Minting Money
September 11, 2006 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka's Central Bank is spearheading a campaign to push up foreign exchange remittance from countrymen residing overseas, in an …
September 11, 2006 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka's Central Bank is spearheading a campaign to push up foreign exchange remittance from countrymen residing overseas, in an …
Sept 08, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s clothing trade, which employs about a million workers, is opposing trade union efforts to jack up minimum monthly …
Sept 08, 2006 (LBO) - Local businessmen have been asked to diversify exports to Pakistan outside of a few traditional commodities, and fast, to fully exploit …
September 8, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom said Friday they were in talks with payphone operator Tritel Services (Pvt) Ltd to buy an equity stake. …
SHANGHAI, Sept 8, 2006 (AFP) - Already known as the world's factory floor, China now wants to turn into an international outsourcing powerhouse, a report said …
Sep 7, 2006 (LBO) - The credit information has started to clear the credit records of former defaulters who have repaid their loans, a top official said. …
Bangladeshi crew rescued from sinking ship COLOMBO, Sept 7, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy rescued 34 Bangladeshi nationals Thursday who were aboard a crippled …
Sept 06 (LBO) - Diversified Sri Lankan conglomerate John Keells Holdings is in early talks to buy into the Confifi Hotel group, a top official said. As part of …
Sept 05 (LBO) – India is drawing up a more favourable package for Sri Lankan garment exports to the country under the Indo-Lanka trade deal. Quotas on …
Sept 06 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has approved new terms to limit exports of vanaspathi vegetable oil to India, with the government hopeful that local factories will …
Sept 05 (LBO) – Serendib Hotels said Tuesday it would go in for a private placement to sell a 19.90 percent stake in the company to Minor International …
Sept 04 (LBO) - Ceylon Petroleum Corporation said Monday that it would jack up fuel prices with effect from midnight Monday, to offset losses made by the state …
September 04, 2006 (LBO) – The Distilleries Group is in talks to increase their equity stake in its fund management unit National Asset Management Ltd or …
Sep 04, (LBO) - Sri Lanka’s central bank, which froze the bank accounts of a charity operating in the country’s North and East areas said Monday, …
Sep 04, (LBO) - Finance ministers of commonwealth countries will try to find ways to improve aid delivery to developing countries and made aid more effective, …
Sept 04 (LBO) – NDB Bank said Monday that it had picked up a balance 70 percent stake in NDB Housing Bank, following Central Bank approval. NDB Bank held …
Sept 04 (LBO) - The government has shelved a bidding round for oil exploration until it sorts out a battle with Norwegian company TGS Nopec to buy up three …
September 01, 2006 (LBO) – Lanka Bell, one of Sri Lanka's privately held wireless telecom operators, is in talks with India's FLAG Telecom to lay an …
SEOUL, Aug 31, 2006 (AFP) - South Korea's high-tech giant Samsung Electronics on Thursday unveiled the world's first fourth-generation (4G) mobile technology …
August 31, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom is in talks to acquire a small software company to beef up its technical capacity and expand revenue streams. …