Economic

මෙරට ජනතාව භාවිත කරන මුලූතැන්ගෙයි සහ ගෘහ උපකරන කිහිපයක් විදේශයන්ගෙන් මෙරටට ගෙන්වීම සීමා කිරීම කෙරෙහි රජයේ අවධානය යොමුව තිබෙනවා.

Despite various measures announced by the government, there is no sign of any revival in the Sri Lankan economy which has continued its sharp decline since March.

Blindsided by the unexpected 1.6% contraction in the first quarter, the Central Bank yesterday declined to give fresh growth projections for the rest of the year, but said a substantial pick up is needed in the fourth quarter for Sri Lanka to end 2020 with at least 0% growth.

The Telecommu-nications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) yesterday took preliminary steps towards implementing mobile number portability which would enable customers to select service providers without changing existing numbers.

ආනයනික අර්තාපල් කිලෝවක් සඳහා වන බදු මුදල රුපියල් 50 සිට 55 දක්වා ඉහළ නංවමින් මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශය විසින් ගැසට් නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කර තිබේ.

Cinnamon’s city hotels, part of the premier Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts chain, will debut its unique Cinnamon 21 campaign today, Friday, 21 August.

The Palm Oil Industry Association (POIA) yesterday in a statement said while it respected the decisions relating to the industry contained in the policy statement of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, it trusted that a pragmatic solution would be provided in respect of the oil palm saplings imported into the country following a Cabinet decision taken in 2014 by the Government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Central Bank has extended the deadline of Application for 4% Working Capital Loan Scheme until 30th September 2020

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka continues its accommodative monetary policy stance The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, at its meeting held on 19 August 2020, decided to maintain the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) of the Central Bank at their current levels of 4.50 per cent and 5.50 per cent, respectively.

මෙරටට කහ ආනයනය කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් පනවා ඇති තහනම ඉවත් කර ඇතැයි පළවන පුවත්වල කිසිදු සත්‍යතාවයක් නොමැති බව වෙළඳ අමාත්‍ය බන්ධුල ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පවසයි.

A floating storage Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) trading facility is to be set up near the Hambantoa port bringing LNG to the doorstep of Sri Lanka, with a primary aim of trading LNG in the region utilizing the strategic location of Hambantota.

The Ministry of Finance disclosed that a four-member committee has been appointed to look into the allegations of irregularities, unproductive measures and instances where actions were taken contrary to the objectives at the four main state banks of the country, during the last 05 years.

The influential industry magazine Campaign Asia-Pacific, has selected Sri Lanka’s Jayomi Lokuliyana among 40 outstanding women across marketing, media, technology and communications.

An effective mechanism has been devised to safeguard the rights of consumers and investors in the financial industry in Sri Lanka, Central bank announced on Friday 20.

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce with a view to support companies to promote exports from Sri Lanka, entered into a partnership agreement to integrate an “Online Market Place”, The platform will be integrated to Chamber’s e-commerce portal https://bizinfosrilanka.lk

The One Transworks Square Ltd., the developers of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences Colombo recently celebrated achieving the construction milestone of 200 m (323 m Tower A) with its construction partners Shougang Construction Group Co. Ltd. (SGCG).

A day-long Parliamentary debate on the Statement of Government Policy made by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be held from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. today.

Plantation companies will sustain a cumulative loss of more than Rs. 500 million within months due to policy inconsistencies and vacillation by the Government on a well-regulated expansion of Sri Lanka’s oil palm cultivation, the sector’s apex industry association has warned.