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ER Fluctuates On Thin Volumes - Sunday Leader
The BoC bond sale has helped to strengthen the ER from the previous Rs. 133 levels to its current levels, a source said. And, also as a result, the market's excess liquidity which was a mere Rs. five billion last Thursday (May 3) swelled to Rs. 23.3 ...
Clergy Await Government Response On LLRC Report - Sunday Leader
A member of the clergy who requested anonymity said that the priests who signed a recent petition were waiting to see if the Government implemented the recommendations made in the LLRC report. The clergy member recently signed a petition calling for an ...
ER Holds At Rs. 130 - Sunday Leader
After the Avurudhu season there may even be a possibility of the rupee strengthening, the source said. “Earlier we thought that the ER would bottom out at the Rs. 120 levels, but that was not to be,” he said (see also the business pages of this ...
Rupee Plummets 3.1% In A Week - Sunday Leader
If inflation is actually falling, then T Bill yields should also fall, but the opposite is taking place, a source said. CBSL at Wednesday's monthly Monetary Policy announcement kept policy rates unchanged, but the source predicted that at the next ...
ER To Settle At The Rs. 120 Level - Sunday Leader
A way of solving the market's illiquid state is to raise policy rates as deterrence to borrowings due to the high costs involved in such due to expensive interest rates, but a source said that that won't happen as that won't be a populist measure.
Down The Gadarene Slope - Sunday Leader
“Retailers who went after fundamentally unsound stocks are now exiting, as to when this would finish, your guess is as good as mine,” the source said. Having said that, there are banks with a low price to earnings ratio (PER) and which are growing at ...
Sri Lanka's Terror Motorists - Sunday Leader
When asked how the police are sure Piyasena was knocked down by a bus they replied, “We do not have proof but it is said to be a private bus,” a police officer who did not wish to be identified told The Sunday Leader. However, the villagers at ...
Bourse Bottoms Out - Sunday Leader
However, the positive sentiment that gripped the bourse on Thursday was yet to percolate down to the money markets, a source said. There is a lagged effect, with settlements coming into play only after the lapse of a couple of days, so its impact maybe ...
Sri Lanka's Multi Billion Rupee Commitment – Courtesy China - Sunday Leader
An anonymous source in the Ministry of Highways claimed that since the initial rush the number of vehicles travelling on the road has diminished. He explained that it is now estimated that only 150 cars travel on the road per day.
Minister's Kill-Policy For Dogs Invites Wrath Of Animal Lovers - Sunday Leader
An animal lover who did not wish to be identified said that a dog is man's best friend. She went on to comment on the minister's smirks and smiles when he said that some sin must be committed in order to gather merit. “Has he seen the trauma and the ...
Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital: Catering To Mismanagement And Robbery - Sunday Leader
A highly placed source, who requested anonymity, provided The Sunday Leader with documents confirming these allegations. On October 11, 2011, the Health Minister announced that the Board and Chairman of the hospital would be removed with immediate ...
CBSL Rekindles War Memories - Sunday Leader
However the present scenario has arisen due to CBSL's defence of the local rupee, the source said. Available statistics show that CBSL has dished out a total of US$ ($) 615 million from its foreign exchange reserves in the months of July and August ...
ER To Be Depreciated After Polls - Sunday Leader
However, inflation is seemingly under control, the source said. CBSL is in a two pronged attack to control both the ER and interest rates, he said. Previously the one year T Bill rate was at a “constant” 7.25 percent rate, but now it does not appear to ...
Inflationary Pressure Hits Economy - Sunday Leader
But on the previous day Tuesday, 2015 maturing T Bonds strengthened as buyers reentered the market, a source said. Those bonds earlier became cheaper due to selling pressure entering the market, twice, previously, on August 16 and again on Monday, ...
The Grease Yaka Sightings: Fact Vs. Myth - Sunday Leader
She asked to remain anonymous, fearing an attack against herself. According to her, women were being attacked in several areas. In Thunaikanuwa, close to the Udavala school, a woman was attacked on Thursday night. A man broke into her house and ...
Investments Grind To Halt - Sunday Leader
However with yields coming down from a high of 19 percent to the seven percent range currently, since the war end two years ago, CBSL will not retire the balance-which it did not allow the market to subscribe to, a source said. ...
Situation Taut At Peliyagoda Fish Market Complex - Sunday Leader
One STF officer who spoke off the record said they were posted because of the tense situation prevailing following the arrests. A police officer, who also wished to remain anonymous, said that when the fight broke out, none of the police officers were ...
The man who changed Sri Lankan journalism - Sunday Leader
The reason why the market these days has been converted from a NFO to a NFI is because outflows have had diminished and not that inflows have had increased, the source said. In the last two working days of last week the ASPI gained by 53.97 points ...
A Medical System In Disarray - Sunday Leader
A patient, having requested anonymity, was admitted for an overnight stay and a simple procedure on his knee. The patient spoke to The Sunday Leader about ...
Reflections Of Low Economic Activity - Sunday Leader
The yields fetched by the new issues at those auctions may give a rate direction, the source said. Meanwhile the market has been recording excess liquidity ...
Cleric In Custody For Allegedly Abusing 14 Boys - Sunday Leader
There is an element of doubt,” said the spokesperson who did not want to be identified. “I have personal access to one of the boys who has been abused. ...
The Fight For The Universities - Sunday Leader
He asked to remain anonymous in fear of recriminations. “On one side they're harassing students, staff, lecturers, vice chancellors, even the Minister is ...
Indian 'Adoption' Of Rajapaksa Hegemony - Sunday Leader
Delhi which refused to be identified with the international forum that supported the Wickremesinghe government's initiative of negotiating with the LTTE in ...
Pensioners Suffer As Interest Rates Fall - Sunday Leader
“We are used to a culture of saving, not playing the stock market to earn our bread and butter,” a source said. “So when interest rates fall, those living ...