Sri Lanka signs World Bank’s USD75mn Social Safety Nets Project
Dec 29, 2016 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has signed a 75 million dollar World Bank credit to support the country’s welfare programs. The project includes an integrated …
Dec 29, 2016 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has signed a 75 million dollar World Bank credit to support the country’s welfare programs. The project includes an integrated …
Dec 28, 2016 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka's central bank is most likely to keep its key interest rates steady on Friday, even as some economists expect further …
Dec 23, 2016 (LBO) - Several steps have been taken to improve public transportation with the building of new roads, upgrading railway, deploying priority bus …
Dec 21, 2016 (LBO) - Asia’s spending on growth-boosting infrastructure is set to get a tailwind from development financing while the safeguard systems used …
Dec 21, 2016 (LBO) - India is taking steps to promote digital and mobile transactions in the country after its demonitisation program. After the cancellation …
Dec 20, 2016 (LBO) - A French court has found International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence in allowing the misuse of public funds, …
Dec 20, 2016 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ministry of Industry and Commerce will increase supply of freshly milled rice to meet a surge in demand during the festive …
Dec 19, 2016 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Finance ministry says that state revenue has increased by 23 percent during the first nine months of this year compared with …
Dec 19, 2016 (LBO) – Moody's Investors Service says that Sri Lanka's (B1 negative) program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has helped stabilize …
Dec 19, 2016 (LBO) - Malaysia and Sri Lanka will consider the possibility of free trade agreement, a joint statement said, after the official visit of …
Dec 16, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has been selected for the US Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) new five-year grant compact which aims at encouraging …
Dec 15, 2016 (LBO) - Sri Lanka’s economy grew 4.1 percent in the third quarter of 2016 with strong growth construction, a statement said. “During the …
Dec 15, 2016 - Sri Lanka has been named as one of the countries that have the highest vulnerability to the direct and indirect effects of sustained capital …
Dec 14, 2016 (LBO) - Economic growth in developing Asia remains broadly stable, but a slight slowdown in India has trimmed the region’s growth outlook for …
Dec 12, 2016 (LBO) - The government will not privatize or sell off any of the public asset and there were no provisions made under the Budget-2017 to this …
By Aftab Lall (Centre for Poverty Analysis) State sponsored provision of sanitation services in Jaffna, Sri Lanka are tightly bound in caste relations. Both …
Dec 07, 2016 (LBO) - The World Bank Board has approved a US 75 million dollar credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to support Sri …
By Jekhan Aruliah Despite the Jaffna district having the second highest Literacy Rate in Sri Lanka, it does badly on employment and dismally on incomes. What's …
Nov 30, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will face a challenging external macroeconomic environment ahead and structural reforms needs to be consistent with improved …
Nov 30, 2016 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's earnings from tourism increased while slower growth was seen in workers’ remittances in October 2016, the Central Bank said. …