Economic

ග‍්‍රාමීය හා අර්ධ නාගරික ජනතාව වැඩි වශයෙන් පීඩාවට පත්කර ඇති ක්ෂුද්‍ර මූල්‍ය ණය ලබා දෙන ආයතන සම්බන්ධයෙන් ආණ්ඩුවේ දැඩි අවධානය යොමුව තිබෙනවා.

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

Land Value Indicator sees growth decline from 13.6% in 1H of 2019 to 7.1% y-o-y
Decline seen across residential, commercial and industrial categories
Semi-annual percentage changes also show recent declining trend
Virus seen as having impact in medium term
RIU report says tech, telcos and healthcare sectors likely to drive demand
Smaller companies may shift to suburbs, seek rent relief and flexibility from landlords

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.

Dialog Axiata PLC yesterday welcomed the re-initiation by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka of a roadmap to reach international best practice in maximising customer choice including number portability.

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.

Sri Lanka’s ability to meet external debt repayments has become bleak owing to further increase in external funding stress, reflected in a narrowing of funding options and weaker refinancing capacity economic experts warned.

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.

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.