Standard Chartered Sri Lanka has appointed Vindya Hettige as Head, Legal and Head, Legal Client Coverage, effective 20 March 2026. Vindya will join the Country […]
Month: March 2026
Sri Lanka Bottled Water Association seeks suspension of MRP gazette
The Sri Lanka Bottled Water Association (SLBWA) has requested President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to revoke or temporarily suspend the gazette introducing maximum retail prices (MRPs) […]
NDB’s GSS+ Bond Issuance Breaks New Ground with Record LKR. 16 Bn Raised
National Development Bank PLC (NDB) commemorated raising LKR 16 billion with its first-ever issuance of BASEL III compliant GSS+ (Green, Social, Sustainable & Sustainability Linked) […]
Global Corporate Sectors to Feel the Impact of Ongoing Iran Conflict, Warns Fitch Ratings
Fitch Ratings-London: A prolonged Iran conflict could affect multiple corporate sectors worldwide, primarily through higher hydrocarbon prices, supply-chain disruption, and indirectly through weaker demand due […]
Sri Lanka Assures No Power Cuts Planned, Encourages Energy Conservation Among Citizens
FINANCIAL CHRONICLE – The Sri Lankan government has announced that there are no plans for power cuts in the near future, despite the ongoing fuel […]
Janashakthi’s Long March: From Insurance Pioneer to JXG’s Market Ambition
In the shifting landscape of Sri Lanka’s financial sector, few corporate stories reflect reinvention and strategic timing as clearly as that of the Janashakthi Group now […]
Sri Lanka Increases Fuel Prices, Approaching 2022 Crisis Levels: Petrol Hits Rs. 398 and Diesel Reaches Rs. 382
FINANCIAL CHRONICLE – Sri Lanka’s state-owned fuel retailer has raised fuel prices by 24% to 30%, approaching the levels seen during the 2022 economic crisis. […]
Sri Lanka’s Fuel Shock Exposes Deep Economic Fault Lines as Crisis Risks Re-emerge
Sri Lanka’s latest fuel price increase has triggered a renewed wave of anxiety across an already fragile economy, raising serious concerns that the country may […]
Sri Lanka Increases Fuel Quota for Vehicles to Meet Rising Demand
FINANCIAL CHRONICLE – Sri Lanka’s government has revised the fuel quota provided under a QR code system, effective from tonight. Cars will now receive 25 […]
LankaLaw Emerges as Sri Lanka’s Leading AI Legal Platform
Colombo, Sri Lanka – LankaLaw, a homegrown legal technology platform introduced in 2023, is rapidly redefining access to legal knowledge in Sri Lanka, evolving into what […]
Iran Targeted Diego Garcia Base with 4,000 Kilometre Ballistic Missiles
Diego Garcia, a British Indian Ocean Territory and the largest of the islands in the Chagos Archipelago on July 02, 2013 in Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory.
Sri Lanka Sidesteps Russian Oil to Mitigate Tensions with the U.S., Says President
FINANCIAL CHRONICLE – Sri Lanka could not purchase oil from Russia as the island nation did not want to antagonize the United States of America, […]
Sri Lanka Partners with ICRC to Develop Comprehensive Missing Persons Database, Says Minister
FINANCIAL CHRONICLE — Sri Lanka is collaborating with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to establish a unified national database for missing persons, […]
Sri Lanka Secures Additional Rs3.3 Billion in Treasury Bill Sales Following Successful Auction
FINANCIAL CHRONICLE – Sri Lanka has successfully sold 3,369 million rupees worth of treasury bills offered on tap, with average interest rates of 7.61%, 7.91%, […]
GAZA: People, Not a Footnote
A land levelled – a people left to memory – history’s promise. Humanity’s failure COLOMBO – There are moments in history that refuse to fade. […]
Hormuz on edge – a global chokepoint under threat
The Strait of Hormuz, through which nearly a fifth of the world’s oil supply flows, has become the focal point of an increasingly volatile military […]
The Eastern question: tourism, territory or something in between?
There is a temptation in Sri Lanka to swing between two extremes: naïve openness and conspiratorial alarm. The truth, as always, sits somewhere in between. […]
The Politics of the Sky: Governments – not airlines – decide who flies
Airlines don’t choose routes. Governments do! COLOMBO Every international flight that departs or lands in a country does so not simply because an airline sees […]