Economic

The newly appointed Director General of the Employers’ Federation of Ceylon (EFC) Vajira Ellepola, in this exclusive interview with the Daily FT, shares his views in shaping the organisation to address the evolving needs of the world of work.

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 Colombo stock market remained upbeat yesterday ahead of a crucial Parliamentary vote to elect a new President today.

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 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.

ගිය අවුරුද්දට වඩා මේ අවුරුද්දේ ලැබූ ප්‍රගතිය

Tea production in June hit a 23-year low of 20.1 million kilos, Asia Siyaka Commodities PLC revealed yesterday.

මහ බැංකුවෙන් අනතුරු ඇඟවීමක්

නවතම නිල වාර්තාව අනාවරණය කළ ඇත්ත

ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවෙන් නිවේදනයක්

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.

Iraq continues to lead as the No. 1 destination for Sri Lanka’s tea

The Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) has urged all party leaders to “Make Sri Lanka First” a national priority and agenda.