ONLINE EXCLUSIVES
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May- 2019 -23 May
REGULATORY MEASURES
The IMF has advised the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Sri Lanka to streamline its enforcement programme and improve its overall effectiveness.
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21 May
POLLUTION CONTROL
Sri Lanka’s Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has decided to monitor hazardous particulate matter below PM10 to coincide with World Environment Day on 5 June
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20 May
WAR REMEMBRANCE
Sri Lanka’s president marked the 10th anniversary of the end of a protracted war with Tamil rebels Sunday by vowing to crush Islamist militants responsible
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17 May
RETAIL SECTOR
Burberry, the luxury British fashion house, announced Thursday a rise in annual net profit on lower restructuring costs; but its share price frayed on sluggish Asian sales, notably in China.
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16 May
FOREIGN SUPPORT
China has expressed solidarity to assist Sri Lanka in its efforts to eradicate terrorism, to which end the Chinese government has taken
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15 May
MARKET UPDATE
Markets in Asia were largely down in morning trade on Monday as the lack of a US-China trade deal cast a cloud over the market
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10 May
RETAIL SECTOR
Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani has snapped up the storied British toy store Hamleys from its Chinese owners for US$ 88 million
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10 May
COUNTERTERRORISM
Sri Lanka will be one of the first confirmed beneficiaries of the UN’s Countering Terrorist Travel Programme, which was launched on 7 May and is largely funded by the Netherlands.
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8 May
OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
A Sri Lankan ministerial delegation headed by Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrama
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7 May
BILATERAL COOPERATION
An MOU was recently signed between Sri Lanka’s Minister of Plantation Industries Navin Dissanayake and Deputy Governor of China’s
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