Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka to ‘B-‘; outlook negative
Apr 24, 2020 (LBO) – Fitch Ratings has downgraded Sri Lanka's Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) to 'B-', from 'B' with a …
Apr 24, 2020 (LBO) – Fitch Ratings has downgraded Sri Lanka's Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) to 'B-', from 'B' with a …
Apr 23, 2020 (LBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a Presidential Task Force in charge of Economic Revival and Poverty Eradication. It has been …
Apr 22, 2020 (LBO) – Fitch-rated Sri Lankan corporates in consumer goods retail, construction and hotels will be among the most affected by the coronavirus …
Bilesha Weeraratne Growing pressure on Sri Lanka’s scarce foreign exchange resources, due to the wide spread of COVID-19 across the globe, is now more real …
Advocata Institute is hosting a panel discussion with tourism industry leaders, Kimarli Fernando (Chairperson, Sri Lanka Tourism), Vipula Gunatilleka (CEO, …
Apr 18, 2020 (LBO) – ICRA Lanka expects the Sri Lankan economy to face a recession of magnitude -1.9% in 2020 with a U-shape recovery path returning to its …
Apr 17, 2020 (LBO) – The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, in a communication to the President has proposed a Shared Vision, Economic Recovery Strategy and …
Apr 17, 2020 (LBO) – Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has today placed the Government of Sri Lanka's long-term foreign-currency issuer and senior …
Apr 17, 2020 (LBO) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is starting to review Sri Lanka's request for Rapid Credit Facility this week, the international …
Apr 16, 2020 (LBO) – President Gotabaya Rajapaksa discussed rebuilding the economy in the face of the current challenges during a meeting with the …
Apr 14, 2020 (LBO) - The Asia Development Bank (ADB) has tripled the size of its response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to US20 billion …
Apr 12, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Government in consultation with the Monetary Board of the Central Bank has introduced a Special Deposit Account (SDA) with …
Apr 09, 2020 (LBO) – PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) expects real GDP growth in the Island to be less than 2 percent this year even if the pandemic is contained …
By Sharhan Muhseen 6th April 2020 National policymakers have been grappling on the right balance between lockdowns (total or partial) and maintaining a …
Apr 06, 2020 (LBO) - Presided by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a discussion took place at the Presidential Secretariat to review the progress of the COVID-19 …
Apr 03, 2020 (LBO) – The Monetary Board of the Central Bank today decided to reduce the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending …
Apr 03, 2020 (LBO) – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved the $128.6 million Sri Lanka COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health …
Apr 02, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Cabinet of Ministers has decided to suspend all restrictions on foreign currency inflows into the Island during the COVID-19 …
Mar 31, 2020 (LBO) – Headline inflation as measured by the year-on-year change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index declined to 5.4 percent in March 2020 from …
Mar 31, 2020 (LBO) – The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has decided to introduce a number of measures to provide flexibility to Licensed …