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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 – […]
- Bangladesh gives Sri Lanka more time to repay $200 million loan (Category: Breaking News)
- Three leading international firms offer advice to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says time frame for Sri Lanka bailout remains uncertain (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka hopeful of completing debt restructuring in six months (Category: Breaking News)
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)
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)
- JVP moves SC to prevent possible losses to EPF, ETF (Category: Breaking News)
- Finance State Minister discloses Sri Lanka s debt status in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Can Sri Lanka Drive Itself From Bankruptcy To Prosperity In 2023? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Budget 2023 Will Be The Acid Test Of RW’s Magic Wand (Category: Breaking News)
- Navigating The Economic Reawakening & Sustainable Growth (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s New Government: Be Warned Of The Empty Treasury & Negative Foreign Reserves (Category: Breaking News)
- Bankrupt Sri Lanka Celebrated Independence, But Now It Is Back To Hard Economic Realities (Category: Breaking News)
Speech made November 22 I have consistently recorded my opposition to Minister of Finance being the President. From 2010 onwards in this House, whenever the President in his capacity as Minister of Finance has presented a budget I have recorded that protest and I wish to record that today as well. When a person who […]
- Reconstitution of COPE, COPA in limbo (Category: Breaking News)
- BASL: If 21A fails, that will adversely affect future law reform initiatives (Category: Breaking News)
- Interim Budget passed (Category: Breaking News)
- GL: Govt. not concerned about corruption despite Geneva warning (Category: Breaking News)
The Employees Provident Fund (EPF), the largest social security scheme in Sri Lanka, has suffered massive losses due to the investments made in listed and unlisted companies, a new report compiled by the Auditor General s Department revealed.
Fear of a DDR/IFR event drive rates even higher
- Sri Lanka central bank US$4.0bn in debt by March 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank busts US$9.8bn since Feb 2020 to suppress rates, for stimulus (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governors should be restrained by law, not given independence (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka will have to print money unless taxes are raised: CB Governor (Category: Breaking News)
[…]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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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
By Saman Gunadasa World Socialist Web Site: A scandal over the manipulation of shares on the Colombo Stock Exchange has erupted in recent weeks, after former Sri Lankan Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Thilak Karunaratne accused Government ministers of acting in league with speculators. Karunaratne was pressured by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to quit his position, ...
- Former SEC Chief Tilak insists no overregulation (Category: Business)
- Tilak insists no overregulation (Category: Business)
- Bourse boom awaits boosted brokers after Presidential forum (Category: Business)
- Tilak talks his way out of SEC (Category: Business)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas The Government eServices project spearheaded by the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka celebrated a landmark achievement last evening, launching 22 important eGovernment services, further strengthening the country’s Government sector by making public services easily accessible to the citizens of Sri Lanka via the internet and mobile communication systems. Presidential Secretary...
- Special New Year transport information via 1919 (Category: Business)
- ICTA’s Lanka Gate e-services project for better public service (Category: Business)
- Number of Lanka Gate users per day exceeds 3,000 (Category: Business)
- Reservoir level updates via SMS to farmers (Category: Business)
The rebound in the Colombo stock market gathered further momentum yesterday, with retailers remaining and those with improved sentiments reinvesting gains from mid-day profit taking. The latter was evident as the market originally rose sharply with ASI up 0.8% and MPI by 1.1% and thereafter slowed down before gaining upwards once again. Throughout the day, ...
- Net foreign inflow tops Rs. 30 b; Bourse rebounds (Category: Business)
- Stock market’s return dips below 1% again (Category: Business)
- CSE inquiring into bizarre error trade (Category: Business)
Commissioners given freedom to decide future course with regard to DG post Dr. Jayasundera says top professionals picked to give leadership to a sound capital market growth Priyantha and Sujeewa served as Commissioners under Indrani Sugathadasa as well Opposition and certain market segments decry choice of men given their conflicting roles By Nisthar Cassim Likely ...
- Mudalige out; Kalinga in (Category: Business)
- Ex-SEC DG Channa appointed to Pan Asia Bank board (Category: Business)
- Ex-Bribery Chief laments non-payment of arrears (Category: Business)
- SEC Annual Report: No show of Indrani and thankless to ex-DG Malik (Category: Business)
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)
Point of view By a market participant The investors were compelled to wait nearly 17 years to reap the benefit of a real bull run in 2009 after the elimination of the LTTE terrorism and how the SEC destroyed it within a one-and-a-half year period due to ill conceived, irresponsible decisions is well known and ...
- Real potential of the Colombo stock market (Category: Business)
- Bourse boom awaits boosted brokers after Presidential forum (Category: Business)
- Brokers delighted by talk, lunch with President (Category: Business)
- More about the real potential of the stock market (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).
By Cassandra Mascarenhas The technical sessions of the Association of Professional Bankers’ 24th anniversary convention were held yesterday, bringing the APB’s flagship event to a close. Aptly themed ‘Sustainability in volatility: The bankers’ challenge,’ each technical session explored an area that could throw obstacles in the path of bankers and the line-up of speak...
- More than ever, businesses must think ‘what if’ (Category: Business)
- Banking foresight – Shaping integrated development (Category: Business)
- APB to promote ‘Sustainability in Volatility’ at 24th anniversary convention (Category: Business)
- Threat of recession contains risk of further global bank failures (Category: Business)
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
By Ashwin Hemmathagama Our Lobby Correspondent The Government has been repeatedly mentioning that the economy is in sound condition and reserves are very securely and lucratively invested. However, UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake moving yesterday’s adjournment motion accused the Government of robbery." “On examination of the state of the economy we find that the Government, especially ...
- Sri Lanka to implement wider monetary policies to strengthen national economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Global Trend (Category: Business)
- Long Cycle (Category: Business)
- Downside Risks (Category: Business)
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.
Renews call for Select Committee to probe shady deals; wants EPF investments in stocks halted Blasts President-Bourse forum Says CSE Board must be dissolved Akin to firing all cylinders, Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has blasted President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s forum with capital
- Ranil raises red flag over EPF, ETF in Parliament (Category: Business)
- EPF and ETF tangled up! (Category: Business)
- JVP Leader nails govt. on ETF, EPF balances (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. planning to place EPF, ETF under independent body (Category: Breaking News)
By a Special Correspondent A year or back from today, Sri Lankan economy had been sailing strongly amidst global economic typhoons. Most of the macro variables were reflecting peace dividends and rejuvenated hope. However, by mid 2011, the country’s trade deficit, fuelled by credit expansion was signalling early signs of an economic turmoil. Perhaps being ...
- Why Lion leads frontier (Category: Business)
- Economic growth to rebound in 2013: SCB (Category: Business)
- Flexible exchange rates and impact on exporters (Category: Business)
- Value investors enter as speculators exit (Category: Business)
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