
Oil prices jump as Strait of Hormuz standoff escalates
Crude oil prices rose in early trading Sunday. The price of U.S. crude oil jumped 6.4% to $87.88 per barrel after trading resumed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The price...


Rs. 13.2 billion fraud at NDB : CBSL issues statement
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka says it has been informed by the National Development Bank PLC (NDB) of an...

Lankem Ceylon invests Rs. 3 billion in Sri Lanka’s first state of the art Single Super Phosphate Fertilizer (SSP) factory
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 30th March 2026: Lankem Ceylon PLC has unveiled ‘මඩ රජා’ (Mada Raja), Sri Lanka’s first locally manufactured...

5% GDP growth in 2025
The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) reported that Sri Lanka’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is projected to grow by...

Oil tops $100 again despite historic release of reserves
Oil prices surged past $100 per barrel again overnight, three days after it hit a four-year high, as the US...

Nestlé Celebrates 120 Years of Working Together for Good in Sri Lanka
Nestlé Lanka Limited, the ‘Good Food Good Life’ company marks 120 years of operations in Sri Lanka this year. From...
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