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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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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).
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 ...
- UNP wants EPF & ETF fund investment details revealed (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil fires all cylinders (Category: Business)
- JVP Leader nails govt. on ETF, EPF balances (Category: Breaking News)
- EPF tangles unanswered (Category: Business)
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
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