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Oman reiterates commitment to Hambantota refinery project Development

Oman reiterates commitment to Hambantota refinery project

Omani Oil and Gas Minister Dr. Mohammed Hamed Al Rumhy has reiterated Oman Oil Company’s firm interest to take part in the Hambantota oil refinery project…

08 May 2019
IMF says materialising of key global risks could upset growth of emerging Asia Development

IMF says materialising of key global risks could upset growth of emerging Asia

Washington DC Although the growth in emerging markets and developing economies is expected to stabilise around 5 percent, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…

12 Apr 2019
A money guzzling road project! Development

A money guzzling road project!

The development work on a proposed five-kilometre four-lane- stretch of a road in the main city being represented by a leading politico, taken on hand three…

05 Mar 2019
PM inaugurates construction work of Bingiriya EPZ Development

PM inaugurates construction work of Bingiriya EPZ

The construction work of the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Bingiriya was inaugurated by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe together with Minister of…

05 Mar 2019
Dialog invests Rs. 30.6 bn for broadband infrastructure Development

Dialog invests Rs. 30.6 bn for broadband infrastructure

D ialog Axiata PLC has recorded a consolidated revenue of Rs 109.2 billion, demonstrating a growth of 16% Year-to-Date (YTD) for the year ended December 31,…

20 Feb 2019
Planning to do the somersault with a big bang! Development

Planning to do the somersault with a big bang!

The action taken by this politico from an area North of the hill country sacred city to convene a special meeting of the party’s electorate Bala Mandalaya even…

06 Feb 2019
National Govt. proposal made to House to accelerate development process - Kiriella Development

National Govt. proposal made to House to accelerate development process - Kiriella

The proposal to form a National Government and increase the number of Ministers was made to Parliament with the objective of obtaining the participation of all…

05 Feb 2019
Panasian Power continues ‘success streak’ with 452% growth in PAT during 1H 2018 Development

Panasian Power continues ‘success streak’ with 452% growth in PAT during 1H 2018

Panasian Power PLC (PAP.N), one of Sri Lanka’s leading green energy solutions providers, posted a consolidated net profit of Rs. 54 million for the quarter and…

20 Nov 2018
Janashakthi Life continues to deliver ‘steady growth’ in Q3 Development

Janashakthi Life continues to deliver ‘steady growth’ in Q3

Janashakthi Insurance PLC (Janashakthi) continued on its growth journey, registering a Gross Written Premium (GWP) of Rs.2.2 billion as at September 30, 2018.…

16 Nov 2018
'SL's architects overlooked for major, local construction projects' Development

'SL's architects overlooked for major, local construction projects'

'Sri Lankan architects are capable, effective and knowledgeable and are in demand for foreign assignments. For instance, a Sri Lankan architect was assigned…

09 Nov 2018
World’s largest employer of Sri Lankans commits $ 300 m across many development projects Development

World’s largest employer of Sri Lankans commits $ 300 m across many development projects

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) now stands as the largest employer of Sri Lankans outside of Sri Lanka and has committed $ 300 million for Sri Lanka’s…

27 Sep 2018
Lanka yet to finalise project proposals for 2 bn yuan grant Development

Lanka yet to finalise project proposals for 2 bn yuan grant

Sri Lanka is yet to receive a two-billion-yuan (nearly USD 300 mn) grant from China as project proposals have not been finalised.   President Maithripala…

21 Sep 2018
I know the reason for delaying Gin-Nilwala projects: MS Development

I know the reason for delaying Gin-Nilwala projects: MS

President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said he knew the reason why the Gin-Nilwala development projects were suppressed and sidelined during the past regime…

11 Sep 2018
Ports Ministry to present Cabinet paper on ECT development Development

Ports Ministry to present Cabinet paper on ECT development

Govt. grants approval to Ports Authority to run the ECT Ports Authority to procure equipment for the development of the Terminal Equipment to be leased till…

24 Aug 2018
Mega water, sewerage project in northwestern Sri Lanka opens to benefit over 70,000 people Development

Mega water, sewerage project in northwestern Sri Lanka opens to benefit over 70,000 people

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday inaugurated the Greater Kurunegala Water Supply and Sewerage Project in northwestern Sri Lanka which…

16 Aug 2018
GOOGLE LOON PROJECT: DISCUSSIONS RECOMMENCE Development

GOOGLE LOON PROJECT: DISCUSSIONS RECOMMENCE

Disrupt Asia - Start-up conference, Innovation festival on August 11 The ‘Google Loon’ project is still alive and discussions to solve the frequency issue,…

01 Aug 2018
CONSTRUCTION OF US$ 250 MN PLANT PROCEEDING RAPIDLY Development

CONSTRUCTION OF US$ 250 MN PLANT PROCEEDING RAPIDLY

MINISTER MALIK SAMARAWICKRAMA VISITS BOI RIGID TyRE FACTORY Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrama visited the Rigid…

24 Jul 2018
SL lost economic independence due to corrupt development projects: JVP Development

SL lost economic independence due to corrupt development projects: JVP

The JVP in Parliament yesterday said that the country had no economic independence as a direct result of the unfeasible large-scale development projects…

20 Jul 2018
PM launches Gamperaliya accelerated rural development program: PM Development

PM launches Gamperaliya accelerated rural development program: PM

The demand for consumer goods had gone down as a result of money circulation decline in the country, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. However,…

16 Jul 2018
Sri Lanka’s govt gets USD 50Mn loan from OPEC fund for international development Development

Sri Lanka’s govt gets USD 50Mn loan from OPEC fund for international development

Sri Lanka’s government signed a loan agreement for obtaining financial assistance of US 50 million dollars from OPEC fund for International Development (OFID)…

09 Jul 2018
India expresses concern over huge Chinese housing project in NE Development

India expresses concern over huge Chinese housing project in NE

Questions about competence of the company and large presence of Chinese workers. India has raised concern at the highest levels of the Sri Lankan Government…

24 Jun 2018
Port of Colombo clocks 2nd highest growth rate in the world Development

Port of Colombo clocks 2nd highest growth rate in the world

The Port of Colombo recorded a 16.2% growth in container handling for the 1st quarter of 2018 over the same quarter last year, according to Alphaliner Monthly…

30 May 2018
World Bank withdraws US$ 200M waste projects due to corruption Development

World Bank withdraws US$ 200M waste projects due to corruption

The World Bank (WB) last month withdrew US$ 200 million in funds, which were earmarked for a garbage disposal project and Kelani River Flood Protection work,…

15 May 2018
CID in progress of extradition if Mahendran located Development

CID in progress of extradition if Mahendran located

27 Apr 2018