In response to a severe debt crisis, the Sri Lankan government is taking prompt action to address the situation. One of the key measures being taken is the expediting of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with China. Alongside this, Sri Lanka has expressed a strong interest in joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which […]

Some key announcements regarding stronger economic and commercial ties were expected to be made during President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s two-day visit to New Delhi, authoritative sources said. President Wickremesinghe left for New Delhi yesterday (20).India’s economic strengths and technological advancements coupled with Sri Lanka’s recovery process lay a strong foundation for forging stronger econ...

Sri Lanka stands a strong chance of passing the first review of its $3 billion bailout given falling interest rates and a build-up of foreign reserves, according to the nation s representative on the International Monetary Fund executive board.

to the country’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “You have played the role of ...

At a press conference before a meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers in India, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she hoped debt treatments for Sri Lanka and Ghana could be finalised quickly so the International Monetary Fund (IMF) could move forward with initial loan

By Sanath Nanayakkare The government has decided to allow the importation of all goods except for motor vehicles from the first week of September, and it is going to consider how it would gradually ease the ban on vehicle imports according to a ‘strategic plan’. It is said that as a start, the government’s focus […]

Debt restructuring is making progress in countries outside of the G20 common framework, such as Sri Lanka, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says.

The International Monetary Fund s (IMF) board has given its approval for a $3bn (£2.3bn) bailout for Pakistan.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it has not discussed any plans for a digital services tax with the Sri Lankan authorities in the current program.

There were about 105,000 registered limited liability companies in the country, but 82 percent of the tax revenue came from only 382 such firms, Chair of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Economic and Physical Plans Mahindananda Aluthgamage said. Referring to personnel income tax files, Aluthgamage said that though there were 500,000 personal income tax […]

Udeni Kaluthantri, a 54-year-old port worker, became an overnight sensation last year for reasons that had nothing to do with his job. Days after protesters stormed the presidential palace in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, a video surfaced of Mr Kaluthantri lounging on a bed draped with the presidential flag. Pictures of young men jumping […]

By NESHELLA PERERA ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lankan citizens aged more than 18 years will have to open tax files because they chose the country’s leaders by voting, which influence country’s policies, State Minister of Higher Education Minister Suren Raghavan said. After the sovereign debt crisis hit island nation signed a $3 billion deal with the International Monetary […]

By SHIHAR ANEEZ ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka will discuss its bilateral debt restructuring process separately with China, but Beijing will be treated equally as the other bilateral lenders, the island nation’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said. Sri Lanka has already started negotiations with its bilateral lenders through Paris Club members and non-Paris Club members. China, however, has […]

By Amal JAYASINGHE The snaking queues for food and fuel that crisscrossed Sri Lanka last year have given way to a different kind of line — people scrambling for travel documents to flee their bankrupt island. “What we see as normalcy is a mirage,” customer care executive Gayan Jayewardena, 43, told AFP while queueing at […]

India plans to allow Sri Lanka up to 12 years to repay its debt to help ease the financial burden on the country, India’s Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) Ltd’s Chairman-cum-Managing Director M. Senthilnathan said. Sri Lanka, facing its worst economic and political crisis in over seven decades, owes $7.1 billion to bilateral creditors— $3 […]

The Sri Lanka Parliament’s Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) has discussed the lack of consent of beneficiaries of the Employment Provident Fund on a planned domestic debt restructuring plan, its chair Harsha de Silva has said. “…#COPF meeting discussed the #DDO plan but concerns were raised about burden falling on superannuation funds esp #EPF without […]