Historic Highs
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Industry
Agonizing Wait
Apr.18 (LBO) – Sri Lankan banks have asked for extra time to implement a tax on credit card transactions, as the new stamp duty law is riddled with …
Loco Rent
Apr.17 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Department of Railways is planning to rent locomotives from India, Transport Minister A H M Fowzie said Monday. We can …
Sri Lanka raises retail fuel prices from midnight
Apr.15 (LBO) – Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices by Rs.8.00 from midnight Saturday after a 10-month lag as world crude oil prices raced to US$ 70 per barrel. …
Falling Short
WASHINGTON, Apr. 14 (AFP) - Rising fuel and materials prices and skilled labor shortages are expected to push reconstruction costs for the deadly December 2004 …
New Year Gift
Apr.15 (LBO) – Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices by Rs.8.00 from midnight Saturday after a 10-month lag as world crude oil prices raced to US$ 70 per barrel. …
Tax Ceiling
Apr.12 (LBO) – Sri Lankan banks have asked the government to consider imposing a lower tax on credit card transactions, as the new stamp duty will …
Asian Foray
SINGAPORE, Apr.11 (AFP) - India's sixth largest private bank, UTI Bank Ltd, opened its first international branch in Singapore Tuesday, marking the first step …
Returning Sense
Apr.11 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's finance ministry says fuel subsidies are placing an unsustainable burden on the exchequer; in a move analysts expect to be a …
Turbo Charge
Apr.10 (LBO) – The World Bank Monday gave out US$35,000 grant to six projects that will help youth development work in Sri Lanka. -LBO Newsdesk: …
Euro Credit
Apr.07 (LBO) – The European Investment Bank Friday extended a 70 million euro special credit line to Sri Lanka, to help rebuild small and med-sized …
Fishing Expedition
Apr.07 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's main tax authority plans to net in 40,000 new taxpayers in 2006, its newly appointed head said. buy metformin online …
Changing Timetables
Apr.07 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will go back to five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) from the traditional Sinhala and Tamil New Year of April 14, …
Second Life
Apr.06 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka is going ahead with reviving Pramuka Bank and also setting up an institutional framework to recover debts of Pramuka and other state …
Wider Reach
Apr.06 (LBO) – Norway plans to step up financial assistance in Sri Lanka following a request by President Mahinda Rajapakse to raise its profile in the …
Terminal Appeal
Apr.06 (LBO) - Engineers of the Colombo Port are urging the president to speed up a project to modernise the port's computer system, which will improve …
Adding Layers
Apr.06 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has sought a US$500 million loan from Saudi Arabia to double its oil refinery capacity, Energy Minister A H M Fowzie said …
Oily Row
Apr. 05 (LBO) – India has slapped a countervailing duty of between US$28-32 per metric tonne on vanaspati oil shipments from Sri Lanka, raising the …
Backward Integration
Apr.05 (LBO) -- Cellular operator Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd hopes to double subscriber growth and plans to start test runs for third generation network next month, its …
Switching Gears
Apr.04 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Associated Motorways Ltd said Tuesday that they had invested Rs. 100 million to start a fully owned leasing company. AMW …