Primary deficit will widen to 1.9-pct of GDP with new tax cuts & exemptions: IMF Mission
Feb 08, 2020 (LBO) – IMF staff concluding a visit to Sri Lanka said that the country's primary deficit could widen further to 1.9 percent of GDP in 2020, due …
Feb 08, 2020 (LBO) – IMF staff concluding a visit to Sri Lanka said that the country's primary deficit could widen further to 1.9 percent of GDP in 2020, due …
Feb 07, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s gross official reserves were 7.5 billion US dollars (USD7,526mn) by the end of January, down from 7.6 billion US dollars …
Feb 06, 2020 (LBO) – The Ceylon Dollar Bond Fund that invests exclusively in the Sri Lankan government issued International Sovereign Bonds (ISB), and SLDBs …
Mobitel and Thuru’s joint project - ‘Reforestation through Technology’ - has been shortlisted for the ‘Best Mobile Innovation for Climate Action …
Feb 05, 2020 (LBO) – Speaker Karu Jayasuriya on Wednesday tabled the annexes and exhibits of Central Bank’s forensic audit reports. Accordingly, CD copies …
Feb 01, 2020 (LBO) – Headline inflation as measured by the year-on-year change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index increased to 5.4 percent in January 2020 …
Jan 31, 2020 (LBO) – The World Bank and Sri Lanka has identified several new areas of development cooperation in addition to the World Bank-funded existing …
Jan 30, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank on Thursday refrained from commenting on the contents of the forensic audit reports as these reports may be …
Jan 30, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's economic growth will exceed 4 percent in 2020 as there has been a notable improvement in business confidence caused by …
Jan 30, 2020 (LBO) – Monetary Board of the Central Bank has decided to reduce the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facility …
Jan 28, 2020 (LBO) – Former Chairman of the COPE Committee, JVP Parliamentarian Sunil Handunnetti has written to the President requesting that the law be …
Jan 28, 2020 (LBO) – First Capital Research assigns 80 percent probability for no change in policy rates amidst recently provided tax revisions and other …
Nipuni Perera Advances in technology have made nearshoring - the practice of shifting production operations to a nearby country closer to the end market - and …
Jan 24, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka may have lost 20 billion rupees from direct placements as well as from auctions of bonds, between 2005 and March 2016, a …
Jan 23, 2020 (LBO) – First Capital Treasuries, the Primary Dealer arm and a subsidiary of First Capital Holdings has announced that it intends to issue …
Jan 22, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry announced the list of tax changes introduced in the proposed Inland Revenue Amendment Bill which is to be …
Jan 22, 2020 (LBO) - Additional Solicitor General Viraj Dayaratne PC has been appointed as the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka …
Jan 22, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's headline inflation as measured by the year-on-year change in the National Consumer Price Index increased to 6.2 percent in …
Jan 21, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Central Bank says that out of the six forensic audits initiated, five forensic audits have been completed so far at a cost …
Jan 21, 2020 (LBO) – Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Karu Jayasuriya has decided that it is appropriate to table the forensic audit report on the …