Whats In A Name?
Work is expected to start this year, and SLT hopes to include its brand valuation into its 2004/5 financial statements.rnrnThe consultant will first have to …
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Second Wicket
Lanka Rating, Sri Lankas second credit rating agency, opens shop later this month, after securing regulatory approval.Local capital markets are in a nascent …
Cost of Life
Twenty five per cent of Sri Lankan households now have some form of motorized transport up from 15 per cent in 1996. 28 percent have refrigerators, up from 16 …
Insurance or Hazard
Following the failure of Pramuka Bank, the Central Bank is looking again at the concept of deposit insurance. This years annual report talks of a financial …
Can the Central Hold?
Central Bank has been bringing down their policy rates in the last two years to encourage local investment. However they say that bank-lending rates have not …
Sinhala Code
Ensuring the life of the Sinhalese language in the computers era, a fresh draft font standard is now in circulation for public comment. This proposed standard …
What Women Want
Women are climbing the corporate ladder in record numbers but only a handful manages to get top executive positions in big companies.Experts say the numbers of …
Re-Igniting
The insurance watchdog is getting tough with the industry by re-introducing fire tariffs with a few modification starting June 1.Present fire tariffs have not …
Trade Routes
Trade to the North East has taken to the road, washing away business for the seaports in the region. The Trinco harbour saw the number of ships calling there …
Stinging Response
Sri Lankan authorities Monday sought divine intervention to calm a colony of venomous wasps who stung more than 200 tourists at the fifth-century rock fortress …
Road Blocks
The ADB is to help package road development into a shelf of projects complete with backward clearances in place, making it easier for investors to step in.A …
Return Ticket
The new government will continue with plans to put in place a Tourism Development Bill and restructure the Tourist Board on priority basis this year.Mooted …
Jumping High
Dubai based Emirates Airline said its net profit rose 73.5 percent to US$ 429 mn, while revenues grew 37 percent to US$ 3. online pharmacy buy diflucan with …
Foreign Call
The investment bank picked for the job will initiate the book building exercise for the funds rising, while the telco giant obtains State approval for its …
Under Scrutiny
Accounting experts say local companies should invest more in voluntary social and environmental reporting, since indifference could be costly.It is cheaper for …
Big Buy
NDB picked up a further 20 per cent stake in NDB Bank, following up on Fridays 37 per cent acquisition. Mondays buy increases NDBs stake in the commercial …
Avrudu Bash
Commercial Banks ATMs dispensed a staggering Rs. 625 million over the five-day lquote Avurudu weekend in April, the Bank said this week. buy renova online …
New Deputy At Central Bank
Dr. Ranee Jayamaha succeeded Mr. P.M.Nagahawatte, Deputy Governor who retired from the Central Bank on April 18, 2004. online pharmacy buy cymbalta with best …
Commercial Buy
National Development Bank (NDB) picked up a 29 per cent stake in its associate company NDB Bank (NBL), as part of its strategy to merge with the commercial …
Teaching Teachers
Investment in teacher training in Sri Lanka is paying off with signs of improvement in both teaching and learning, says the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) …