OTHER NEWS Sri Lankans abroad invited to invest in T-Bills, bonds Colombo indices mixed at market close Sri Lankans abroad invited to invest in T-Bills, bonds Seylan Bank to explain �operations� to media    Advertisement Print Version | Email to friend SriLankan Airlines to fly to Rome 19-11-2008 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, is all set to expand its presence in Europe by resuming flight operations from Colombo to Rome from next month. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Manager, Kerala, Samantha Nagahawatte said Rome would be the fourth European destination to which the airline operates its own flights. “The flights to Rome will resume in December and the exact date will be announced soon,” Mr. Nagahawatte said. The airline operates flights to London, Paris and Frankfurt and offers flights to other European destinations through code-sharing with other airlines. The island nation’s national carrier had been reworking its flight schedules over the last few months. “We have added more flights to some destinations depending on the need and had reduced the number of flights to a few destinations’, the airline official said. Mr. Nagahawatte said the airline has already launched an SMS alert to keep passengers informed of the flight updates. The passengers who provide their mobile phones at the time of booking the tickets will automatically get the updates. Even passengers from overseas, who have the roaming facility, will receive the message if they provide the country code and the cell numbers to the airline. SriLankan Holidays, the leisure arm of the airline, has also come up with holiday packages to attract Indian citizens to the island nation during the forthcoming Christmas and New Year holidays. The fares from Thiruvananthapuram for the holiday packages ‘Kids Go Free’, ‘Best of Sri Lanka’, “X’mas in Colombo’, ‘New Year in Colombo’ and Experience Sri Lanka’ commence from Rs. 13,399. The offer for children is valid from the three cities of the state, Trichurapalli, Coimbatore, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Print Version | Email to friend

Sri Lankans abroad invited to invest in T-Bills, bonds Wed, 07-01-2009 12:00:00 The government on Wednesday invited the Sri Lankans living abroad and migrant workers to invest in Rupee-denominated Treasury bills and Treasury bonds with effect from January 6. The initiative by the Central Bank (CB), announced last Friday in the CB’s 'Road Map: Monetary and Financial Sector Policies for 2009 and beyond', is intended to provide a safe and highly liquid investment opportunity for Sri Lankans abroad, while providing them with an attractive return on their invest... |FULL STORY|

Colombo indices mixed at market close Wed, 07-01-2009 12:00:00 Colombo stocks barely changed from morning at Wednesday’s market close, with both indices marginally up on thin turnover, analysts said. JKH was 25 cents high to Rs 50.25 trading 48,300 shares, with Dialog also seeing a 25 cents increase to Rs 6 as was in the morning. The turnover was at Rs 46 million with the All Share Index at 1,550.07, up by just 0.6 points and Milanka up by 18.59 points to 1,672.94 at stock market close. Ceylinco shares such as Seylan was up by Rs 1... |FULL STORY|

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Sri Lankans abroad invited to invest in T-Bills, bonds Wed, 07-01-2009 12:00:00 The government on Wednesday invited the Sri Lankans living abroad and migrant workers to invest in Rupee-denominated Treasury bills and Treasury bonds with effect from January 6. The initiative by the Central Bank (CB), announced last Friday in the CB’s 'Road Map: Monetary and Financial Sector Policies for 2009 and beyond', is intended to provide a safe and highly liquid investment opportunity for Sri Lankans abroad, while providing them with an attractive return on their invest... |FULL STORY|

Seylan Bank to explain �operations� to media Wed, 07-01-2009 05:00:00 Seylan Bank has called a press conference for tomorrow (Thursday morning) to brief the media on recent developments relating to the management takeover and other issues, a spokesperson for its PR firm said. She said the Bank planned to explain the involvement between Seylan, the Central Bank and the Bank of Ceylon (BoC), the new board of directors and the level of deposits and withdrawals, among other matters. The Central Bank last week handed over management to the BoC which in... |FULL STORY|

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