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Sri Lanka's new government will release the 2023 budget on Monday focused on boosting revenue, implementing tax reforms and fiscal consolidation to secure an IMF bailout package to help the country recover from its worst financial crisis in decades.The post Sri Lanka’s 2023 budget aims to put crisis-hit economy back on track appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lank...
Unbridled industrialization of the developed countries is the root cause of climate change, leaving the poor to suffer the consequences, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said addressing the COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.The post Developing countries worst affected by rising emissions from industrialized world and must be compensated – President appeared first on Sri...
with severe shortages of essentials including food, fuel and medicines.The […]
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Sri Lanka said it held a productive meeting with its bilateral creditors, which include India and China, on Thursday as the country looks to restructure its debt and carve a path out of its worst financial crisis in decades.The post Sri Lanka holds debt restructuring talks with bilateral creditors appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
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Hundreds of people marched in Sri Lanka's largest city Colombo on Wednesday protesting against higher taxes, inflation and alleged state-led repression as the country struggles to emerge from its worst financial crisis in seven decades.The post Hundreds march in crisis-hit Sri Lanka protesting tax hikes, crackdowns appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News...
By Rebecca Bundhun India’s economy and equity markets are outperforming most of their global peers. Despite a slew of challenges including macroeconomic headwinds stemming from Russia’s war in Ukraine, elevated crude oil prices and tightening liquidity globally, the growth story of Asia’s third-largest economy remains intact. “The Indian economy and equity markets proved to be [&...
[…]The post President Says ‘Raising Direct Taxes Inevitable To Reach IMF Goals’ – A Response appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
Sri Lanka’s worst post-war economic crisis represents a major blow to the country’s progress towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), efforts that were already hobbled by the COVID pandemic. However, the situation is also providing impetus to the work of academics that are using their knowledge to tackle the immediate fallout from […]
[…]The post Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Don’t Ignore The Message Delivered By IPS SOE22 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
The shrinking value of the currencies of most developing economies is driving up food and fuel prices in ways that could deepen the food and energy crises that many of them already face, according to the World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook report.The post Currency depreciations risk
By Meera Sirinivasan As Sri Lankans continue braving their worst economic crisis since Independence, urban poverty on the island has tripled in the last year, from 5% to 15 %, according to a recent World Bank report.Sri Lanka is experiencing “its highest poverty rate since 2009 [when the civil war ended], and an erosion of […]
By SHIHAR ANEEZ Leaving his family and relatives was the hardest decision for Suren. But he had no other option.He never wanted to go abroad for work. An accountant by profession, Suren even had the opportunity to be promoted for a higher post at the private firm he was working at in Colombo. But he was […]
Sri Lanka's National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) rose to a new high of 73.7% in September from a year earlier, quickening from 70.2% in August, the statistics department said.The post Sri Lanka consumer inflation hits record 73.7% in September appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
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Sri Lanka’s 70% inflation is hitting its peak as crippling shortages ease and bailout funds look within reach, yet it’s far from putting the central bank governor at ease.The post Sri Lanka Says Inflation Nears Peak, Easing Pressure on Economy appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
Weekend power cuts reduced with rain
Sri Lankan lawmakers began debating a proposed constitutional amendment on Thursday that would trim the powers of the president, a key demand of protesters who are seeking political reforms and solutions to the country’s dire economic crisis.The post Sri Lankan lawmakers debate bill to trim presidential powers appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
By Hiran H. Senewiratne The CSE’s business sentiment was impaired yesterday following the Central Bank raising Rs 16 billion out of a required Rs 75 billion via Treasury Bills at a weekly auction, which amounted to just 22 per cent of the total issued on the previous day. Besides, President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s public statement on […]
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Leaving his family and relatives was the hardest decision for Suren. But he had no other option.The post Sri Lankans migrate, work over time, eat less to beat inflation appeared first on EconomyNext.
The losses up to June exceeds Rs600bn
Tax hike proposals have dragged the index
[…]The post Ranil-Rajapaksa: The Bells Shall Toll For The ‘Hilters’ Of Our Time! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
Group A-W will have 1 hour and 20 minutes power cut during the night.
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A country’s security is not only ensured militarily but is also secured through food and economic security, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasised.The post A country’s security is not only militarily but economic and food security as well – President appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
by Neville Ladduwahetty During the course of his address, as Chair of the 55th Annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank, Sri Lanka’s President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, said, “As they say, in many of our countries, when the elephants fight, it is the grass that is crushed”. As far as Sri Lanka is concerned, its strategically […]