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How come royalty on foreign players replaced with additional Rs 50 charge on a litre of fuel? by Shamindra Ferdinando Convenor of the Samagi Joint Trade Union Alliance Ananda Palitha yesterday (12) said that the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government was planning to impose VAT on fuel already subjected to several taxes amounting to Rs 75, an extremely […]
- SJB unionist: IOC and Sinopec benefit from special levy on fuel to recover CPC losses (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel prices reduced from midnight yesterday (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. increased fuel prices to please Sinopec – Trade unionist (Category: Breaking News)
- Kanchana admits consumers charged Rs. 50 per litre of fuel to settle USD 700 mn Indian loan (Category: Breaking News)
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the disbursement of approximately US$ 337 million to Sri Lanka as part of a bailout package. The IMF said the Executive Board completed the first review under the 48-month Extended Fund Facility with Sri Lanka, providing the country with access to SDR 254 million […]
- IMF says full economic recovery in Sri Lanka is not yet assured (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF reaches crucial staff-level agreement with Sri Lanka following first review (Category: Breaking News)
- Human Rights Watch fears IMF loan could erode rights in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF confident Sri Lanka can be put on the path to prosperity (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka extended restrictions on outward remittances by six months to manage foreign exchange reserves, cabinet spokesperson and transport minister Bandula Gunawardane told reporters at a weekly cabinet briefing on Tuesday.
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- Homework For NPP (Category: Breaking News)
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- RW, IMF & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
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The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Transport and Highways to award the contract for the design and construction of the Ratmalana Railway Diesel Power Set Factory under the Railway Efficiency Improvement Project which is being implemented under Asian Development Bank funds, to China Civil Engineering Construction Company who was […]
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- Video: CoL has increased by 400 percent - Maithri (Category: Video)
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Tuesday 12th December, 2023 Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has lashed out at a section of the media for floating a story that he is planning to patch up differences with President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Premadasa has alleged that the journalists who are spreading that story are in the pay of the government. His consternation is understandable. […]
- SJB: JVP’s call for RW’s participation in proposed debate diversionary tactic (Category: Breaking News)
- Presidential polls cannot be delayed by advancing general election – EC (Category: Breaking News)
- Presidential election- SJB floats potential backing of UNP for Sajith (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Sajith-Ranil alliance’ against NPP: GL denies Chung’s intervention (Category: Breaking News)
Two policy-based loans (PBLs) have been arranged following discussions between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Sri Lankan government, the Ministry of Finance said. Accordingly, the PBLs are slated to be used for the implementation of the Financial Sector Stability and Reform Programme, in a bid to create a stable financial system that provides […]
- Voters in Padukka send money orders to Election Commission for 2023 LG polls (Category: Breaking News)
- Circular issued to control expenditures in public service (Category: Breaking News)
- 2024 budget process begins with govt. presenting Appropriation Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- Former senior public servants among appointments to National Commissions (Category: Breaking News)
Businesswoman Thilini Priyamali, who is accused of large-scale financial fraud, has been acquitted and released from the case in which she was accused of allegedly issuing a cheque from a bank account with insufficient funds to purchase a vehicle worth Rs. 8 million.
Two policy-based loans (PBLs) have been arranged following discussions between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Sri Lankan government, the Ministry of Finance revealed.
Inflows recorded a monthly average of USD 507mn during the period Passport issuances ,however, showed some decline compared to 2022 Workers’ remittances have increased notably to USD 482.4 million in September 2023 in comparison to USD 359.3 million in September 2022, according to the quarterly bulletin of Worker Remittances and Labour Migration, Issued by the […]
- 68.8% increase recorded in foreign remittances (Category: Breaking News)
- Workers remittances increased in Sep- CBSL (Category: Breaking News)
- Remittances from expat workers rise (Category: Breaking News)
- Remittances from expat workers increase (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka earned 205.3 million US dollars from tourism during the month of November 2023, which is over twice the amount in the corresponding month in 2022, the latest data by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) have revealed. The revenue from tourism in November 2022 was 81 million dollars, according to official data.The […]
- Travel Trend (Category: Business)
- Tourist arrivals increase in November (Category: Breaking News)
- Sports Draw (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Marks First Anniversary of Civil War End (Category: Breaking News)
Migrant workers have remitted 5.4 billion U.S. dollars in the first 11 months of 2023, the latest data released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) shows.The workers remitted 537.3 million dollars in November 2023, up 40 percent from 384.4 million dollars in November 2022, CBSL data showed. Workers sent only 3.3 billion dollars in […]
- Sizeable Sums (Category: Business)
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- Maine office workers help raise thousands to help seniors heat their homes (Category: USA, Maine)
- Maine office workers help raise thousands to help seniors heat their homes (Category: USA, Maine)
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- Target 2048 – Growth Lab Experiment Should Be Converted From A Mere Wish To Ground Level Reality (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
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- Nexus between money, exchange rate, money printing and inflation (Category: Breaking News)
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Income generated by tourism in Sri Lanka from January to the end of November reached 1.8 billion U.S. dollars, which is a 78.3 percent hike from the same period in 2022, the latest data by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) revealed.
Sri Lankan migrant workers have remitted 5.4 billion U.S. dollars in the first 11 months of 2023, the latest data released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has shown.The post Sri Lankan migrant workers remit 5.4 Billion USD in first 11 months appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lankan migrant workers remit 5.4 bln USD in first 11 months (Category: Breaking News)
- Increase in workers’ remittances (Category: Breaking News)
- Migrant workers’ remittances record sharp increase in March (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Migrant workers’ remittances record sharp increase in May (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan migrant workers have remitted 5.4 billion U.S. dollars in the first 11 months of 2023, the latest data released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has showed.
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- The Curse Of JRJ Constitution Continues (Category: Breaking News)
- Lessons From America (Category: Breaking News)
- Separation Of Powers, Rule Of Law, Corruption & SL Bankruptcy (Category: Breaking News)
- Immediate Governmental Actions Needed (Category: Breaking News)
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 200 million concessional loan for Sri Lanka to help stabilize the country’s finance sector following the sovereign debt and economic crises that started in April 2022 after it suspended its external debt payments.The post ADB approves $200 Million to sustain economic stabilization efforts in Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest ...
- ADB approves $350 Million for Sri Lanka economic stabilization programme (Category: Breaking News)
- ADB approves $100 million loan to support SMEs in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- ADB approves $200mn to sustain economic stabilization efforts in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- ADB to disburse US$ 203 Million emergency loan to support Sri Lanka’s poor and vulnerable (Category: Breaking News)
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 200 million concessional loan for Sri Lanka to help stabilize the country s finance sector following the sovereign debt and economic crises that started in April 2022 after it suspended its external debt payments.
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- Restoring The Dignity Of Sri Lankan Cricketers (Category: Breaking News)
- The Rise & Fall of Bhanuka Rajapakse: How Sri Lankan Cricket’s Mismanagement Dimmed A Superb Tal... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka will appeal ICC suspension – Sports Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Nominations handed over for Sri Lanka Cricket elections (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita Sri Lanka has never been this transparent about an agreement it entered with the IMF, State Minister of Finance, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says.Addressing calls for greater transparency in dealings with the IMF, Siyambalapitiya noted on Wednesday that Sri Lanka had engaged with the global lender on 16 previous occasions. The Cabinet of ministers […]
- Govt. still undecided about domestic debt restructuring methods (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign debt restructuring likely to conclude soon - Finance State Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- One third of first tranche of IMF bailout vaporised (Category: Breaking News)
- Inland Revenue and Appropriation Acts to be amended in line with debt restructuring (Category: Breaking News)
By Hiran H. Senewiratne Participation in the share market was quite low yesterday on the part of both foreign and local investors following bondholder concerns over transparency issues with regard to the external debt restructuring agreement, market analysts said. Amid those developments both indices moved upwards slightly. The All- Share Price Index went up by […]
- Month-end profit-takings impose heavy selling pressure on bourse (Category: Breaking News)
- Some across-the-board sales at CSE following dampening of investor sentiment (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka IOC and banking sector stocks propel bourse to positive trajectory (Category: Breaking News)
- Prospects brighten for banking sector counters; indices move up (Category: Breaking News)
64th Mercantile Table Tennis Championship In a dazzling display of talent and fierce competition, the 64th Inter-Firm Table Tennis League Championship 2023, organized by the Mercantile Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka, unfolded at the Kandy Municipal Council Indoor Stadium on Sunday, December 3rd. The tournament featured a spectacular lineup of matches across various divisions, […]
- “No fixed timeline” to disburse 2nd tranche of $3 bln loan, IMF official says (Category: Breaking News)
- BBC Sandeshaya says 2nd Aston Martin in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka’s 2nd natural gas well discovered (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: The Brief 2nd February 2015 (Category: Video)
Three persons who were arrested in connection with a meticulous scam involving the pilfering of money from the banks accounts of cancer patients, have been remanded on orders of the Colombo Magistrate s Court.
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- 20th Amendment: Current Needs For Strategic Planning (Category: Breaking News)
- President Wickremesinghe warns of climate crisis and unveils ambitious plans (Category: Breaking News)
- Climate Change: A Red Flag For Environmental Security In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- President highlights Global North’s failure in Climate Change Financing at 10th World Water Forum (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita Dissident Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MP, Dayasiri Jayasekera, has expressed concern over a potential 50% drop in the revenue of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) due to the entry of foreign companies into the petroleum market. Jayasekera highlighted the adverse impact of the policies of successive governments on the CPC. “The […]
- It’s alright for new foreign fuel retailers to undercut CPC in pricing productsBy Rathindra Kuru... (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel Distributors Association threatens legal action against CPC (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt.’s strong-arm tactics bound to fail, say petroleum unions (Category: Breaking News)
- CPC leaves shed owners in limbo (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Under 19s will commence their Under 19 Asia Cup campaign against minnows Japan on Saturday, two days after the team land in Dubai. The Youth team left for Dubai yesterday. The team captained by Royal College batsman Sineth Jayawardena are the favourites alongside Bangladesh to advance to the knockout stage as they face associate […]
- Trinity’s Dinuka selected for Under 19 Asian Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- St. Sebastian’s and Sangamitta Balika clinch ‘Super A’ team titles (Category: Breaking News)
- Gateway beat St. Joseph’s to win basketball championship (Category: Breaking News)
- Musaeus, Royal win Under 17 girls’ and boys’ tennis titles (Category: Breaking News)
by Harim Peiris As we approach the end of 2023 and with about a year to go for the next presidential election due before end 2024, President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s frequent refrain and indeed the rationale for his administration is the revival of the national economy after it was spectacularly destroyed by his predecessor’s administration, ironically […]
- UNDP and LKI Propose a ‘Blue Economy’ Approach for Sri Lanka’s Economic Development (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF should oppose restrictions on Freedom of Expression, Civil Society Groups (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan funds UNDP-led anti-corruption initiative, pledges about one million USD (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Executive Board approves US$3 Billion under the Extended Fund Facility arrangement for Sri L... (Category: Breaking News)
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