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SRI LANKA

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Finance September 24, 2015

Sri Lanka: One of the oldest financial systems in Asia

Mr. R.S. Egodage, CEO of Commercial Credit and Finance, sits down with Globus Vision to talk about the company’s strategy and its plans to grow.
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Manufacturing September 22, 2015

Sri Lanka seeks to reboot economy

East Asian nation lags behind competing economies and sets a growth target of $50 billion in exports.
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Tourism & Culture September 22, 2015

Tourist arrivals increase by 14.1% during 2015

Sri Lanka's tourism industry is booming and recorded half-year earnings of $1.3 billion in June 2015 as more and more people experience the nation’s delights
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Finance September 22, 2015

A look at the expansion of the largest bank in Sri Lanka

Globus Vision sits down with Ronald C. Perera, Chairman of Bank of Ceylon; discussing the prospects for Asia’s growth and the role of BOC in Sri Lanka’s development as well as in the Asian...
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Finance September 02, 2015

“We are the technology innovators bringing new and creative solutions to the table”

The first bank in Sri Lanka to introduce MasterCard and Visa payments, an ATM network, mobile banking and an internet-payment gateway, Sampath Bank is looking to consolidate its regional position as...
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Construction August 19, 2015

CSC advocates the benefits of coastal shipping

Initiatives such as the Colombo Port Expansion Project (CPEP), which will add three more terminals and make Sri Lanka’s capital home to one of the largest ports in the world, are consolidating...
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Finance August 13, 2015

NSB identifies infrastructure as fundamental for growth

Aswin De Silva, Chairman of the National Savings Bank (NSB), Sri Lanka’s third largest bank in terms of deposits, connects the dots between the finance sector, infrastructure development and the...
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Finance August 04, 2015

“The impossible has already been done; miracles take a little longer”

A new era of governance is attracting high-level international attention and clearing away old hurdles to investment and enterprise. Sri Lanka’s Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake discusses...