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Asiri Central Hospitals changes from ‘PLC’ to ‘Limited’

Following the shares of Asiri Central Hospitals PLC being de-listed from the official list of the Colombo Stock Exchange, the name of the company is to be changed to Asiri Central Hospitals Limited in accordance with the Companies Act of Sri Lanka. At the Annual general Meeting on 25 September the company authorized the sale…

(0)Comments | September 26, 2014 4:07 pm

Arpico Finance to repurchase shares in Alfinco Insurance Brokers

Arpico Finance Company PLC has decided to accept the offer by Alfinco Insurance Brokers (Pvt) Limited to repurchase the shares held by Arpico Finance Company PLC in Alfinco Insurance Brokers (Pvt) Limited for Rs. 186,100,000 which amount has been independently arrived at by KPMG as being fair. All necessary regulatory approvals have been obtained.

(0)Comments | September 26, 2014 3:49 pm

VAT fraud case accuses sentenced, fined Rs. 30 billion

Eight accuses found guilty of Sri Lanka’s largest VAT fraud case sentenced to 20-year imprisonment and fined approximately 30 billion rupees by the Colombo High Court.

(0)Comments | September 26, 2014 1:45 pm

$ 800 m for our roads from ADB

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an $800 million loan facility to fund rural and national road upgrades in six provinces in Sri Lanka, that will significantly improve access of remote communities to markets, services, and jobs. “Providing all-weather road access to towns and villages in rural areas will bring greater development and prosperity…

(0)Comments | September 26, 2014 10:58 am

Developing Asia Fastest Growing Region As Key Economies Advance Reforms

Developing Asia remains the fastest growing region globally despite slower-than-expected growth in major industrial countries as key economies in the region move ahead with structural reforms, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report. In an update of its flagship annual economic publication, Asian Development Outlook 2014 (ADO 2014), released today, ADB kept its forecasts…

(0)Comments | September 26, 2014 10:46 am

Serendib Hotels PLC mulls re-structuring

Hemas Holdings PLC and Minor International PLC, the parent companies of Leisure Asia Investments Limited and Lodging Investment (Labuan) Limited have made a proposal to the Board of Serendib Hotels PLC to consolidate the multiple Sri Lankan hotel property investments of Serendib Hotels PLC and the two major shareholders under Serendib Hotels PLC. While considering…

(0)Comments | September 25, 2014 5:40 pm

Samsung laptops to be pulled from sale in Europe

Samsung has announced that it is ending sales of its laptop computers in Europe. The move includes its Chromebook model, which had previously been one of the category’s best-sellers. The South Korean company’s decision follows Sony’s announcement earlier this year that it was selling its Vaio division and pulling out of PC sales altogether. However,…

(0)Comments | September 25, 2014 10:19 am

British Airways Changes Flight operations from Colombo and the Maldives

British Airways today announced changes to its flight operations from Colombo and the Maldives. British Airways will fly to Colombo and Male until March 28, 2015. Services to Male will re-commence for winter 2015, but British Airways will cease to operate flights onwards to Colombo. With SriLankan Airlines recently joining oneworld, customers in Sri Lanka…

(0)Comments | September 24, 2014 6:49 pm

Stock Market Review – 24th Sep 2014

Colombo bourse closed in negative territory on Wednesday after six consecutive days of gains. Core index lost 6.21 points or 0.09% to end at 7,254.43 while S&P SL 20 index lost 7.46 points or 0.19 % to end at 4,022.63. Price declines in counters such as Commercial Leasing & Finance (closed at LKR 4.60, -4.2%),…

(0)Comments | September 24, 2014 6:48 pm

Deshodaya takes over controlling stake of George Steuart Finance

Deshodaya Development Finance Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Sarvodaya Movement which entered into a recent agreement to buy the controlling stake of George Steuart Finance Limited purchased 70.25 percent of this controlling stake today for nearly Rs. 350 million under the Consolidation of Financial Institutions Programme of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Deshodaya…

(0)Comments | September 24, 2014 5:42 pm

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