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Sri Lanka bakers mull cutting bread price to Rs100 amid tight money

Hoping to boost demand

March 8, 2023 3 min read

Sri Lanka EFF goes to IMF Executive Board on March 20

Sri Lanka has now received financing assurances from all major bilateral creditors

March 7, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka signs IMF Letter of Intent: President

LOI signed last night

March 7, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka progressive tax hikes defended by the IMF

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March 3, 2023 4 min read
Sri Lanka still negotiating with Melwa sale price for Hilton building

Special Cabinet Appointed Negotiation Commitee discussing price

Sri Lanka SRU responds to SLT, Hilton sale allegations

State-Owned Enterprises Restructuring Unit has responded to statements about sale of Hotel Developers Lanka and SLT.

Sri Lanka's Dialog Telecom, customers pay Rs317bn to state

Sri Lanka's Dialog Telecom paid income taxes and levies of 31.7 billion rupees to the state, on net revenues of 86.7 bil...

April 20, 2017 2 min read

Reforms yield faster growth in Sri Lanka: World Bank

ECONOMYNEXT – After a slowdown last year, Sri Lanka is now benefiting from its efforts to improve its fiscal sust...

April 19, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka finance minister queries computerisation delay at tax department

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan finance minister Ravi Karunanayake said he was mystified with the delay by the Inland Re...

April 13, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka vehicle registrations crash, tax policy said unfair, warped

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's vehicle registrations fell sharply in February from the previous month with mini-trucks and th...

March 31, 2017 4 min read

Sri Lanka govt puts off withdrawal of SVAT system

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s main business chamber has praised a government decision to retain an existing pa...

March 30, 2017 1 min read

EIB to expand lending to Sri Lanka as EU relations improve

European Investment Bank is looking to provide loans for hard infrastructure and small and medium enterprise development...

March 29, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka Malaysia Business Council to host forum on PPPs

Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said its Sri Lanka- Malaysia Business Council will host a breakfast meeting with the Minister...

March 28, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's loss making SOEs slashed, but 50 in the red: Fin Min

Sri Lanka's new administration has reduced losses at state-owned enterprises and statutory agencies, but a quarter of th...

March 15, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka expects a billion dollars from asset sales: Fin Min

Sri Lanka expects to raise around a $1 billion from sales of non-strategic assets, this year, Finance Minister Ravi Karu...

March 15, 2017 1 min read

Asian stocks ease, cautious ahead of c.bank announcements

Asian equities opened slightly lower, as investors stayed cautious awaiting the outcome of several central bank meetings...

March 15, 2017 3 min read
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Large Sri Lanka SOEs to ink corporate plans

Sri Lanka's state-run energy, water, airport and port enterprises will ink and publish corporate plans and targets on Ma...

March 15, 2017 4 min read

Sri Lanka should price energy on formulae quickly: Eran

Sri Lanka has to start market pricing energy at state enterprises sooner rather than later, Deputy State Enterprises Min...

March 14, 2017 2 min read

Ceylon Chamber of Commerce demands talks on new Sri Lanka tax law

ECONOMYNEXT – The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has said the government should have public consultations before pres...

March 13, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka to sell-down SOEs through stock market: Eran

Sri Lanka would use the stock market infrastructure to sell down stakes in state-owned enterprises, which will enhance t...

March 13, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka'B+' rating confirmed by S&P; negative outlook unchanged

Standard and Poor's has confirmed a 'B+' rating on Sri Lanka, keeping a 'negative' outlook unchanged, despite improvemen...

March 8, 2017 6 min read

Sri Lanka gets lower rates for 2017 syndicated loan: Finance Minister

Sri Lanka has got lower rates for a syndicated loan that is now in the market, with commitments of lead managers, in a s...

March 7, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka drought costs will not de-rail budget deficit: Ravi

Sri Lanka's drought is expected to expand spending by around 40 billion rupees but the year-end budget deficit target of...

March 3, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka drought a credit negative, costs may worsen deficit: Moody's

Sri Lanka's plans to pay compensation to drought affected farmers could expand a planned budget deficit by up to 0.2 per...

March 2, 2017 4 min read

Sri Lanka key SOEs with Rs1.2trn in debt form crisis reduction plans

Sri Lanka' six largest state enterprises which have 1.2 trillion in debt and have been a key trigger of economic crises ...

March 2, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's controversial LakSathosa to import 20,000MT rice monthly

Sri Lanka's LakSathosa, a state-run trading firm is mired in several corruption scandals in rice has again been given ap...

March 1, 2017 1 min read