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Sri Lanka's push for more taxes has met with strong protest from state-sector trade unions
Progressive taxation is fair and equitable, he said.
Sri Lanka's tax-to-GDP ratio is one of the lowest in the world.
"Aims to address the current shortcomings in debt restructuring"
Sri Lanka's has given 10-year buyback contracts for businessmen who manufacture drugs in the island, with 22 factories o...
Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake called upon the Speaker of Parliament to initiate an inquiry on a leak involving repo...
Sri Lanka's legislators approved changes to the land alienation law in Sri Lanka that removed a 15 percent nationalist t...
Sri Lanka plans to raise up to 1.5 billion US dollars from a sovereign bond in 2017, Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coom...
A dubious rice deal stretching across two administrations involving Sri Lanka's Ministries of Industries and Commerce an...
Sri Lanka's government foreign debt repayments would rise from 1.828 billion dollars in 2016 to 3.992 billion in 2019, t...
A government policy on green public procurement being drawn up by Sri Lanka will open up opportunities for small and med...
The European Investment Bank will loan 50 million Euros to expand sewage and water supply in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo...
A move to deny credit to the less affluent to purchase a three-wheeler by Sri Lanka's government, which smacks dangerous...
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe has met the President of China-led Asian Infrastructure Bank Jin Liqun, ...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 331.7485 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 443.7468 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 372.5204 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0969 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 233.0533 | 231.1659 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.4948 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2499 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 861.6397 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.4403 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.3209 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 5,656.91 | -0.43% |
| CSE All Share | 19,927.30 | -0.28% |
| Turnover Rs | 1457.79 million | 1193.67 million |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 7.61 | 7.84 |
| 6-m bill | 7.91 | 8.26 |
| 12-m bill | 8.23 | 8.3 |
| 3-yr bond | 9.24 | 9.25 |
| 5-yr bond | 9.82 | 9.56 |
| 8-yr bond | 10.50 | 10.48 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka has met the key budget deficit target for 2016 under an agreement with the International Monetary Fund with re...
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UK-based The Banker magazine has selected Sri Lanka's Ravi Karunanayake as the Finance Minister of the Year for the Asia...
Sri Lanka plans to settle high interest loans taken by the state from sale proceeds of Hambantota Port, Finance Minister...
Sri Lanka has stabilized the economy with the help of a program with the International Monetary Fund, and it is now read...
Sri Lanka's state revenues rose to Rs1,333 billion in the 10 months to October 2016, while the overall budget deficit fe...
Sri Lanka's tax payers will provide a 200,000 insurance cover to 4.5 million school kids in the country, the finance min...
Sri Lanka has called proposals from banks to borrow one billion US dollar for up to three years, which lenders can provi...
Sri Lanka will set up a Welfare Benefits Board to manage and select beneficiaries of subsidies, which is expected to all...
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