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Local Investors Drives CSE to New Heights

Indices at Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) reached new heights yesterday making robust gains while turnover recorded a high at Rs.10.8 billion surpassing the earlier record set nearly seven months back…

Sri Lanka becomes first in Asia to tighten policy in pandemic-era

(Reuters) – The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) became the first in Asia on Thursday to raise interest rates since the pandemic began, as it acted to stem inflationary…

Sri Lanka Imposes stricter regulations relating to import delivery fees and import container deposit refunds

Stricter regulations relating to import delivery fees and import container deposit refunds have been announced by the Sri Lankan Director General of Merchant Shipping (DGMS). Under this new regime, the maximum…

Ceylon Graphite Enters into Strategic Partnership with Sri Lanka’s LOLC to Capture Global Battery Anode Market

Sri Lanka’s diversified Conglomerate LOLC Holdings PLC has entered into MOU with Vancouver-based Ceylon Graphite Corp. to jointly develop at least three new graphite mines and to set up a…

United States Provides $75 million to NDB Bank to Strengthen Sri Lankan Small and Medium Businesses

The United States is providing a welcome boost to Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in Sri Lanka struggling with the impact of the pandemic.  The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation…

Ceylon Chamber welcomes acceleration of vaccine drive

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce commends the efforts taken by the President, Ministry of Health, and other relevant authorities to accelerate the process of vaccinating the population of Sri Lanka…

Sri Lanka extends forex restrictions on capital flight by six months

The government has extended suspensions/restrictions on capital forex outflows (outward remittances) by six months with effect from the 2nd of July this year to preserve the country’s shrinking FX reserves.…

A surging crisis in Sri Lanka: A new wave of COVID-19 is causing chaos

By Jeevethan Selvachandran Over the last few months, the world has watched India struggle through an unimaginable COVID-19 situation – over the first half of 2021, the pandemic’s second wave wreaked havoc…

Vish Govindasamy takes over as the new Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce elected Vish Govindasamy as its Chairman during the Chamber’s 182nd Annual General Meeting on Tuesday (29). He succeeds Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya who completed his 2-Year Term as…

Sri Lanka expects $250 million to its dwindling FX Reserves from Bangladesh in Crucial July

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka is expecting a $250 million boost from its dwindling foreign exchnage reservers from the Bangladesh Bank in July. “Inflows expected to the Central Bank…