Outstanding foreign currency borrowings by Sri Lanka’s banks up for the first time in a year
The outstanding foreign currency borrowings of Sri Lanka’s banking sector rose for the first time in a year in the second quarter(2Q2021) in the line with the Central Bank of…
Sri Lanka claims $267 billion worth of oil and gas deposits in the Mannar Basin
Sri Lanka has $267 billion worth of oil and gas resources hidden in the Mannar Basin in the North-West of the country where the government stands to gain $ 133.5…
Sri Lanka’s National Inflation Rises to 6.8% in July
Sri Lanka’s Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the National ConsumerPrice Index rose to a record high of 6.8 percent in July 2021 from 6.1 percent…
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…
166,284 Credit Cardholders in Sri Lanka on CRIB’s Blacklist
166,284 Credit Cardholders in Sri Lanka were placed on the Credit Information Bureau’s (CRIB) blacklist with Rs.16 billion in arrears by the end of Q12021, CRIB data showed. Defaulted Credit…
Sri Lanka’s SME Business sentiment remains pessimistic in June
Business sentiment among Sri Lanka’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remained pessimistic with an overall score of 36.3 out of 100, ‘SME pulse’ survey conducted by Sri Lanka@100. SME pulse computes…
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…
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…
U.S. Bans Import of dogs from Sri Lanka and other countries
The United States is imposing a ban on the entry of dogs from Sri Lanka and several dozen other countries that have been identified as “high risk for importing dog…
Sri Lanka and IFAD partners to launch $42.7M project to reduce poverty and increase food security in the face of climate change
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) together with the Government of Sri Lanka last week signed a financial agreement to launch the Smallholder Agribusiness and Resilience Project (SARP). The…