11/30/2010
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Bloomberg
Sri Lanka’s inflation accelerated to a 21-month high in November, reducing the central bank’s scope to cut interest rates again.
11/22/2010
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Bloomberg, BusinessWeek
Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka plans to cut corporate taxes and adopt an inflation target for its central bank, aiming to bolster growth and anchor price expectations in the South Asian economy emerging from a 26-year civil war.
10/21/2010
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AFP
The Sri Lankan government has said its troops collected more than four million dollars worth of gold jewellery during the defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels.
09/01/2010
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Reuters
(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's trade deficit widened 48.7 percent to $416.1 million in June from $279.9 million in the same period last year, the central bank said on Wednesday.
08/04/2010
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Bloomberg
Sri Lanka plans to hire bankers this week to manage a proposed $1 billion overseas bond sale later this year, a central bank official said.
08/03/2010
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Bloomberg
Sri Lanka plans to sell $1 billion of sovereign bonds overseas this year to build infrastructure and repay high-cost local and foreign-currency debt.
07/16/2010
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Lanka Business Online
July 16, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's northern and eastern provinces slightly increased their share of national Gross Domestic Product last year compared with 2008 following the end of a war, the Central Bank said.
The western province remained as the highest contribution to GDP in 2009 but its share reduced further to 45.1 percent from 45.4 percent in 2008, it said in an analysis of provincial GDP.
07/09/2010
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Bloomberg
July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s central bank unexpectedly cut its benchmark interest rates for the first time in eight months to support economic growth after the European Union withdrew trade concessions this week.
07/05/2010
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Lanka Sri News
Central Bank of Sri lanka had informed, statistics will be conducted in the north of Sri Lanka. It is done to acquire information in regard to social and economic situation in the Northern Province.
03/24/2010
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Bloomberg
Sri Lanka’s credit rating may be lowered by Fitch Ratings if the island nation fails to narrow its budget deficit, derailing a $2.6 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund.