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the Sri Lankan Rupee is a signal on moving towards a ...
- UNP MP’s walk out of the parliament while President Rajapaksa was delivering the budget speech (Category: Breaking News)
- Salaries of state sector employees increased by 10% (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet approves 2012 Budget Proposals (Category: Breaking News)
- 2012 budget to be presented on November 21st (Category: Breaking News)
By Marianne David, Dinali Goonewardene, Cheranka Mendis, Cassandra Mascarenhas, Devin Jayasundera and Chamitha Kuruppu Brandix CEO Ashroff Omar Overall, we are glad that all that we had asked for, having worked with the Treasury before the Budget, has come in. There are slight tweaks from our proposals to what has been given, but overall we ...
- NCCSL commends Budget 2012 (Category: Business)
- Exporters’ Forum returns in full strength; exporters upbeat on prompt results (Category: Business)
- ‘‘Most SME-friendly budget Sri Lanka has seen in recent times’’– Rishad (Category: Business)
MP charges that Government is focusing only on physical infrastructure and adopting a top-down development approach instead of a more inclusive and participatory humane political futureUnited National Party Parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne asserts that the Government is depleting the resources of the municipality on an election extravaganza. In a candid interview with the Daily FT, the ...
- Hashim on UNP leadership crisis, pressing national issues (Category: Business)
- DPF to the fore (Category: Business)
- “UPFA will win the election” (Category: Business)
- Muza upbeat on Colombo (Category: Business)
By Simon Montlake Forbes.com: On my first trip back to Sri Lanka since February 2010, I noticed plenty of positive changes. New construction, cleaner streets and a lighter security presence (a bloody civil war ended in May 2009). The IMF predicts Sri Lanka’s economy will expand this year by 7.5%, keeping pace with next-door giant ...
- CBSL chief expresses optimism (Category: Breaking News)
- Rupee strengthens on inflows into bonds (Category: Business)
- No timing yet for Sri Lanka review prior to next loan disbursal: IMF (Category: Business)
- Devaluation a “right step,” says IMF (Category: Business)
By Dinali Goonewardena A COMMON currency between the Maldives and Sri Lanka has not been discussed by the Sri Lankan Authorities, a Central Bank official said yesterday. There were reports over the weekend that the Maldivian President was seeking a common currency between the two countries. “A lot of institutional infrastructure is required to enable ...
- Plans being made for Lankan Rupee- Rufiya currency swap (Category: Breaking News)
- SL-Male currency swap talks continue (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka provides training for construction industry professionals from Maldives (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, Maldives to sign MoU on tourism (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lankan rupee has appreciated. According to the Central Bank, the rupee has appreciated 0.96 percent against the Dollar. The Central Bank attributed this development to the increased foreign investment. Such investments for the first half of this year have reached 413 million US Dollars
Minister Basil Rajapaksa has said that the effort of the Government was to continuously safeguard the economic growth achieved after the victory over terrorism and accelerate it. Sri Lanka has achieved a higher economic growth after the military victory. Even a considerable growth has been recorded in the tourism sector. Minister Basil Rajapaksa said that ...
- Sri Lanka exporting maize is a people's victory - Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy sees record growth (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka achieves highest economic growth rate (Category: Breaking News)
- We are winning economic war - Basil (Category: Breaking News)
By Ashwin Hemmathagama National Insurance Trust Fund (NITF) was created by an Act of Parliament in the year 2006. A subsequent amendment, No 28 of 2007 has empowered NITF to accept compulsory reinsurance cession from local insurance companies. NITF has fixed the compulsory cession at 20% of the general insurance programmes of all insurance companies ...
- NITF (Category: Breaking News)
- RAM reaffirms National Insurance Trust Funds ratings at AAA/P1 (Category: Business)
- Outlook stable for reinsurance industry: S&P (Category: Business)
- Debutant Orient Insurance records Rs. 100 m GWP in 1Q (Category: Business)
The Central Bank says that the value of the Sri Lankan Rupee has appreciated. The Central Bank said this clearly indicates the growth achieved in Sri Lanka’s economy. The foreign exchange value of the Sri Lankan rupee had increased in comparison to the US Dollar. Latest statistics of the Central
- Rate Controversy (Category: Business)
- Overshooting (Category: Business)
- Swap Boost (Category: Business)
- Foreign Investment (Category: Business)
COLOMBO, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan rupee rose to a 21-month high on Monday after the IMF approved the fourth payout from a $2.6 billion loan.
The Central Bank has said that the remittances made by expatriate Sri Lankans have steadily increased. The foreign Exchange reserves have increased by 3.8 billion US dollars since the country was liberated from terrorism. Financial aid received by people in the North and East, as well as sustained inflows from the Middle East have contributed ...
by Anusha Ondaatjie Remittances sent home by Sri Lankan nationals overseas may rise to a record $3.8 billion in 2010, a central bank official said, adding that policy makers will ensure stability of the currency as the flows increase....
- Government land policy is fair- Keheliya (Category: Breaking News)
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
Sri Lankan Rupee closed firmer on 9th of March as banks sold Dollars to buy Rupees on hopes of...
Sri Lankan Rupee closed firmer yesterday as banks sold Dollars to buy Rupees on hopes of rise in interest rates due to Government’s high domestic borrowing that has resulted high budget deficit. The Rupee closed at 114.05/10 per Dollar, compared with Monday’s 114.15/18, as Banks bought
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