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Economic think tank andndash; Pathfinder Foundation in its latestandnbsp; Economic Flash has pointed out that independence of Employment Provident Fund (EPF) should be ensured when andnbsp;investing in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) adding that necessary safeguards should be in place to protect
Jun 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) says that the private sector pension fund, the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) has lost over Rs. 12 billion in its investments in the Colombo Stock Exchange.
The Employees Trust Fund has donated 75 million rupees as a scholarship grant for students who had excelled in the 2011 Grade Five scholarship examination. A sum of 15,000 rupees will be awarded every year for 5000 students who excel in the Grade Five Scholarship Examination. A cheque for 75 million rupees required to award ...
- ETF scholarships for 4,654 students (Category: Breaking News)
- Helena-area community briefs: Open enrollment assistance, scholarship portal opens, DAISY Award ... (Category: USA, Montana)
- Education Minister admits schoolchildren not getting adequate food (Category: Breaking News)
Jun 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka's private sector retirement instrument, the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) has welcomed the clarification made by Standard and Poor's (S&P) today that there was no information of any specific incidences occurring of a potential conflict of interest due to the Central
Hambantota is claimed to be an ‘emerging hub’ of various sorts – shipping, aviation, tourism, industrialisation, cultural and international sports of various kinds. An unfortunate feature appears to be that in recent years it is emerging to be an epicentre of domestic political crime. A harbinger to this regrettable development was on the eve of ...
- Hold funerals in a peaceful manner Magistrate orders (Category: Breaking News)
- Two killed in shooting at JVP rally (Category: Breaking News)
- Shooting at JVP meeting; two killed (Category: Breaking News)
- We demand Secretary to the Ministry of Defence be removed from post immediately - Mangala Samara... (Category: Breaking News)
Jun 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe has asked the government to disclose the present position of investments made by the country's private sector retirement funds, Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Employees Trust Fund (ETF).
Calls for Govt. to table details of investments in listed securities from January 2010 to April 2012 Says the two funds and Central Bank come under Finance Ministry and accountable to Parliament In a strong move, Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday urged the Government to table in Parliament full details of all investments in listed ...
- JVP Leader nails govt. on ETF, EPF balances (Category: Breaking News)
- UNP wants EPF & ETF fund investment details revealed (Category: Breaking News)
- EPF and ETF tangled up! (Category: Business)
- Govt. planning to place EPF, ETF under independent body (Category: Breaking News)
Cabinet could be held responsible for the controversial investments made out of the EPF and ETF funds at the Colombo Stock market (CSE) opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe said.
Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today demanded that the Government inform the House of the present position of the investments made by utilizing the funds belonging to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Employees Trust Fund (ETF). Making special statement in Parliament, the Opposition
- EPF and ETF tangled up! (Category: Business)
- Controversial Investments Out Of EPF And ETF (Category: Breaking News)
- Seminar on EPF/ETF and employee benefits (Category: Business)
- PB: Will Amend EPF And ETF Acts (Category: Breaking News)
Jun 21, Colombo: Responding to a statement made by the rating agency Standard & Poor on the country's private sector retirement fund, Employees' Provident Fund (EPF), the Central Bank Wednesday said that there is no conflict of interest as a result of the EPF investing in shares of banks.
Positive macro news and rumoured overhauling of SEC among other State entities trigger buying spree; some analysts insist rebound is due to attractive pricingThe Colombo Bourse on Friday shot up by over 100 points before losing some momentum, with the earlier development being linked by some analysts to positive macro news and a rumoured overhauling ...
- Politicos , Brokers ; Bourse’s Tailwind (Category: Breaking News)
- Festive cheer prevails in Colombo Bourse (Category: Business)
- Return of retailers revs up Bourse (Category: Business)
- Stock market struggles on 2012 debut (Category: Business)
, Employees Provident Fund (EPF).
- Facebook Privacy Becoming Harder To Protect (Category: USA, Georgia)
- Bus strike called off (Category: Breaking News)
- Complaints to Sri Lanka Elections Commissioner of misusing private buses for elections (Category: Breaking News)
- No increase in bus fares Minister (Category: Breaking News)
Jun 12, Colombo: A parliamentary committee appointed by the leader of Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party to inquire into the widespread allegations of irregularities in managing the private sector retirement fund, Employees' Provident Fund (EPF), is to hand over its report next week
“The demoralising, destructive character of the patriotic degeneracy….” Sebastian Haffner (Germany: Jekyll and Hyde) By Tisaranee Gunasekara It was the Oxford Debacle all over again. The events were drearily predicable. Sri Lanka, like every Commonwealth nation, received an invitation for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II. President Rajapaksa, unlike most Commonwealth leaders,...
- Protest stage in London against the arrival of President Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- President leaves for UK (Category: Breaking News)
- Commonwealth parliamentary session to be held in SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa to be guest of honour at CWG closing (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s Employees’ Provident Fund which is the largest private pension fund in the country once again reiterated that it has diligently followed all internal guidelines in relation to the assessment, analysis and investment in the Stock market. It also says the investments it had made in the stock market had the approval of the Investment ...
- UNP vows to prove the truth (Category: Business)
- Should the EPF gamble with public money by investing on junk Stocks (Category: Breaking News)
- EPF and ETF tangled up! (Category: Business)
- EPF reiterates it has followed Investment Policy Guidelines (Category: Business)
The Central Bank on Saturday issued a statement to set the record right in respect of the news item that appeared in some newspapers on 28 and 29 May 2012 under the caption ‘An amount of Rs. 3,450 million recovered by the Commissioner of Labour through legal action has not been credited to member accounts’. ...
- Lokuge’s take on controversial EPF Amendment Bill (Category: Business)
- EPF 2010 Annual Report makes it to P’ment (Category: Business)
- Ranil raises red flag over EPF, ETF in Parliament (Category: Business)
- More and better jobs: Policy prescription for South Asia (Category: Business)
Jun 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) has appointed a committee to study and make proposals on the private sector retirement fund, Employees' Provident Fund (EPF), monies that have been lost due to bad investments in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE).
The Central Bank has said that the Employees Provident Fund is safe and it is not exposed to any danger. Superintendent of EPF of the Central Bank Kalyani Gunatllake stressed that the propaganda, being spread by certain opposition groups is baseless. Certain political groups in the opposition
- EPF’s response to S&P’s Statement (Category: Business)
- Building of the Asian model begins on a disastrous note: 3 lakhs lose their jobs in one year!! ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Central Bank responds to S&P concerns on private sector retirement fund (Category: Breaking News)
- EPF interest rate increased (Category: Breaking News)
The JVP yesterday vowed to take legal action against the investments made by the Government in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) using the money of the Employeesandrsquo; Provident Fund (EPF).
May 29, Colombo: A private sector trade union in Sri Lanka is to lodge a complaint today with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption calling for an inquiry into the investing of Employees Provident Fund (EPF) monies in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE).
Stealthy move madelast year under wraps Reliable sources revealed to LAKBIMAnEWS that the Bank of Ceylon (BoC), the Peoples’ Bank (PB) and the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) have acted in cahoots to purchase shares worth Rs 344 million from crumbling entity, The Finance Company (TFC
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- Islamic Banking (Category: Business)
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the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF). Ceylon Grain Elevators PLC, Laugfs Gas PLC ...
- TFC buy against NSB Act: Legal experts (Category: Business)
- NSB Head gives quit notice (Category: Business)
- NSB-TFC deal: CID questions Kariyawasam (Category: Business)
- NSB conspicuous by its silence on allegations over TFC buy (Category: Business)
Central Bank of Sri Lanka yesterday vehemently denied allegations by United National Party (UNP) Parliamentarian and Economist Dr. Harsha de Silva that Employeesandrsquo; Provident Fund (EPF) was engaged in corrupt deals in the Colombo Bourse.andnbsp;
The Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) yesterday categorically rejected the statement allegedly made by an Opposition Member of Parliament as reported in several news papers on 15 May 2012, where the EPF has been accused of fraudulent transactions in the stock market. "Such statement, read
- Harsha rebuffs CB’s rosy EPF story (Category: Business)
- CB says EPF investments are long-term and of value (Category: Business)
- EPF defends its investment strategy (Category: Breaking News)
- UNP MP renews warning over fate of EPF’s questionable investments in stock market (Category: Business)
Central Bank of Sri Lanka today denied allegations by Dr. Harsha de Silva that Employeesandrsquo; Provident Fund (EPF) that it was engaged in corrupt deals in the Colombo Bourse.
May 21, Colombo: The Employees' Provident Fund Department of Sri Lanka's Central Bank today rejected the allegations of fraud involving the retirement fund ,Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) made by an opposition legislator in the parliament recently.
- Eastern Iowa McDonald's owner gives $25,000 for derecho recovery (Category: USA, Iowa)
- Empty Stocking Fund brings in more than double its goal (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Eastern Iowa McDonald's owner gives $25,000 for derecho recovery (Category: USA, Iowa)
- Eastern Iowa McDonald's owner gives $25,000 for derecho recovery (Category: USA, Iowa)
Sri Lanka’s largest retirement fund, the EPF today blamed an opposition MP for trying to tarnish its reputation and also trying to destabilize the economy through such a strategy. However the EPF did not name the Opposition MP. Issuing a statement, the EPF rejects the accusation
- Domestic debt restructuring: Harsha insists money belonging to EPF members must be safeguarded (Category: Breaking News)
- JSS demands salary hike (Category: Business)
- Govt. planning to place EPF, ETF under independent body (Category: Breaking News)
- EPF is well managed, not corrupt: CB Chief (Category: Business)
President Rajapaksa paid floral tributes to the statue of late politician and writer T.B. Ilangaratne this morning.The commemorative ceremony was held at Navam Mawatha in Colombo. It was organized by the People’s Bank. He was elected to Parliament from 1958 to 1977 representing the Kandy, Galaha, Hewaheta and Kolonnawa electorates and had held several Cabinet ...
National Transport Commission (NTC) has decided open Employee Provident Fund and Employees Trust Fund accounts for bus drivers and conductors working in the public transport sector from May, NTC chairman Roshan Gunawardena said. He said insurance coverage will also be provided for drivers and conductors.
A great deal may be done by severity, more by love, but most by clear discernment and impartial justice. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe-Justice as quoted by Eckerman This column dedicated to the notion of making Sri Lanka the Wonder of Asia turns its spotlight on that great trait of judicial activism as sometimes exhibited by ...
- SC calls for full report on Golden key depositors (Category: Breaking News)
- SC directs CB to expedite payment to Ceylinco depositors (Category: Breaking News)
- Golden key depositors opt to get their deposits from the previous Board (Category: Breaking News)
- Supreme Court calls for interim report on Golden Key settlement (Category: Business)
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