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Sri Lanka settles Rs191bn in arrears: Minister

In January Rs53bn in new bills have come in to settle

February 25, 2023 1 min read

Yellen calls on China for specific debt assurances for Sri Lanka

About "55 percent of low income countries are at close to or in debt distress."

February 24, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka to present IMF deal to parliament: President

The parliament "will have the option to pass or reject it

February 22, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka President to meet China Finance Minister for debt talks

During the meeting it is expected to look into how to restructure the debt of countries whose economies have collapsed

February 21, 2023 3 min read
Japan decides on immediate disbursement of suspended Sri Lanka loans

Decision taken by Japan to make immediate disbursement instead of waiting for new agreement to be singed

Sri Lanka prepares anti-corruption agenda backed by IMF report

Several key measures identified in an IMF governance diagnosis report will be incorporated

Sri Lanka will honour all government bonds: Finance Minister

Sri Lanka will honour all government bonds issued by the government, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said after amid ...

February 27, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka cops caught with ‘Baby Austins’ after meditation

Sri Lanka officers goes hunting after meditation Wildlife officials arrested two police officers who were on a hunting e...

Our Police Correspondent
February 21, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka SOEs taking on 'burden' as drought, oil prices bite

Sri Lanka's state energy enterprise are absorbing higher energy costs, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said as oil an...

February 21, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka state workers grow 30-pct over decade

Sri Lanka's state and state-owned enterprise workers, excluding the military, grew 30 percent to 1.1 million from 2006 t...

February 20, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka in no rush to sell sovereign bond: Finance Minister

Sri Lanka is in no rush to sell a sovereign bond, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said, but cabinet approval was obta...

February 20, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka sees 'extremely good' response for syndicated loan: Finance Minister

Sri Lanka has seen an 'extremely good response' for a syndicated loan that is currently being arranged, which may result...

February 17, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka fiscal gains not shown in exchange rate policy: Ravi

Sri Lanka's improvements in fiscal policy have not been shown in exchange and interest rates, although inflation managem...

February 17, 2017 3 min read

Sri Lanka may sell US$1.5bn in sovereign bond in March

Sri Lanka may go to market with a sovereign bond to raise up to $1.5 billion as early as next month, with the US Federal...

February 15, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka hikes ceiling for deposit subsidy; annual cost Rs18bn

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake has raised the ceiling on deposits by senior citizens eligi...

February 15, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka beers sales plunge 40-pct, arrack up after tax hike: brewery

Sri Lanka's beer sales volumes have plunged 40 percent and arrack sales have risen 14 percent after a steep hike in beer...

February 15, 2017 3 min read
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Sri Lanka gives 10-year 'buyback' deals to local drug makers

Sri Lanka's has given 10-year buyback contracts for businessmen who manufacture drugs in the island, with 22 factories o...

February 14, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka Finance Minister asks for inquiry into central bank leak

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake called upon the Speaker of Parliament to initiate an inquiry on a leak involving repo...

February 9, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka parliament lifts land lease tax on foreigners from Jan 08

Sri Lanka's legislators approved changes to the land alienation law in Sri Lanka that removed a 15 percent nationalist t...

February 8, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka plans US$1.5bn sovereign bond in 2017

Sri Lanka plans to raise up to 1.5 billion US dollars from a sovereign bond in 2017, Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coom...

February 8, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka auditor general bares US$100mn dubious LakSathosa rice deal

A dubious rice deal stretching across two administrations involving Sri Lanka's Ministries of Industries and Commerce an...

February 1, 2017 4 min read

Sri Lanka foreign debt repayments spikes to US$3.9bn in 2019

Sri Lanka's government foreign debt repayments would rise from 1.828 billion dollars in 2016 to 3.992 billion in 2019, t...

January 26, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka public procurement seen broadening market for small business

A government policy on green public procurement being drawn up by Sri Lanka will open up opportunities for small and med...

January 24, 2017 2 min read

EIB to loan Euro50mn for water-supply, sanitation in Sri Lanka

The European Investment Bank will loan 50 million Euros to expand sewage and water supply in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo...

January 23, 2017 1 min read

Move to deny credit to less-affluent advised by 'university scholars'

A move to deny credit to the less affluent to purchase a three-wheeler by Sri Lanka's government, which smacks dangerous...

January 23, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka promised loans from China-led AIIB at Davos meeting

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe has met the President of China-led Asian Infrastructure Bank Jin Liqun, ...

January 18, 2017 1 min read