Economic
ASPI reverts to 8,000-point psychological level for the first time in 2 months
Expolanka gains by Rs. 17.50 to close at
Rs. 192.25; LOLC, LOFC and HAYL among other big contributors to sharp rise in indices
Markets value up by Rs. 190 b in first 3 days of August
මේවනවිට රටතුළ පවතින ආර්ථික අර්බුදය හමුවේ ඇගළුම් අපනයනයට ඉදිරියේදී තවදුරටත් අභියෝගාත්මක කාල පරිච්ඡේදයක් උදාවනු ඇතැයි ආර්ථීක විශ්ලේෂකයින් පවසනවා.
SriLankan Airlines’ payment of US$ 6.125 million interest on its government-guaranteed US$ 175 million unsecured notes within the 30-day grace period has no impact on the bond’s long-term rating of ‘C’, Fitch Ratings said yesterday.
රටක් බංකොලොත්වීමෙන් එම රටේ ආර්ථික ධාරිතාව පහල නොවැටුණද, වර්ථමානයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව එම තත්ත්වයෙන් ඍණ මට්ටමට ඇද වැටී ඇති බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ හිටපු නියෝජ්‍ය අධිපති ආචාර්ය ඩබ්ලිව් ඒ විජේවර්ධන පවසනවා.
මෙරටට පැමිණෙන විදෙස් සංචාරකයින්ගේ පැමිණීම මේවනවිට ක්‍රමානුකූලව ඉහළ යමින් ඇතැයි සංචාරක සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය පවසනවා. එහි අධ්‍යක්‍ෂ ජනරාල් ධම්මිකා විජේසිංහ සඳහන් කළේ ජූලි මාසයේදී විදෙස් සංචාරකයින් 43,000කට ආසන්න පිරිසක් මෙරටට පැමිණ ඇති බවයි.
The Central Bank has issued fresh guidelines to the non-bank lenders stipulating how they must go about providing concessions to borrowers affected by the current economic crisis which is sending shockwaves across almost every sector.
The Government has decided to further extend the amnesty period for individuals to deposit or sell the foreign currency in possession.
Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, Dialog Axiata PLC (Dialog), is set to expand and improve broadband connectivity across the country with International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) support. IFC’s loan of up to $ 150 million will help Dialog expand and improve its network capacity through the upgrading of existing sites and the construction of new 4G sites. Dialog also seeks to increase its fibre optic network footprint and implement upgrades to increase both capacities and efficiencies in core network operations.
The Sri Lanka Tea Board (SLTB) along with industry stakeholders seeks a well-coordinated and synergised mechanism from the government to resolve the fuel and agrochemical shortages threatening Sri Lanka’s tea production and industry sustainability.
Fitch Ratings said yesterday SriLankan Airlines’ (SLA) payment of $ 6.125 million interest on its Government-guaranteed $ 175 million unsecured notes within the 30-day grace period has no impact on the notes’ long-term rating of ‘C’.
CHEC Port City Colombo Ltd., is representing Sri Lanka at the World Cities Summit 2022 to be held at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore from 31 July to 3 August 2022.
ඉකුත් ජූනි මාසයේදී වෙළඳ භාණ්ඩ අපනයනයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අමෙරිකානු ඩොලර් බිලියන 1.2 ක ආදායමක් උපයා තිබෙනවා. ශ්‍රී ලංකා රේගුවේ දත්තවලට අනුව එය සියයට 20 ක වැඩිවීමක්. මෙම වැඩිවීමට ප්‍රධාන හේතුව වී ඇත්තේ ඇගළුම් හා රෙදිපිළි, රබර් ආශ්‍රිත නිෂ්පාදන, පොල් ආශ්‍රිත නිෂ්පාදන, ආහාරපාන සහ මුහුදු ආහාර අපනයන ඉපැයුම් ඉහළ යාමයි.
Sri Lanka Gem & Jewellery Association (SLGJA) is putting forward a number of solutions that can uplift and boost the industry further.
Ceylon Tea, widely considered by many as the finest in the world and with a rich history dating back more than a century and a half, has been named as the Official Tea Supplier for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Power and Energy Ministry calls for Expressions of Interest by 16 August
Pre-proposal conference on 5 August
Request for proposals after shortlisting
Select firm will have to enter into long-term contract with CPC whilst engaging in business using existing fuel stations owned or to be opened by CPC and using CPC storage terminal
Govt. will facilitate development of new fuel stations and storage terminal depending on the requirement of successful party
Industry sources say global and regional players keen to explore new opportunity in Sri Lanka’s $ 4 b market
CPC commands 85% market share and Lanka IOC 15%
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