Sri Lanka Budget Openness, amongst lowest ranked countries in South Asia
Jan 31, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s budget openness in the latest survey has scored 44 out of 100, coming in next to last in South Asia, tied with Pakistan. …
Jan 31, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s budget openness in the latest survey has scored 44 out of 100, coming in next to last in South Asia, tied with Pakistan. …
Jan 31, 2018 (LBO) – Marapana committee has recommended that former minister Ravi Karunanayake should not exercise any duties as an Assistant Leader of the …
Jan 29, 2018 (LBO) – Moody’s Investors Service expects that the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement will enhance the cross-border trade of goods and …
Jan 28, 2018 (LBO) – Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Sri Lanka has grown to over 1.63 billion US dollars in 2017, doubling the 802 million dollars …
Jan 26, 2018 (LBO) - Sri Lanka government has signed two Memorandums of Understanding with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to facilitate investment …
Jan 25, 2018 (LBO) - President of Indonesia Joko Widodo in the island on a offical vist met with Sri Lanka's President and exchanged views on the progress …
By Janaka Wijayasiri and Kithmina Hewage The freshly-signed Sri Lankan-Singapore FTA (SLSFTA) marks a new milestone in the relations between the two island …
Jan 24, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy says the government will introduce a cost reflective pricing formula for both …
Jan 23, 2018 (LBO) - The overall rate of inflation as measured by National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) on year on year basis was down to 7.3 percent in …
Jan 22, 2018 (LBO) – Interdisciplinary think tank, Verité Research says that contrary to popular understanding, Excise Notification No.04/2018 issued by the …
Jan 22, 2018 (LBO) - A Free Trade Agreement between Sri Lanka and Singapore will be signed following bilateral talks between the two nations, Tuesday. Prime …
Jan 19, 2018 (LBO) – Finance Ministry has decided to postpone the implementation of the budget proposal on introduction of emission standards and safety …
Jan 19, 2018 (LBO) – The issue of Sri Lanka development bonds amounting to 500 million US dollars has been oversubscribed with close to 527 million US …
By Verité Research Women are permitted to purchase liquor. On 10 January 2018, the Minister of Finance and Mass Media issued Excise Notification No. 02/2018 …
Jan 18, 2018 (LBO) – Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera on the request of the cabinet has withdrawn the two gazette notifications issued under the Excise …
Jan 17, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Cabinet has approved a proposal to sign the proposed Free Trade Agreement between Sri Lanka and Singapore. The proposed Free …
Jan 16, 2018 (LBO) - The Government of India will rehabilitate and upgrade the Kankesanthurai (KKS) Harbour as a commercial port at a cost of US 45.27 …
Jan 16, 2018 (LBO) - India's Minister of Law and Justice and Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad signed a co-operation deal in IT and …
Jan 15, 2018 (LBO) – Supreme Court has informed President Maithripala Sirisena that the duration of his term of office is five years, President's Media …
Jan 12, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s gross official reserves have improved to 7,952.58 million US dollars by the end of last year from 7,319.40 million dollars …