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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...
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SJB Colombo District MP Dr. Harsha de Silva decried in Parliament last week what he considers a glaring injustice within the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) taxation intention. Participating in the debate on new Inland Revenue Bill, he argued that imposing taxes solely on EPF
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BASL urged to take a stand By Shamindra Ferdinando The Jathika Jana Balawegaya (JJB) has accused President Ranil Wickremesinghe of seeking to influence the judicial process in respect of a petition against domestic debt restructuring at the expense of the Employees’ Provident Fund (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 […]
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Parliament disregarded COPE recommendation for PSC By Shamindra Ferdinando Eksath Janaraja Peramuna (EJP) leader and SJB MP Patali Champika Ranawaka, MP, has called for the setting up of a special commission to investigate those who bankrupted the economy. Ranawaka said that those who had served as Finance Ministers, Governors of the Central Bank and members of 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 […]
By N Sathiya Moorthy In his Hajj message last week, President Ranil Wickremesinghe called upon all Sri Lankans to remain ‘united in a common cause to achieve our domestic, regional and global goals’. Yet, a day later, his leadership was seen as having split the political Opposition over the domestic debt restructuring issue in Parliament, indicating […]
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) […]
By Saman Indrajith Most opposition political parties yesterday vowed to defeat the government’s proposed debt restructuring plan when Parliament convenes today at 9.30 a.m.Secretary General of the Parliament, Kushani Rohanadeera said she informed all Members about the meeting, according to the instructions of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. The Speaker has also issued a Gazette Extraordinary [&#...
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
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By Shamindra Ferdinando The Opposition yesterday (08) lambasted Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena for what it called a move to disrupt the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) ahead of the vote on a Bill titled ‘Central Bank of Sri Lanka.’ Top spokespersons for the Nidahas Janatha Sabhawa (NJS) Prof. G.L. Peiris, MP, and the main Opposition Samagi […]
Tuesday 2nd May, 2023 Another May Day has come and gone. The organisers of the International Workers’ Day celebrations, in this country, rarely mention the Haymarket Riot in Chicago (1886), and benefits that accrued therefrom to workers the world over, much less commemorate the brave workers who have laid down their lives in the US […]