tree has shelved plans for Sri Lanka, as the leisure industry takes a …
Sept 20 (LBO) – The government has offered private traders space on board state chartered vessels carrying food to war torn Jaffna on possible commercial …
Sept 20 (LBO) – Payphone operator Tritel Services Limited said Wednesday it would slash outgoing call charges by 33 percent, expanding reach into rural …
Sept 20 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Millennium Information Technologies (MIT) said Wednesday it had developed an automated trading system for the Nairobi …