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SLT group revenue up by 6%, with healthy EBITDA margins, in 1st nine months – 2015

Sri Lanka Telecom, the national telecom services provider released its company and group financial performance, for the 3rd quarter 2015. The group comprises of Sri Lanka Telecom and its eight subsidiaries including mobile arm Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd., (Mobitel). The group reported Rs. 50.8 bn revenue during the nine months ending in September 2015 with 6%…

(0)Comments | November 14, 2015 11:29 am

Market Review – 13th Nov 2015

Colombo bourse closed on the negative territory for the fourth-straight session ending the week on a lackluster note. Benchmark index advanced to 7,014 in the opening hours but failed retain the momentum and ended at 7,001.81, down by 4.54 index points or 0.06%. S&P SL20 index advanced by 0.10% or 3.66 index points to close…

(0)Comments | November 13, 2015 6:21 pm

Access Engineering debenture issue oversubscribed, closes at 4.30 pm today

The issue by Access Engineering PLC of 30 million rated, senior, unsecured, redeemable debentures at Rs. 100/- each with the option to issue up to a further 20 million debentures in the event of an oversubscription closes at 4.30 pm today (13 November) after having received applications for over Rupees four billion and four hundred…

(0)Comments | November 13, 2015 3:56 pm

Janashakthi Closes 3Q, 2015 with Double Digit Premium Growth

* Bolsters General Insurance Foothold with AIA General Insurance Lanka Limited Acquisition Janashakthi Insurance PLC., (Janashakthi) recorded a 15% Year-on-Year (YoY) growth in consolidated Gross Written Premium (GWP) in the first nine months of 2015 to end the quarter with a consolidated GWP of over Rs.7.351 billion and Profit Before Tax (PBT) of Rs.337 million….

(0)Comments | November 13, 2015 3:42 pm

Serbian flights to revive Mattala International Airport

A bilateral aviation agreement has been signed between Sri Lanka and Serbia. Under this agreement Serbia’s national airline AirSerbia would be provided facilities to land at as well as for its flights to take off to other countries from the Mattala International Airport. This is one among a series of plans by the government to…

(0)Comments | November 13, 2015 3:37 pm

Thai assistance for Sri Lanka’s human resources development

The Thailand International Cooperation Agency is to launch a scholarship and training programme under a five year plan for the development of human resources in Sri Lanka. Thailand assists immensely in Sri Lanka’s human resources development under the Thai-Sri Lanka bilateral technological cooperation. It has provided scholarships and training to Sri Lankans in the agriculture,…

(0)Comments | November 13, 2015 3:19 pm

Durability of Pakistan Sri Lanka relationship immune to political changes: Pakistan Commerce Minister

The Federal Minister for Commerce Engr. Khurram Dastgir Khan called on Sri Lankan President Hon. Maithripala Sirisena at President’s Secretariat Wednesday evening. The Minister for Commerce was accompanied by High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka Maj. Gen. (R) Syed Shakeel Hussain, Deputy High Commissioner Dr. Sarfraz Sipra and Director Ahsan Riaz Chaodhry. The Sri…

(0)Comments | November 13, 2015 1:00 pm

WT1190F (aka SNOOPY) Splashdown today (Friday, November 13)?

An unidentified piece of space debris is expected to enter Earth’s atmosphere and land in the Indian ocean, off the southern coast of Sri Lanka today (Friday, November 13) at approximately 11.50 a.m., ending its decades-long journey in the universe. An European Space Agency (ESA) team have already positioned themselves along the southern tip of…

(0)Comments | November 13, 2015 9:47 am

Market Review – 12th Nov 2015

Colombo bourse extended losing streak for the third consecutive day amid the low investor activity levels. Benchmark index dipped below 7,000 mark for the fourth time during the month but managed to close at 7,006.35, down by 12.88 index points or 0.18% while 20-scrip S&P SL index shed 7.27 index points or 0.19% to close…

(0)Comments | November 12, 2015 5:20 pm

Commercial Bank’s 9-month pre-tax profit tops Rs 12 billion

Deposits grow by Rs 6.6 bn. a month to Rs 588.9 bn.; Loan book up 19% to Rs 481.9bn. The Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC has reported Profit Before Tax of Rs 12.190 billion for the nine months ending 30th September 2015, achieving a creditable 8.72% growth despite narrowing margins and substantially lower capital gains…

(0)Comments | November 12, 2015 4:40 pm

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