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දේශීය ණය කපා හැරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් කිසිදු විනිවිද භාවයකින් තොරව ක්රියාකරණ ආණ්ඩුව සහ ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව භාණ්ඩාගාර බැඳුම්කර කෙරෙහි මූලික […]The post ණය කැපීමේ දැඩි කම්පනය – බැංකු පද්ධතියට 44% පනියි – EPF එකට 42% පනියි appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News
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Declaring that the government had been compelled to go ahead with the debt restructuring programme, President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (27) assured that it wouldn’t have a detrimental impact on both state and private banking sectors. The assurance was given at the opening of a new building at the Gampaha District Secretariat premises. President Wickremesinghe said […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe assured that the restructuring of domestic debt will have no impact on the membership balance of any public funds, including the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF). He emphasized that the rate of return for superannuation funds will not be affected
- No final decision on domestic debt restructuring : Bandula debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign debt restructuring not feasible without domestic debt restructuring  Fin. Sec. (Category: Breaking News)
- Inland Revenue and Appropriation Acts to be amended in line with debt restructuring (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. still undecided about domestic debt restructuring methods (Category: Breaking News)
an order preventing the government from cancelling the loans obtained from the EPF and […]
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Expressing strong opposition to the proposed domestic debt restructuring programme announced by the government, Prof. G. L. Peiris, MP, yesterday (26) accused the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa administration of being insensitive and irresponsible in addressing the issue. Instead of working on a social security net to protect the needy, the government was taking a dangerous path that would […]
- No final decision on domestic debt restructuring : Bandula debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Inland Revenue and Appropriation Acts to be amended in line with debt restructuring (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP moves SC to prevent possible losses to EPF, ETF (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. still undecided about domestic debt restructuring methods (Category: Breaking News)
A Fundamental Rights (FR) petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking an order preventing the government from waiving off the loans obtained from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Employees Trust Fund (ETF), during the domestic debt restructuring process.
දින දෙකක් පුරා ආණ්දෝලනයකට ලක්වෙමින් තිබූ දීරග බැංකු නිවාඩු ලබාදීම පිටුපස තිබෙන රහස දේශීය ණය ප්රත්ව්යූහගත කිරීමට අදාල සැලසුම් අනුමත […]The post ආණ්ඩුව ගොළුවෙයි – EPF රුපියල් ට්රිලියන 3.4කට හා බැංකුවල ට්රිලියන 3.5කට කරන්න යන්නේ මොනවාද? appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල
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By Saman Indrajith State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya told Parliament on Tuesday that compelling creditors to take a haircut was not the only way to restructure domestic debt. Measures such as debt moratoria, reductions in interests and delayed payments could also be adopted to restructure domestic debt, Siyambalapitiya said. “We have not decided to […]
- State Minister dismisses speculations on restructuring domestic debt (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP moves SC to prevent possible losses to EPF, ETF (Category: Breaking News)
- Siyambalapitiya alleges move to trigger run on banks (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition vows to fight domestic debt restructuring plans of govt (Category: Breaking News)
The Sectoral Oversight Committee on Foreign Employment and Labour has recently directed the Central Bank to submit a report detailing the institutions in which funds belonging to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) have been invested. In addition, the committee has decided to summon experts
- SOC reveals defaulted EPF payments by plantation companies (Category: Breaking News)
- COPF discusses effect of domestic debt restructuring on EPF (Category: Breaking News)
- EPF to be summoned before PAC (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. planning to place EPF, ETF under independent body (Category: Breaking News)
Opposition MP Dr. Harsha de Silva has highlighted the critical considerations surrounding Domestic Debt Optimisation and its impact on the members of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF). Speaking on behalf of the Opposition, recently, de Silva emphasised the need to prioritize the interests of EPF
- Governance issues, etc., will have to be sorted out to avert further debt restructuring: Verité ... (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP Leader nails govt. on ETF, EPF balances (Category: Breaking News)
- COPF discusses effect of domestic debt restructuring on EPF (Category: Breaking News)
- Private sector pension in the pipeline, says UNP (Category: Business)
සේවක සුබසාදනය වෙනුවෙන් සේවක අර්ථසාධක සහ සේවක භාරකාර මුදල් ගෙවීම සිදුකරන්නේ ආයතන අසූදහසකට අඩු ප්රමාණයක් බව අමාත්ය මනූෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා පවසනවා. රටේ ඕනෑම ආයතනයක එක් පුද්ගලයෙකු වෙනුවෙන් හෝ එම මුදල්The post EPF , ETF ගෙවන ආයතන 80,000කට අඩුයි appeared first on ITN News.
- සේවක අර්ථසාධක අරමුදල ගැන බය වෙන්න එපා – ජාතික සේවක සංගමය (Category: Sinhala)
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- ඊශ්රායලයේ සාත්තු සේවක රැකියා සඳහා ශ්රීලාංකික ශ්රමිකයන්ට අවස්ථාව (Category: Sinhala)
- සේවක අර්ථසාධක අරමුදල් පනත සංශෝධනය කිරීමට අනුමැතිය (Category: Sinhala)
ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදලේ (IMF) නියෝග මත දේශීය ණය කපා හැරීමේ ක්රියාවලිය තුළ විශේෂයෙන්ම සේවක අර්ථ සාධක අරමුදලට (EPF) එල්ල වී […]The post දේශීය ණය කපා හැරීම – EPF එකට තිබෙන සැඟවූ අනතුර මහ බැංකුවෙන් එලියට appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
කොළඹ මහේස්ත්රාත් අධිකරණ අංක 05හි තිබූ සේවක අර්ථසාධක අරමුදලේ හා සේවක භාරකාර අරමුදලේ ලිපිගොනු කිහිපයක් පසුගිය සඳුදා කිනයේ සිට අතුරුදන්ව […]The post කොළඹ මහේස්ත්රාත් උසාවියෙන් EPF, ETF නඩු ෆයිල් අතුරුදන් appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
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 […]
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By Rathindra Kuruwita President Ranil Wickremesinghe was under the impression that he could scare Sri Lankan institutions into submission and force an economic recovery with his presidential powers, Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary, MP Dayasiri Jayasekera said yesterday in Colombo. Jayasekera said that the government was trying to restructure domestic debt, as per […]
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The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is likely to be broken into 14 privately owned enterprises. Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Janaka Ratnayake said that with the proposed amendments to the Electricity Act the CEB will be broken into 14 privately owned enterprises. He claimed that the Norachcholai coal power plant […]
- No move to enforce 10-12 hour power cuts (Category: Breaking News)
- PUCSL begins public consultations on tariff revision (Category: Breaking News)
- PUCSL against attempting to sabotage power supply (Category: Breaking News)
- PUCSL continues war against electricity tariff hike (Category: Breaking News)
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 […]
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- It is crucial that we put the country first and not fall prey to narrow political interests at t... (Category: Breaking News)
The Resolution for the implementation of the arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of the IMF for Sri Lanka was passed in Parliament by a majority of 95 Votes with 120 voting in favour and 25 voting against. Except for AHM Fowzie all other SJB members were not present in the chamber at the […]
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දේශීය ණය ප්රතිව්යූහ ගත කරන ලෙස ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදල ලබා දී තිබෙන දැඩි නියෝගය හමුවේ මුල් වටයේදී සේවක අර්ථ සාධක […]The post IMF කොන්දේසි මත EPF සල්ලි කෝටි 70,000ක් බිලි දෙයිද? appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
The Resolution for the implementation of the arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of the IMF for Sri Lanka was passed in Parliament by a majority of 95 votes with 120 voting in favour and 25 voting against it. The Parliamentary debate on the agreement reached with the IMF started after President Ranil Wickremesinghe made […]
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Steps are being taken to prepare the new integrated labour law to avoid the complexities of the existing employment statutes, Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment, Manusha Nanayakkara, recently told the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Labour and Foreign Employment affairs. The Minister said they will start taking opinions and suggestions of all relevant parties from […]
- Flexible work arrangements to be introduced in Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
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Powering the 89th annual Battle of the Saints, Sri Lanka’s leading private sector bank HNB PLC, reaffirmed its commitment as the official banking partner for the highly anticipated cricket encounter at the Sinhalese Sports Club on April 28, 29 and 30. The match will see the two leading Catholic schools, St. Josephs College and St. […]
- HNB honoured as the Best Retail Bank in Sri Lanka for the 13th year (Category: Breaking News)
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The Government is to consider restructuring Sri Lanka’s domestic debt, but a final decision is yet to be taken, President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today. He said that all aspects will be looked into when restructuring Sri Lanka’s domestic debt. “Some banks are saying they will not be able to face this. Then they must […]
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- President urges China to change tune on debt (Category: Breaking News)
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By N Sathiya Moorthy Now that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has promised to table the IMF bail-out documents in Parliament on 25 April, there will be some relief for citizens wanting out of the meaningless politico-electoral speculation of the time. It could well be back to a more serious discourse on the economy, economic recovery – […]
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By Shamindra Ferdinando The International Monetary Fund (IMF) owed an explanation as regards the recent government declaration that domestic debt restructuring was part of the programme implemented in terms of Sri Lanka’s agreement with the lending agency, top Opposition spokesperson Prof. G.L. Pieris, MP said yesterday (10). Having repeatedly assured that domestic debt wouldn’t be […]
- Opposition slams govt. over domestic debt restructuring (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. still undecided about domestic debt restructuring methods (Category: Breaking News)
- No final decision on domestic debt restructuring : Bandula debt (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP moves SC to prevent possible losses to EPF, ETF (Category: Breaking News)
USNS Brunswick, a Spearhead-Class Expeditionary Fast Transport ship of the U.S. Navy arrived at the port of Trincomalee (08th April 2023).
Wednesday 5th April, 2023 There have been substantial reductions in fuel prices, and they will go a long way towards tackling inflation. The economy is said to be showing some signs of recovery, but more trouble is apparently brewing for the hapless Sri Lankans, who are struggling to keep the wolf from the door. Now, […]
- Govt. still undecided about domestic debt restructuring methods (Category: Breaking News)
- No final decision on domestic debt restructuring : Bandula debt (Category: Breaking News)
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