Sri Lankan entrepreneur, philanthropist and animal rights advocate Otara Gunewardene was invited by the Rwandan Government as an honorary guest to name a baby Mountain Gorilla at the annual Kwita Izina naming ceremony. The ‘Kwita Izina’ baby Gorilla naming ceremony, held on the first Friday of September every year, is based on a traditional Rwandan…
With the construction of expressways in the county, the land prices located specially near the exit points of the Expressways have skyrocketed, Millennium Housing Developers PLC, CEO Arjuna Waidyasekera said. “There has been a steady increase in land prices located near expressways and exit points. Also the ease of access to and from Colombo has…
Traders have scrambled to calculate what the limit move in oil would be, after Saturday’s drone attack on the ‘’world’s most important oil processing plant’’. And moments ago, Brent crude reopened for trading, exploding almost 20% higher, its biggest jump in 28-years time. Bloomberg notes that this attack has resulted in the single-worst disruption in oil markets…
Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera ordered Excise Commissioner General, H.G. Sumanasinghe to conduct an immediate investigation how liquor licenses have been issued by the Excise Department without getting his approval in 2017 and 2018 and, report him within two weeks. The protocol followed so far by the Excise Department when issuing liquor licenses is to obtain…
Report says SOEs are a source of both explicit and implicit contingent risk for APAC governments Government management of liabilities is key to assessing risk Moody’s Investors Service says in a new report that State-owned enterprises (SOE) liabilities are posing both explicit and implicit contingent risks, to several countries including Sri Lanka. State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs)…
Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy believes that Sri Lanka has almost accomplished a transition to a flexible inflation targeting regime. “Now the central bank has been transitioning towards a flexible inflation targeting regime. The senior deputy governor has been very much in the helm of these things. And we have pretty much transited. We…
By Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja: Global stock markets seem jittery once again. After substantial rallies during the first half of 2019, stock markets have given back much of their gains over the last two months. Against fears over a global recession, an intensifying trade war between the US and China, and an increased likelihood of a…
Reuters – ** Sri Lanka’s rupee closed flat on Thursday, with foreign outflows from government securities showing a declining trend, while equities ended a tad firmer. ** The rupee ended flat at 180.25/45 per dollar ahead of a long weekend. The currency gained 0.33% this week and is up 1.3% this year. ** Markets are…
Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka confirms they are now fact-checking content on Facebook in Sri Lanka. This continues Fact Crescendo’s commitment to combating false news and support an informed community. Fact Crescendo will check the content published in English, Sinhala and Tamil. Fact Crescendo – Sri Lanka is a locally based, independent and dedicated team that…
SLT’s gigantic technological achievement Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the premier telecommunication service provider in Sri Lanka is delighted to announce its epic accomplishment in the arena of technological infrastructure with the utmost dedication and commitment of the entire SLT family. The ‘Lotus Tower – Multifunctional TV and Telecommunications Tower’ is foreseen to be…
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