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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 ...
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 ...
, Employees Provident Fund (EPF).
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,...
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 ...
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
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).
the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF). Ceylon Grain Elevators PLC, Laugfs Gas PLC ...
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
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.
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
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 ...
The bourse breathed a sigh of relief at Friday’s trading on the knowledge that sanctions, at least in the immediate future will not be imposed on the island despite Thursday’s Human Rights (HR) resolution against Sri Lanka at Geneva which resulted in it returning a higher Rs. 926.9 million turnover on Friday compared to low ...
Avurudhu Rupee Commitments Bear on Exporters The exchange rate (ER) held at the Rs. 130 levels to the US dollar ($) at Wednesday’s, Thursday’s and Friday’s trading as exporters began encashing their $ proceeds to meet their local commitments, a market source told this reporter. “In the event they persisted in holding on to their ...
The Employees Provident Fund gets a profit of 800 million rupees. The Employees Provident Fund which possessed 71 million shares of conglomerate John Keells Holdings had been sold at 194 rupees per share, bringing a capital gain to the Fund. These shares have been purchased by Malaysia’s Khazana Nasional Berhard, a sovereign wealth Fund. ...
Jan 26, Colombo: A legislator of Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) has accused the government of using the monies from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), country's major retirement fund for the employees in the corporate and private sector, to carry out development
Jan 18, Colombo: The Sri Lankan parliament today passed an amendment bill that would affect the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), country's major retirement fund for the employees in the corporate and private sector.
THE proposed amendments to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) have created a much-needed discussion forum on pension funds and their benefits, while also bringing several crucial points into the limelight. Experts have pointed out that if the Government is genuinely keen on maximising returns
Srilankamirror - The Sri Lanka Transport Services Union says the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) has failed to make payments amounting to Rs. 14,000 million due as EPF payments of its employees. The payments have not been made for the period between June 2010 till May 2011, Secretary
‘A ruler with a depleted treasury eats into the very vitality of the citizens and the country. A ruler, who impoverishes his own people or angers them by unjust exactions will also lose their loyalty Impoverishment, greed and dissatisfaction are engendered among the subjects, when the ruler among other things (i) fails to give what ought ...
Jan 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) and Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) have expressed concerns over the proposed amendments to the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) Act.
Srilankamirror - UNP MP Dr. Harsha de Silva says the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) would be summoned before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in parliament to explain its accounts. He told Sri Lanka Mirror that the EPF has failed to submit the audited reports for 2010
Last week there were more stories making the rounds on contemplated decisions made outside the cabinet meeting than decisions made inside. Of course, the usual briefing on cabinet decisions were spelled out, Thursday afternoon. For a regime that still wants to boast it has popular support, comparing itself to an opposition fractured and quarrelling red and green, it is ...
Jan 09, Colombo: Sri Lankas main opposition United National Party (UNP) has called on the government to submit the audit reports of the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) to parliament.