Economic
PickMe delivery drivers who had to undergo strict once a week temperature checks during the past two weeks, will now go through this exercise daily, as the number of COVID patients island-wide, are on the rise.
The deadline for submissions by COVID-19 affected businesses and individuals to avail concessions has been extended until 15 May, the Central Bank announced yesterday.
The Colombo Municipal Council Fire and Rescue Department sprays disinfectant liquid to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) at the Narahenpita Economic Centre premises yesterday.
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Sri Lanka, The Coca-Cola System in Sri Lanka has committed its support by pledging a contribution of Rs. 130 million to strengthen the national response of minimising the impact and to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. This pledge will be used to effectively contribute to the ongoing national COVID-19 response by extending significant support to the Ministry of Health (MoH) and to vulnerable communities.
Volume shipped down by near 50% to lowest ever at 13.8 m kilos; value suffers similar dip to Rs. 11.5 b
Warns novel coronavirus pandemic could trigger collapse of collective enterprise if urgent bold measures not taken
The Government has stepped up efforts to secure global support for Sri Lanka’s medium-term external debt, servicing of which will become challenging with the serious impact of COVID-19.
The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has extended the demurrage-free period in the Colombo Port till 7 May as a relief measure to the import trade and shipping community.
The Health Ministry has issued guidelines to the Building and Construction Industry in response to the COVID-19 outbreak with strict rules to be followed at worksites, in recruitment of workers and at their places of accommodation.
Says it was “illogical and ill timed” without considering Govt. measurers
Claims COVID-19 outbreak contained to “great extent”
Confident easing of curfew will see demand pick up in 2H
Disagrees with Fitch estimate of 9.3% deficit, insists expenditure curtailed
Insists debt financing costs will not accelerate as Govt. focus on bilateral and multilateral options of swaps and credit lines
Confident of withstanding any near-term shocks caused by COVID-19
Govt. committed to practice measures to protect economy
Supporting the country’s efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Pan Asia Bank has deployed a range of value added services to ensure customers can stay home safe and yet access its banking solutions.
EDB, BOI, Sri Lanka Tourism, Airport and Aviation officials to formulate new plans for post-COVID-19 growth
Implementation after discussion with Govt.
The Central Bank yesterday imposed a maximum interest rate of 12% on pawning advances by licensed banks to assist the cash-strapped public.
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රමුඛතම සන්නිවේදන සම්පාදකයා වන ඩයලොග් ආසිආටා පීඑල්සී සමාගම, සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය විසින් තෝරාගත් රෝහල් සඳහා කඩිනමින් අවශ්‍ය දැඩි සත්කාර ඒකක සංවර්ධනය සඳහා රු. ලක්ෂ 2000ක් ලබාදීමට එකඟ වී තිබේ. අත්‍යවශ්‍ය සෞඛ්‍ය සේවා සැපයීමට සහ සියලුම රෝගීන්ට දැඩි සත්කාර ප්‍රතිකාර ලබාගැනීමට අවස්ථා උදාකර දීම සඳහා මෙරට සෞඛ්‍ය පද්ධතිය වැඩි දියුණු කිරීම වෙනුවෙන් මෙම මුදල යෙදවෙනු ඇත.
On top of the demurrage free period, Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has extended the occupancy charges till 7 May for all ports, as a relief measure to the import trade and shipping community.
Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) the country’s premier integrated telecommunication services provider is now battling a two pronged war against the corona virus pandemic and the cash flow issues trade unions alleged.
කොරෝනා වසංගතය හේතුවෙන් අඩාල වී ඇති ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථිකය ගොඩගැනීම සඳහා ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් කෝටි 200ක්වත් විදේශ මූල්‍ය ආධාර ලැබිය යුතුබව ජනාධිපති ලේකම්, ආචාර්ය පී.බී. ජයසුන්දර මහතා පවසයි.
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