Sri Lanka parliament has little control over finances: legislator
Oct 22, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's parliament has no real control over public finances with the arm of the government not even having a budget committee, though …
Sri Lanka Central Bank to sell down Treasury bill stock: Governor
Oct 18, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Central Bank will gradually sell down its Treasury bill stock, as they come up for maturity, Governor Nivard Cabraal said, in …
Sri Lanka war refugee re-settlement backed by the US
Oct 18, 2012 (LBO) - The United States has given 3. online pharmacy buy stromectol with best prices today in the USA 0 million US dollars to three …
Sri Lanka rupee ‘overvaluation’ debate meaningless: IMF Rep
Oct 16, 2012 (LBO) - Debating whether Sri Lanka's rupee is 'overvalued' is a wasteful exercise as models used to determine some intrinsic value of an exchange …
Sri Lanka hikes prices of cement, poultry
Oct 14, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's consumer affairs authority, which has imposed price controls on chicken and cement, has raised the prices of the items media …
Sri Lanka budget: nobody said deficit is too large: Treasury Secretary
Oct 13, 2012 (LBO) - Not a single representative of the public or business community that had met Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is also finance …
Sri Lanka to discuss new program later: IMF Rep
Oct 12, 2012 (LBO) - A separate mission would arrive in Sri Lanka to have discussion on an ongoing program with Sri Lanka with the end of a successful 2. …
Sri Lanka borrowings not limited to China: Treasury Secretary
Oct 11, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's external financing has got diversified out of a traditional Western led donor group but the country was not just depending on …
Sri Lanka water supply project to get more ADB finance
Oct 11, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will negotiate with the Asian Development Bank to get 40 million US dollars of additional financing for a water supply project …
Sri Lanka mine clearing boosted by Japan
Oct 11, 2012 (LBO) - Japan has give 96 million rupees (737,575) US dollars to clear mines in Sri Lanka's former war zones where a civil war raged for 30-years …
Sri Lanka expects to better ‘Doing Business’ ranking
Oct 11, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka expects to move up on an ease of doing business ranking compiled by World Bank group for 2013, a multilateral lender, the …
Sri Lanka raises alcohol taxes
Oct 09, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has raised taxes on alcohol ahead of a budget to be presented in parliament next month, a day after excise taxes on tobacco was …
Sri Lanka hikes tobacco taxes
Oct 06, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has raised tobacco taxes from October 06, a notice posted on the island's customs office showed, to raise extract more money …
Iran heading for hyperinflation: Steve Hanke
Oct 04, 2012 (LBO) - Iran is heading for hyperinflation with a collapsing Riyal driving up prices above a 50 percent a month threshold, as US led economic …
Sri Lanka to build high rises for shanty-dwellers
Oct 04, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's urban agency will be given state land in 15 locations to build high rise apartments for people living in underserved …
India starts kicks off second stage of housing project
Oct 03, 2012 (LBO) - India has started the second phase of building and repairing 43,000 houses in Sri Lanka's war ravaged Northern and Eastern provinces under …
Sri Lanka mid-year fiscal report not responsive to law: legislator
Oct 02, 2012 (LBO) - An interim report on state finances presented to parliament is not responsive to Sri Lanka's fiscal management responsibility law and …
Sri Lanka’s state debt expands amid currency fall, forex loans
Oct 02, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state debt has expanded by more than a trillion rupees to 6,161 billion rupees up to July 2012 from 5,133.3 billion rupees in …
Sri Lanka sees budget slippage in July: data
Oct 01, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has seen a sharp fiscal slippage in July 2012 after two months of improving state finances, as the state ratcheted up current …
Japan to feed Sri Lanka’s war zone school kids
Sept 28, 2012 (LBO) - Japan will provide 120 million yen (180 million rupees) through the World Food program to provide meal at school to children in the …