Economic

ලෝක වෙළෙඳපොළේ බොරතෙල් මිල ඉහළ ගොස් ඇති වාතාවරණයක් තුළ මෙරට ඉන්ධන මිලද ඉහළ දැමීමට සිදුවිය හැකි බව සම කැබිනට් ප්‍රකාශක අමාත්‍ය බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පවසයි.

This is the first Social Responsibility Report released by the Port City Colombo by its parent company China Communications Construction Company (CCCC). The report documents the company’s commitment to the communities, employees, customers and the planet covering the period from September 2014 till November 2019.

Practitioners in the wellness tourism industry have endorsed the formation of the Sri Lanka Wellness Tourism Association (SLWTA), seen as a long felt need by those actively involved in the industry.

Crystal Property Group Ltd. (CPG), the developers of Sri Lanka’s first boutique condo hotel Crystal Sands – Villas in the Sky (www.crystalsands.lk), successfully raised a Rs. 180 million equity investment from a Singapore-based investment firm focused on coastal real estate development.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ රුපියල ණයක් ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා ප්‍රමාණවත් ඇපකරයක් නොවන බැවින් මූල්‍ය ප්‍රවේශයට සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකා සුළු හා මධ්‍ය පරිමාණ ව්‍යවසායකයින්ට බාධාවක් ඇතිවී තිබේ.

The Motor Traffic Department’s (MTD) e Revenue licence (eRL) project introduced 11 years ago is still to achieve the expected results, official data revealed.

Cabinet this week approved the substantial debt relief package to boost the economy via SMEs, with licensed commercial banks and licensed specialised banks issued with guidelines on giving effect to the proposed scheme.

සතිය අවසානයේදී සියලු කොටස් මිල දර්ශක අගය ඒකක 5,987.55ලෙස සටහන් විය. මෙය ප්‍රතිශතයක් ලෙස ගත් කල2.02%අඩුවීමකි.කොළඹ කොටස් වෙළෙඳපොළෙහි ලැයිස්තුගත සමාගම් අතුරින් විශාලත්වය, ද්‍රවශීලතාවය සහ මුල්‍යමය හැකියාවන් පදනම් කරගත් කොටස් 20ක් අන්තර්ඟතවන S&P SL 20 මිල දර්ශකඅගය පසුගිය සතියේ ඒකක 2,830.76ලෙස සටහන් විය. මෙය ප්‍රතිශතයක් ලෙස ගත් කල 3.33%අඩුවීමකි.

The Colombo Stock Exchange ended trading on a positive sentiment of investos today (January 9) recording its highst turnover since 2008 with John Keells Holding‘s major share transaction, officials said.

The Colombo stock market ended on a mixed note yesterday as the ASPI decreased by 0.20% or 12.04 points to close at 5,968.63 points, while the S&P SL20 Index increased by 0.46% or 12.98 points to close at 2,829.96.

Hela Clothing, a global apparel manufacturer with factories across Kenya, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka, was recently awarded the ‘Most Inclusive Employer of the Year’ by the Ethiopian Centre for Disability and Development (ECDD) at the Inclusive Employers Forum.

Cash strapped government will be maintaining strict financial in all state agencies during the first four months of 2020 as the public expenditure should be made in accordance with the Vote on Account, Finance Ministry announced.

The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for November saw an increase of 1.3% year-on-year, with 12 out of 20 industry groups showing positive growth, the Census and Statistics Department said this week.

To assist Sri Lanka’s Small and Medium Scale Enterprices (SMEs) stay buoyant as the economy flounder, the government is poised to introduce new relief package from next week, with the approval of the Monetary Board.

අමෙරිකාව සහ ඉරානය අතර මතුව ඇති අර්බුද හේතුවෙන් කොළඹ කොටස් වෙළද පොලේ ගණුදෙනුද අද (09) සීග්‍ර ලෙස පහත වැටුණා. දිනයේ ගණුදෙනු අවසානයේ සියළු කොටස් මිල දර්ශක ඒකක 127.25කින් පහත වැටී තිබුණා.

The stimulus packages put in place by the new Government for various sectors are not sustainable, with the extra layer of spending adding to the already perilous state of the country’s public finances, well known economist Dr. Razeen Sally said.

Sri Lanka’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in November 2019 has increased by 1.3 per cent compared to November 2018, Central Bank announced.

The Central Bank is now strengthening the resolution framework and safety net mechanism for financial institutions.