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  • Exporters seek immediate action to current crisis
    Associations of the major export revenue-generating industries, came together to call on the government to take immediate action and put forth a solution to the current crisis impacting the country....
  • CBSL Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe and other representatives. Picture by Ruwan De Silva.
    Things will get worse before they get better - CBSL Governor
    The Monetary Board under the purview of new Central Bank Governor Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe decided to hike Standing Deposit Facility Rate and Standing Lending Facility Rate by 700 basis points to...
  • Central Bank takes sharp move to tighten policy
    The Monetary Board under the purview of new Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe took drastic action to tighten monetary policy. The 700-basis point move to both the Standing Deposit...
  • OPA President Dulith Perera flanked by President–Elect Gunasekera Ruchira and General Secretary Jayawardena Upali and other officials at the event. Picture by Dinesh Perera.
    OPA calls for technocratic interim solution
    The Organisation of Professional Associations (OPA) noted that given the scale of the economic challenges and the demands of the public an interim solution led by qualified professionals should be...
  • Talks with IMF soon on expedited financing, debt restructuring
    Newly appointed Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe yesterday stressed the importance of working closely with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), saying Sri Lanka...
  • IRD Commissioner General H.M.W.C. Bandara. Picture by Dinesh Perera.
    IRD to launch online tax status system
    The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) is to launch a system shortly that would allow all taxpayers and tax administrators to access the status of their applications.IRD Commissioner-General H.M.W.C....
  • Newly appointed Finance Minister, Treasury Secretary resign
    Finance Minister Ali Sabry (freshly appointed), Secretary to the Treasury S. R. Attygalle resigned from their respective posts yesterday. Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal resigned on Monday...
  • Panellists at the event. Picture by Dinesh Perera.
    Set up dedicated credit lines for construction - CIOB
    Ceylon Institute of Builders President Dr Rohan Karunaratne called on stakeholders to come together to set up dedicated credit lines for the utilization of the construction sector. They further noted...
  • ‘Policy advisors to blame’ - Dilith Jayaweera
    Media mogul and business magnate Dilith Jayaweera noted that it was the policy advisors that had to take the brunt of the blame for the current economic crisis that the country is in. Jayaweera...
  • President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the BIMSTEC Summit.
    Sri Lanka to be hub of Bay of Bengal - President
    Sri Lanka is positioning itself to play a hub role within the Bay of Bengal region. This is through measures to increase the continental shelf of the country and increase the role it plays in the...
  • BOC Tower successfully delists
    Property Development Lanka PLC, the holding company for the BOC Tower in Colombo Fort has successfully delisted from the Colombo Stock Exchange. The delisting comes as the company perennially failed...
  • Market sheds another 352 points
    The All Share Price Index (ASPI) has shed another 300 points in yesterday’s trading. The market had for the second consecutive day been halted due to a sharp drop in trading prices.Further,broader...
  • ASPI crashes below 10,000
    The All Share Price Index crashed below 10,000 yesterday losing over 494.74 points.The major contributors to the decline in price were LOLC and related companies alongside Hayleys and related...
  • Cosco Shipping Lines Lanka (Pvt) Ltd Head Of Commercial Gayan de Alwis receives an award from Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Trine Jøranli Eskedal at the awards ceremony. Picture by Sudath Malaweera
    Norwegian assistance forthcoming for fisheries development
    Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Trine Jøranli Eskedal noted that Norwegian assistance to develop a sustainable fisheries sector would be forthcoming alongside the global and European initiative to...
  • Panelists at the event.
    Sri Lanka yet to pursue nation branding
    The Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) recently in a panel discussion noted that the country had yet to pursue a common branding initiative that would work across a diverse array of use cases....