Sri Lankan state-run university part-funds its own capex

June 15, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run University of Colombo is part-financing a 395 million rupee building with cash generated by lecturers who conduct …

Sri Lanka economic growth may slow to 6.75-pct, inflation to rise: IMF

June 15, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's economic growth may slow to 6.75 percent in 2012 and inflation may rise to 9.5 percent by year end, requiring monetary policy …

Sri Lanka expropriations a blow to entrepreneurship: businessman

June 14, 2012 (LBO) - A new wave of expropriation by Sri Lanka's rulers is a blow to entrepreneurship in the island and a misguided repetition of a grave error …

Sri Lanka to tighten trade deals with South Asia

June, 14, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's cabinet has decided to make changes to free trade deals where necessary with South Asian nations after having discussions …

Sri Lanka inks deal for US$4bn port based heavy industry complex

June 14, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has signed a 4.online pharmacy https://petalk.com/image/jpeg/flagyl.html no prescription drugstore 0 billion US dollar deal to …

Sri Lanka policy rate unchanged, growth projected at 7.2-pct for 2012

June 13, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is maintaining it key policy interest rate at which money is injected to the banking system at 9. online pharmacy buy strattera …

Sri Lanka secures $3.5 mn from Japan for farm equipment

June 13, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has inked a 468 million rupee (3.5 million dollar) grant with the Japanese government to buy equipment to secure the …

Sri Lanka should persist with stabilization measures: business chamber

June 13, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Chamber of Commerce says the state should persist with measures efforts to correct balance of payments pressure and …

Sri Lanka’s parliament should have more oversight on debt: legislator

June 13, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's parliament should have more control over the way government debt is raised and its terms, a legislator has said amid rising …

Oil Exemption

June 12, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, Korea, South Africa, Turkey and Taiwan has been recognized as countries that have significantly cut oil …

Sri Lanka, South Asian can benefit from free trade, education

June 12, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka and her South Asian neighbors should give trade freedoms to their citizens, strengthen property rights and increase investments …

Debt Games

June 11, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has run debts of 65 billion rupees with other state entities by May 31 and talks …

Sri Lanka exports drop 9.2 percent April

June 11, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's exports fell 9.2 percent to 680.1 million dollars in April, while the country’s import bill slipped 3.3 percent to …

Deficit plugging Krugman slammed by Estonian leaders

June 10, 2012 (LBO) - Paul Krugman, an influential Nobel laureate who peddles a formula of deficit spending for rulers and currency depreciation for the people …

Sri Lanka’s 2012 foreign investment target to dip to $1.7 bn: report

June 08, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s main investment promotion board is targeting 1.7 billion dollars of investments this year, lower than 2.0 billion …

Sri Lanka industrialists forging ahead amid uncertainty

June 8, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's see sawing policy ranging from labour, exchange rate, taxation and interest rates are challenging manufacturers, who are …

Sri Lanka short term Treasuries yields fall

June 06, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's short term Treasury bill yields fell as much as 15 basis points at Wednesday's auction though one year yields edged up …

Sri Lanka calls for investments in import substitution

June 04, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's finance ministry has called businesses to invest more in import substitution businesses, saying hundreds of millions of …

Sri Lanka expropriated factories to new investors

June 03, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has given a series of defunct factories which were expropriated from foreign and local investors in November last year to new …

Sri Lanka ice cream maker claims Maldives top spot

June 02, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Cold Stores Plc, a unit of listed John Keells Holdings which claims market leadership position for ice cream in the …