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Sri Lanka Expolanka sells subsidiaries, land for Rs1.2 bn

COLOMBO, Nov 18, 2014 (EconomyNext) - Sri Lanka's Expolanka Holdings said it sold eight subsidiaries and land for 1,161 ...

a Staff Reporter
November 18, 2014 1 min read

Sri Lanka stock market rally driven by foreign buying

COLOMBO, Nov 17, 2014 (EconomyNext) - Sri Lankan shares are riding on a wave of new foreign buying which hit a new high ...

a Staff Reporter
November 18, 2014 2 min read

Tourists in Sri Lanka traditional New Year festival

New Year 'princesses' at traditional festival in Negambo tourist hotspot

November 17, 2014 1 min read

Triumph fashion on display in Sri Lanka

Models display prouduct of undergarment and lingerie brand Triumph in Colombo, Sri Lanka

November 17, 2014 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank net up 20-pct

Profits at Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank of Ceylon rose 20 percent to 3.3 billion rupees in the September 2014 quarter fro...

A Staff Reporter
November 17, 2014 2 min read

Sri Lanka gets one billion dollars in FDI by September 2014

Sri Lanka has received over one billion US dollars in foreign direct investments in the nine months to September 2014, i...

A Staff Reporter
November 17, 2014 1 min read
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Sri Lanka Telecom 3Q14 profit up 32-pct

COLOMBO, Nov 14, 2014 (EconomyNext) - Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) said net profit rose 32 percent to 2,061 million rupees in...

a Staff Reporter
November 17, 2014 2 min read
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Sri Lankan telco capex needs seen high in 2015

COLOMBO, Nov 17, 2014 (EconomyNext) - Sales growth of Sri Lankan telecommunications firms will be in the mid-single-digi...

a Staff Reporter
November 17, 2014 2 min read

Sri Lanka issues 10 rupee coin series

Sri Lanka has issued 25 coins depicting the administrative districts of the island, minted at the Mincovna Kreminica in ...

A Staff Reporter
November 17, 2014 2 min read

Sri Lanka natural gas could displace oil in transport sector

COLOMBO, Oct 01, 2014 (EconomyNext) - Sri Lanka is considering how natural gas found in the offshore Mannar Basin could ...

Rohan Gunasekera
November 17, 2014 1 min read

Sri Lanka Dockyard delivers passenger ferry to India

COLOMBO, Oct 28, 2014 (EconomyNext) - Colombo Dockyard has delivered the first of a pair of passenger ferries valued at ...

a Staff Reporter
November 17, 2014 1 min read

Sri Lanka Dockyard September quarter net down 81-pct

COLOMBO, Nov 14, 2014 (EconomyNext) - Colombo Dockyard said net profit fell 81 percent to 36.3 million rupees in the Sep...

a Staff Reporter
November 17, 2014 1 min read

Sri Lanka natural gas find not seen meeting LPG needs

COLOMBO, Oct 01, 2014 (EconomyNext) - Natural gas found in Sri Lanka's offshore Mannar Basin is methane-rich and not li...

a Staff Reporter
November 17, 2014 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Laugfs Gas September net down 20-pct

COLOMBO, Nov 14, 2014 (EconomyNext) - Laugfs Gas, one of two liquid petroleum gas (LPG) suppliers in Sri Lanka, said Sep...

a Staff Reporter
November 17, 2014 1 min read

Shangri La of Hong Kong plans third investment in Sri Lanka

Hong Kong based leisure group Shangri La, is planning a third project in Sri Lanka, where the group will invest 250 mill...

A Staff Reporter
November 16, 2014 1 min read

Fitch rates planned Sampath Bank Rs7.0bn rupee debt sale 'A+(lka)(EXP)'

Sri Lanka's Sampath Bank is planning a 7.0 billion rupee debt sale which has been given a expected rating of 'A+' (lka) ...

A Staff Reporter
November 16, 2014 2 min read

Delft Island in Sri Lanka's Jaffna to get tourist resort

Sri Lanka's Delft Island off the Jaffna peninsular in the northern Sri Lanka will soon see a 1,000 rupee tourist resort,...

A Staff Reporter
November 16, 2014 1 min read

Sri Lanka imports, trade gap, expand as credit picks up

Nov 15, 2014 (EconomyNext) - Sri Lanka's imports rose 12.2 percent to 1.66 billion US dollars in September 2014 from a y...

Staff Reporter
November 15, 2014 2 min read

China displaces Britain to become Sri Lanka's second tourist market

China became Sri Lanka's second largest source of tourists after India in October 2014 displacing Britain to third place...

A Staff Reporter
November 15, 2014 1 min read

Cricket: England have put Pietersen row behind them - Cook

England captain Alastair Cook insisted Friday the controversy over Kevin Pietersen's autobiography was well and truly in...

Agency
November 15, 2014 4 min read