Economic
The National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka (NCE), yesterday demanded fullest support for the export community amidst the worsening crisis in the country.
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce yesterday called upon all parties to support the constitutional process to resolve the current crisis.
Tea production in June hit a 23-year low of 20.1 million kilos, Asia Siyaka Commodities PLC revealed yesterday.
We live in an era where women are a force of their own. The doors of opportunities are wide open for them to showcase their talents, abilities and their skills. Today’s digital world has provided the perfect platform for women to start their businesses. Though many women have managed to break barriers and shine in their respective fields, many are unable to do so due to various reasons.
රට තුළ පවතින දේශපාලන අස්ථාවරත්වය හේතුවෙන් ජාත්යන්තර මුල්ය අරමුදල සමඟ පැවැත්වෙන සාකච්ඡාවල ප්රගතිය ප්රමාද විය හැකි බව මහ බැංකු අධිපති ආචාර්ය නන්දලාල් වීරසිංහ පවසනවා.
Sri Lanka’s 72-year-old leading public quoted company Hemas Holding PLC is set to enter the Omani market.
The Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) has urged all party leaders to “Make Sri Lanka First” a national priority and agenda.
Manufacturing and services suffer widespread contraction with dip in employment
Export-oriented manufacturing firms also witnessed lower than anticipated orders
Services activities contract for third consecutive month
For next 3 months, overall expectations for manufacturing and services activities continued to deteriorate
The Colombo stock market remained positive for the second consecutive day with improved turnover as investors await key political developments.
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce in a statement called upon all political party leaders to come together at this time of grave crisis and act in the best interest of the nation to arrive at a consensual decision that will pave the way for a smooth transition of power in accordance with the Constitution.
Operations at the Hambantota International Port (HIP) from port services, marine services, energy hub, Port Industrial Park and integrated logistics are running uninterrupted, despite the current fuel crisis in the country. As an essential service, HIP has ensured continuous fuel supply to enable the port to function 24/7 with no disruptions in shipping, logistics operations and services.
The Central Bank yesterday renewed its warnings issued against the usage of virtual currencies stressing that it hasn’t issued any license or authorisation to any entity or company to operate schemes involving virtual currencies, including cryptocurrencies, and has not authorised any initial coin offerings (ICO), mining operations or virtual currency exchanges.
The Colombo stock market reinforced its struggle finishing the week down by 5% though yesterday the indices closed in green but it was an over two month low turnover.
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