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Sri Lanka has the potential to more than double exports to South Asia, suggests a new World Bank report titled ‘A Glass Half Ful…

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri lanka’s earnings from merchandise exports surpassed a billion US dollars for the second consecutive month in…

CSE/SEC-organised ‘Invest Sri Lanka’ Forum in London today; in Edinburgh on Wednesday  13 Listed Companies to pitch for…

Tourism earnings during the first eight months as well as during the month of August this year reflected the same trend as arrival…

State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs Dr Harsha de Silva has pulled out from speaking at an Investors’ Forum …

Claims his government managed 2008 crisis without people suffering Blames current administration’s policies for depreci…

To overcome currency crisis massive loans obtained by previous regime, main cause. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yeste…

The South Asian country had earlier imported nearly all of its crude from Iran Sri Lanka has stopped crude imports from Iran and …

Sri Lanka’s information technology industry will prioritise data science and artificial intelligence in its drive to sharply inc…

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday (14 September) called on the private sector to set up educational institutions to ca…

The new value added tax (VAT) refund scheme for tourists could help draw investments by international retailers to Sri Lanka as we…

Sri Lanka's tax revenues grew 3 percent to 845.3 billion rupees in the six months to June 2018, and current spending grew at a fas…

Minister Ranawaka says international financial city to be inaugurated on 18 Oct. Govt. approval given for MoU with CHEC for b…

The U.S. Embassy signed a Memorandum of Understanding on August 30 with the Matara Chamber of Industry and Commerce to open a new …

https://youtu.be/CHX6hH6YGdQ?t=5 A family has been caught on CCTV camera when were stealing from a supermarket in Parakaduwa-Eh…

The two fund management companies set up to handle Mahapola Higher Education Trust Fund are to be liquidated after incurring losse…

The proliferation of crypto-currencies poses a serious threat to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), warned former CBSL Deputy G…

Sri Lanka’s Digital Literacy has reached 39% and ICT exports have surpassed USS 1 billion making ICT the 5th largest foreign exc…

Hayleys PLC, generated strong top-line performance across all of its key business verticals resulting in a 74% Year-on-Year (YoY) …

SriLankan Airlines officials had not done an evaluation of share value before it bought back 40 mn of SriLankan Catering shares, a…

The government is considering duty reductions for small hybrid cars as well as mid-size sedans after the country’s trade balance…

The Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) Group has continued its growth momentum across all key business areas including Fixed, Mobile, Broadba…

The ‘Thurunudiriya’ loan scheme was launched by the Bank of Ceylon with the assistance of the Policy Development Office of the…

The import duty on vehicles which are less than 1000cc has been increased with effect from today (August 1), the Finance Ministry …

Shared held by Emirates in SriLankan Airlines worth $ 53 million were transferred to People’s Bank, National Savings Bank (NSB),…