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[…]The post Addressing The Gender Gap In Unpaid Care Work appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Requirement/Demands Of Women On International Women’s Day (Category: Breaking News)
- More Women In Politics For Better Politics (Category: Breaking News)
- More Women In Politics For Better Politics (Category: Breaking News)
- More Women In Politics For Better Politics (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post IMF Shows It Cares More Than Government appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Parliamentary Support Required For Effective Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- Regular Elections Are The Foundation Of Democratic Society (Category: Breaking News)
- Preparing The Ground For Early Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Legitimacy Deficit Haunts Government (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Indrajith President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament yesterday that the government was planning to place the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) and the Employees’ Trust Fund (ETF) under a new independent body. The President said part of the EPF and ETF monies
- President suggests investing EPF and ETF funds abroad (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP moves SC to prevent possible losses to EPF, ETF (Category: Breaking News)
- Domestic debt restructuring will cripple EPF, ETF – JVP (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP Leader nails govt. on ETF, EPF balances (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka At A Crossroads: The IMF’s 16-Point Prescription For Reform appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ex-CBSL Chief backs IMF conditions for resumption of bailout process (Category: Breaking News)
- Harsha hints at Chinese hurdle in debt relief talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-AG backs IMF bailout conditions (Category: Breaking News)
- Government says staff level agreement with IMF not a document (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended sixteen priority actions in its recently released Governance Diagnostic Assessment (GDA) on Sri Lanka to address systematic and severe governance weaknesses and deep-rooted corruption vulnerabilities across State functions in order to unlock the country’s growth potential.The post IMF unveils 16-point plan to address governance challenges in Sr...
- Anti-Corruption & Governance reforms are critical – IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Everyone must come together to support Sri Lanka’s recovery and inclusive growth – IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s economy to contract further before gradual recovery in 2024 – ADB (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to receive first tranche of IMF funds in two days (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post SL Debt Justice Collective Writes Open Letter To IMF On DDO appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Letter To Tiran (Category: Breaking News)
- An Open Letter To Mr. President Ranil Wickremesinghe (Category: Breaking News)
- Open Letter To The President: Mr. President, It’s Not Too Late! (Category: Breaking News)
- An Open Letter & Appeal To The IMF (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Apologetic Custodian Of The EPF Is Also A Victim appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Misunderstood Taxation Of EPF & Other Superannuation Funds (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Steve Hanke’s Crusade For Currency Boards (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank informs EPF members: “decided to opt for” DDO (Category: Breaking News)
- New Central Bank Bill: Gaps Need To Be Filled (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Politics Of Easter Investigation In A Wriggling Economy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Economy, Easter Phoenix & Politics (Category: Breaking News)
- Diaspora Tamils & 13A (Category: Breaking News)
- Economics Of Recovery & Politics Of Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Political Dilemma (Category: Breaking News)
Manusha Nanayakkara, the Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment, confirmed that the existing 9% employee benefit related to the Employee Provident Fund will remain unchanged.The post No harm to the Employee Provident Fund – Manusha appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Assured 9% benefit for EPF to continue for next four years– Minister Manusha Nanayakkara (Category: Breaking News)
- 30% of EPF for medical & housing (Category: Breaking News)
- EPF will not be negatively affected, Manusha assures (Category: Breaking News)
- No harm to the Employee Provident Fund (Category: Breaking News)
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
- EPF to participate in Treasury Bond exchange under DDO (Category: Breaking News)
- Governance issues, etc., will have to be sorted out to avert further debt restructuring: Verité ... (Category: Breaking News)
- COPF discusses effect of domestic debt restructuring on EPF (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Presidential control over DDO undermines power of Parliament’ (Category: Breaking News)
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.).
[…]The post System Change Happening In Wrong Direction appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Overstressing The Proposed Truth & Reconciliation Commission (Category: Breaking News)
- From Demand For Systems Change To Systems Break (Category: Breaking News)
- Time For Truth Come Out (Category: Breaking News)
- The Missing Ingredients To Come Out Of The Economic Rut (Category: Breaking News)
‘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 […]
- GL flays govt. for bringing in laws to consolidate power, protect crooks (Category: Breaking News)
- Opp. alleges Speaker disrupts CoPF ahead of vote on CBSL Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF not paying sufficient attention to corruption: GL (Category: Breaking News)
- GL: Govt. not concerned about corruption despite Geneva warning (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Economy, Easter Phoenix & Politics appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Politics Of Easter Investigation In A Wriggling Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Regime Failure, Grassroot Anger & Ineffective Opposition (Category: Breaking News)
- Regime Failure, Grassroot Anger & Ineffective Opposition (Category: Breaking News)
- Regime Failure, Grassroot Anger & Ineffective Opposition (Category: Breaking News)
The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe has revealed that in the event the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) participates in the Domestic Debt Optimisation (DDO) process, the opportunity loss to the EPF bond portfolio will amount to 4%.
[…]The post Unthinkable, Unspeakable Can Happen appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Story Of Shadows (Category: Breaking News)
- “Really Real Manner Of Managing Sri Lanka” – ‘To Paris and Back’ 1977-1990 (JRJ Years) (Category: Breaking News)
- A Churlish Churchill, A Godawful Grusha (Category: Breaking News)
- Gorbachev And Gotabaya (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? – Part V appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? – Part VI (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? – Part III (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? – Part IV (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post ණය ප්රතිව්යුහගතකරණය, ආර්ථික කප්පාදුව හා ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදල: සර්වරෝගනාශකයක්ද නැත්නම් තත්වය උග්ර කරවන්නක්ද? – කොටස V appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- ණය ප්රතිව්යුහගතකරණය, ආර්ථික කප්පාදුව හා ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදල: සර්වරෝගනාශකයක්ද නැත්නම් තත්වය උග... (Category: Breaking News)
- ණය ප්රතිව්යුහගතකරණය, ආර්ථික කප්පාදුව හා ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදල: සර්වරෝගනාශකයක්ද නැත්නම් තත්වය උග... (Category: Breaking News)
- ණය ප්රතිව්යුහගතකරණය, ආර්ථික කප්පාදුව හා ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදල: සර්වරෝගනාශකයක්ද නැත්නම් තත්වය උග... (Category: Breaking News)
- ශ්රී ලංකාව – ජාතිය ගොඩනැගීම, බලය පැවරීම සහ 13 වැනි සංශෝධනය – කොටස II (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Republic That Fears The Independence Of The Judiciary Even More Than Terrorism appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill Amounts To A Parallel Constitution & A Criminal Procedure Code (Category: Breaking News)
- A Submission on the Making of a New Constitution (Category: Breaking News)
- A Submission on the Making of a New Constitution (Category: Breaking News)
- Declining Trust In A Legal System; Where The “Fence Is Eating The Crops”! (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe underscored the imperative to fortify the nation’s economy, ensuring that forthcoming generations are spared from enduring the unfortunate period that both the country and its people have weathered in the past two years.The post Sri Lanka risks returning to bankruptcy within a decade unless steps taken promptly – President appeared first on ONLANKA -...
- Future generations must not be burdened with the challenging period that the nation has experien... (Category: Breaking News)
- BoI and Export Board of Sri Lanka fall short of targets (Category: Breaking News)
- President s New Year message (Category: Breaking News)
- In order for a country to develop economically, it must be open to the world – President Ranil W... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Debterioration Of Nations Social Security & Protection appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Covid-19 Vaccination: Who Gets, When And How? (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19 Vaccination: Who Gets, When And How? (Category: Breaking News)
- Failing Banks, French Turmoil & Sri Lanka’s Contraction & Confusion (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis: Social Security In A Stake (Category: Breaking News)
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena told Parliament on Friday thaty he would not revoke his ruling given on Wednesday with regard to the Parliament’s supremacy over the Supreme Court. He said that he had consulted legal experts in preparing his ruling that the Supreme Court is not empowered to issue orders or judgments of any nature against […]
- Opposition asks Speaker to withdraw his ruling on motions passed by Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Speaker says courts have no jurisdiction as regards DDR resolution passed by Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- BASL holds back response pending talks with seniors (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition threatens to move no-faith motion against Speaker over OSB (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Indrajith Opposition political parties yesterday (11) demanded that Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena withdraw his ruling that courts are not empowered to issue orders or judgements of any nature related to a motion already passed by the Parliament. On 09 August, the Speaker gave the ruling after Tourism and Lands Minister Harin Fernando raised a privilege issue on petitions filed against ...
- Speaker stands firm on ruling, Opposition says he’s undermining constitution (Category: Breaking News)
- Speaker says courts have no jurisdiction as regards DDR resolution passed by Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition accuses govt. of using Speaker’s ruling to bar judicial review of IMF dictates (Category: Breaking News)
- BASL holds back response pending talks with seniors (Category: Breaking News)
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to amend Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) Act to ensure a minimum of 9 percent annual interest rate to members during the next four-year period (2023 to 2026) following Domestic Debt Optimisation.The post Sri Lanka to amend EPF Act to ensure 9% annual
- Central Bank informs EPF members: “decided to opt for” DDO (Category: Breaking News)
- No harm to the Employee Provident Fund – Manusha (Category: Breaking News)
- Domestic debt restructuring: Harsha insists money belonging to EPF members must be safeguarded (Category: Breaking News)
- The Apologetic Custodian Of The EPF Is Also A Victim (Category: Breaking News)
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 […]
- University teachers to stage protest opposite UGC today (Category: Breaking News)
- FUTA warns of severe brain drain within universities (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith: Brain drain has deprived universities of more than 50 percent of their dons (Category: Breaking News)
- Little chance of Lanka becoming knowledge hub: FUTA (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Speeding Up Recovery Requires Consistency appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Preparing The Ground For Early Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- President Needs Trust To Succeed In Problem Solving (Category: Breaking News)
- Preparing Or Posturing For Elections? (Category: Breaking News)
- Parliamentary Support Required For Effective Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka’s main opposition party the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) will present an amendment to the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) Act to ensure an equitable treatment in restructuring domestic debt, an SJB legislator said. MP Harsha de Silva told reporters on Wednesday July 12
- Govt. planning to place EPF, ETF under independent body (Category: Breaking News)
- Protests against 13A used to arouse communal feelings – SJB (Category: Breaking News)
- Harsha points out “glaring injustices” in taxing EPF (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith: EPF will lose Rs 12 trillion due to domestic debt restructuring (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The International Priority To Be Heeded appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Resisting Elections Will Worsen Dissent (Category: Breaking News)
- Consolidating Economic Recovery Needs No Referendum (Category: Breaking News)
- Supreme Court Shows Democratic Route To Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Second Aragalaya In The Making (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Domestic Debt Restructuring: An Episode In Capital’s Attack On Working People appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Involuntary & Inequitable DDO (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank informs EPF members: “decided to opt for” DDO (Category: Breaking News)
- Governance issues, etc., will have to be sorted out to avert further debt restructuring: Verité ... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Misunderstood Taxation Of EPF & Other Superannuation Funds (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Misunderstood Taxation Of EPF & Other Superannuation Funds appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Apologetic Custodian Of The EPF Is Also A Victim (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy 2024: More Challenging Than The Two Previous Years (Category: Breaking News)
- EPF asked to pay 30% tax unless it participates in domestic debt restructuring process (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank informs EPF members: “decided to opt for” DDO (Category: Breaking News)
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