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[…]The post JR & Expert Advice: Failing To Implement Goh Keng Swee Report Of 1980 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- SC Judgment, Fiscal Philosophy, & Long-Term Decisions For A Brighter Future (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s tragedy and the lost wisdom of D S Senanayake on money printing (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Boards: Why Did Ceylon Give Up The Currency Board, While Singapore D... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President revises budget amid inflationary blow off (Category: Breaking News)
Currency depreciation inflates an economy and imposes a 'hair cut' on domestic debt by reducing purchasing power
- Sri Lanka 3-month Treasuries yield up 107bp, not all offered bills sold (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Commercial Bank profits up 73-oct in March 2022 quarter (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka rejects bids for 2025 bonds, some 2029 bonds sold (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Treasuries auction fails over re-structuring fears (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Some Suggestions To Assist In Sri Lanka Striving To Achieve A Primary Balance appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Did The NOCPCO Fail To Install A Trip Switch Before Releasing Prisoners? (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Post-Crisis Essential Reforms Being Effectively Progressed? If Not What Is The Way Forward? (Category: Breaking News)
- Mr. President, Dawn Of The New Year Is The Time For Reflection & To Redress Citizens Grievances ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Draft Anti-Corruption Law; Urgently Required Additional Law Reforms: An Open Letter To Minister ... (Category: Breaking News)
Photo courtesy of Longitude 80 The estate sector, a high foreign exchange earner for the country, is undergoing a severe crisis. On one hand, estate workers are underpaid and forced to live...
- Alternative Models to Improve Lives of Estate Workers (Category: Breaking News)
- Alternative Models to Improve Lives of Estate Workers (Category: Breaking News)
- Alternative Models to Improve Lives of Estate Workers (Category: Breaking News)
- “Tea Is The Most Affordable Luxury,” Says The Sri Lanka Tea Board. How So? On Whose Toil? (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Banks, Fitch Ratings, NPLs & Impairments! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Banks, Fitch Ratings, NPLs & Impairments! (Category: Breaking News)
- Ministry Of Finance, Economic Stabilization & National Policies (Category: Breaking News)
- An Open Letter To Securities Exchange Commission On MTD Walkers Issue (Category: Breaking News)
- An Open Letter To Securities Exchange Commission On MTD Walkers Issue (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Extension Of Retirement Age Is Desirable But Wider Social Security Issues Must Be Addressed appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Extension Of Retirement Age Is Desirable But Wider Social Security Issues Must Be Addressed (Category: Breaking News)
- Extension Of Retirement Age Is Desirable But Wider Social Security Issues Must Be Addressed (Category: Breaking News)
- Extension Of Retirement Age Is Desirable But Wider Social Security Issues Must Be Addressed (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To How Ranilnomics Should Be Designed & Implemented (Category: Breaking News)
Photo courtesy of Longitude 80 The estate sector, a high foreign exchange earner for the country, is undergoing a severe crisis. On one hand, estate workers are underpaid and forced to live...
- Alternative Models to Improve Lives of Estate Workers (Category: Breaking News)
- Alternative Models to Improve Lives of Estate Workers (Category: Breaking News)
- Alternative Models to Improve Lives of Estate Workers (Category: Breaking News)
- “Tea Is The Most Affordable Luxury,” Says The Sri Lanka Tea Board. How So? On Whose Toil? (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Banks, Fitch Ratings, NPLs & Impairments! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Banks, Fitch Ratings, NPLs & Impairments! (Category: Breaking News)
- Ministry Of Finance, Economic Stabilization & National Policies (Category: Breaking News)
- An Open Letter To Securities Exchange Commission On MTD Walkers Issue (Category: Breaking News)
- An Open Letter To Securities Exchange Commission On MTD Walkers Issue (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Extension Of Retirement Age Is Desirable But Wider Social Security Issues Must Be Addressed appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Extension Of Retirement Age Is Desirable But Wider Social Security Issues Must Be Addressed (Category: Breaking News)
- Extension Of Retirement Age Is Desirable But Wider Social Security Issues Must Be Addressed (Category: Breaking News)
- Extension Of Retirement Age Is Desirable But Wider Social Security Issues Must Be Addressed (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To How Ranilnomics Should Be Designed & Implemented (Category: Breaking News)
Photo courtesy of Longitude 80 The estate sector, a high foreign exchange earner for the country, is undergoing a severe crisis. On one hand, estate workers are underpaid and forced to live...
- Alternative Models to Improve Lives of Estate Workers (Category: Breaking News)
- Alternative Models to Improve Lives of Estate Workers (Category: Breaking News)
- Alternative Models to Improve Lives of Estate Workers (Category: Breaking News)
- “Tea Is The Most Affordable Luxury,” Says The Sri Lanka Tea Board. How So? On Whose Toil? (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Extension Of Retirement Age Is Desirable But Wider Social Security Issues Must Be Addressed appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Extension Of Retirement Age Is Desirable But Wider Social Security Issues Must Be Addressed (Category: Breaking News)
- Extension Of Retirement Age Is Desirable But Wider Social Security Issues Must Be Addressed (Category: Breaking News)
- Extension Of Retirement Age Is Desirable But Wider Social Security Issues Must Be Addressed (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To How Ranilnomics Should Be Designed & Implemented (Category: Breaking News)
Photo courtesy of Longitude 80 The estate sector, a high foreign exchange earner for the country, is undergoing a severe crisis. On one hand, estate workers are underpaid and forced to live...
- Alternative Models to Improve Lives of Estate Workers (Category: Breaking News)
- Alternative Models to Improve Lives of Estate Workers (Category: Breaking News)
- Alternative Models to Improve Lives of Estate Workers (Category: Breaking News)
- “Tea Is The Most Affordable Luxury,” Says The Sri Lanka Tea Board. How So? On Whose Toil? (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Extension Of Retirement Age Is Desirable But Wider Social Security Issues Must Be Addressed appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Extension Of Retirement Age Is Desirable But Wider Social Security Issues Must Be Addressed (Category: Breaking News)
- Extension Of Retirement Age Is Desirable But Wider Social Security Issues Must Be Addressed (Category: Breaking News)
- Extension Of Retirement Age Is Desirable But Wider Social Security Issues Must Be Addressed (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To How Ranilnomics Should Be Designed & Implemented (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post The Right Way To Do The Eastern Container Project appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa Hoodwinks World Body (Category: Breaking News)
- Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa Hoodwinks World Body (Category: Breaking News)
- Actually, The Foreign Ministry Certainly Seems Foreign Now (Category: Breaking News)
- Actually, The Foreign Ministry Certainly Seems Foreign Now (Category: Breaking News)
2014 T Bond Yield Goes Below One Year T Bill Rate In Secondary Market The rupee further strengthened at Friday’s (September 21) trading due to a mix of sluggish import demand and possible foreign investment in the Government Bond market, a source told this newspaper. As a result, the exchange rate (ER) strengthened by 25 ...
- Money Market’s Illiquid Status Deepens (Category: Breaking News)
- Money Market, ER Management, Full Marks To CBSL (Category: Breaking News)
- Stage Set For FDI Inflows (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL Rekindles War Memories (Category: Breaking News)
Sept 20, Colombo: Sujeewa Senasinghe, a parliamentarian of Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) today lodged a complaint with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption against the investment of Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) and Employees' Trust Fund
Last week’s weekly Treasury (T) Bill auction saw yields continuing with their upward ascent, with the weighted average yields (WAYs) for 182 and 364 day T Bills rising by seven and four basis points (bps) to 13.02% and 13.27% respectively. However the WAY for the 91 day T Bill stagnated at the 11.36% level, which ...
- Hike Stalled (Category: Breaking News)
- Yields Move Up (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Expects Rate Hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Rate Status (Category: Business)
Aug 15, Colombo: A private sector trade union in Sri Lanka is considering initiating legal action to call for an investigation into the investments made using monies from the private sector retirement fund, Employees' Provident Fund (EPF).
Aug 12, Colombo: The private sector trade union in Sri Lanka, the Inter Company Employees' Union (ICEU) says the government is once again attempting to introduce a private sector pension scheme to pilfer the monies in the private sector retirement fund, Employees' Provident Fund (EPF).
- Early Action (Category: Business)
- Investment Mandate (Category: Business)
- Uptrend (Category: Business)
- Credit Status (Category: Business)
Aug 10, Colombo: Attorney General of Sri Lanka has informed the Supreme Court yesterday that the opposition United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera has not deposited the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) monies for the journalists and other staff of the website office
Aug 05, Colombo: Several trade unions in Sri Lanka are to meet tomorrow to decide on the action to be taken against the alleged misuse of Employment Provident Fund (EPF) monies.
But Market’s Illiquid Status Of Such, Drawback In a depressed market, such as that which is facing the Colombo bourse today, the time however is ripe for investors to buy good stocks at bargain prices an economist said. Amal Sanderatne, Director, Frontier Research (Pvt.) Ltd., addressing a seminar on the economy with a focus on ...
- Mafia Manipulates Bourse (Category: Breaking News)
- Bourse’s Volatility Here To Stay (Category: Breaking News)
- Politicos , Brokers ; Bourse’s Tailwind (Category: Breaking News)
- Broker Credit Drives Up Market (Category: Breaking News)
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.
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).
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.
, 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)
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