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By Shihar Aneez ECONOMYNEXT –The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) informed the members of the EPF, the country’s largest pension scheme, that it has opted for the government’s domestic debt optimization (DDO) option with a long-term view in the best interest of the members. It said the two options

Manusha Nanayakkara, the Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment, at a press conference held today (15) at the Presidential Media Centre, on the theme of ‘Collective Path to a Stable Country’ confirmed that the existing 9% employee benefit related to the Employee Provident Fund will remain unchanged for the next four years. The Minister emphasized […]

Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara assures that the existing 9% employee benefit related to the Employee Provident Fund will remain unchanged.

The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has submitted an offer to exchange the portfolio of their Treasury Bonds under the Domestic Debt Optimisation (DDO) programme, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) reported today (13 Sep.).

‘How come gold smuggling MP remains on Ethics and Privileges Committee’? By Shamindra Ferdinando The Opposition would seek the IMF’s commitment to rein in rampant corruption with the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government in spite of the country being declared bankrupt over a year ago, former External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris said yesterday (11). Addressing the […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Brain drain is the worst manifestation of the country’s economic crisis, Freedom People’s Congress (FPC) member and MP, Prof. G.L Peiris, said on Thursday.Prof. Peiris said that a large number of academics had left state universities. In recent years, the number of students enrolled at the state universities had risen significantly, he […]

The Sectoral Oversight Committee on Foreign Employment and Labour has revealed that several plantation companies have defaulted on Employees Provident Fund (EPF) payments and have huge arrears to the EPF.

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When the five days long stretch of holidays ended last week and the Colombo bourse reopened for trading on Tuesday, the market surged 6.71 percent (633.69 points up) on the broad All Share Price Index (ASPI) while the Standard and Poor SL 20 index covering the 20 largest and more liquid companies quoted on the […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Unless Sri Lanka addressed its governance issues, the country would have to restructure its debt again like most countries that had unsustainable levels of corruption, Executive Director of Verité Research Nishan de Mel said in a recent televised interview. Dr. De Mel said that as the government had decided to pay the […]

by Jehan Perera President Ranil Wickremesinghe notched up another achievement when Parliament ratified the Domestic Debt Restructuring (DDR) programme with a majority of 60 votes, with 122 members voting for and 62 against, with 40 abstentions. Parliamentarians who would need to think about their re-election prospects would have been reluctant to vote for a programme […]

Sri Lankan state can’t allow even a small bank to collapse because that will trigger a bank run with a devastating impact on the economy. Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka CBSL) Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said, on Thursday night, taking part in a televised discussion. Dr. Weerasinghe said that Domestic Debt Restructuring (DDR) […]

Banks, which pay taxes over 50%, least affected By Sanath Nanayakkare If the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) and other pension funds did not wish to participate in the proposed domestic debt restructuring process, there will be an application of higher annual income tax of 30%, Central Bank

Declaring that the government had been compelled to go ahead with the debt restructuring programme, President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (27) assured that it wouldn’t have a detrimental impact on both state and private banking sectors. The assurance was given at the opening of a new building at the Gampaha District Secretariat premises. President Wickremesinghe said […]

President Ranil Wickremesinghe assured that the restructuring of domestic debt will have no impact on the membership balance of any public funds, including the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF). He emphasized that the rate of return for superannuation funds will not be affected