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Budget highlights Following are the highlights of Budget proposals made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Parliament yesterday: New economic and political system The President said in order not to fall back into a crisis, the economic and political system of Sri Lanka must be created anew
- Prez presents Budget to ‘build foundation of Sri Lanka’s recovery’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Budget Speech 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- President presents budget replete with reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Eran proposes raising PAYE threshold to Rs 200,000 a month (Category: Breaking News)
* Tax revenue to be raised by 47.1% in 2024 * Rs 10,000 increase for public sector workers * Pensioners to get Rs 2,500 allowance * Rs. 450 bn reserved for bank recapitalization * Four new universities to be established * 20% of state banks to be given off by Saman Indrajith President Ranil Wickremesinghe, […]
- Budget 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Budget Speech 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- A high-wire act (Category: Breaking News)
- President presents budget replete with reforms (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's government projected a lower-than-anticipated budget deficit for 2024 on Monday on the back of a significant jump in revenues which are crucial to keep its bailout programme from the International Monetary Fund afloat.The post Sri Lanka’s 2024 budget sets ambitious revenue, deficit targets appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka balances polls and crisis recovery in 2024 budget deliberations (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka plans new budget 2022, original targets cannot be achieved: PM (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s president to cut spending in interim budget (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s 2023 budget aims to put crisis-hit economy back on track (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy Guess what is unique about the unanimous parliamentary approval for disbanding the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the apex body for the sports in the country? Its possibly the first time that Parliament was unanimous on any issue in the post-Aragalaya phase after voting in Ranil Wickremesingehe as President last year. What is […]
- Lion leads frontier markets (Category: Business)
- Why Lion leads frontier (Category: Business)
- Sangakkara leads Lanka fightback (Category: Business)
- Zadran century leads Afghanistan to ODI win over Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is likely to raise taxes and curb spending in its annual budget to meet the International Monetary Fund’s conditions and maintain a $3 billion bailout, but elections next year might see the government delay some reforms.The post Sri Lanka to use budget to meet some IMF pledges as polls near appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- IMF eyes creditor assurances as it prepares Sri Lanka visit (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring: China expected to inform its support to IMF today (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Executive Board considers Sri Lanka’s loan facility for approval today (March 20) (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka thanks India for giving assurances to IMF for USD 2.9 Billion bailout package (Category: Breaking News)
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Thursday approved $150 million in financing for Sri Lanka to strengthen the resilience of the financial sector. “Sri Lanka’s economic crisis highlights the need for strong safety nets to support the financial sector. Stable and reliable banking
- Lanka signs World Bank $150 Mn deposit insurance loan (Category: Breaking News)
- Non Bank sector deposits increase, as public confidence improves – Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- CB eases lending and deposit interest rates (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan economy seen as showing consolidation over past several months (Category: Breaking News)
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved $150 million in financing for Sri Lanka to strengthen the resilience of the financial sector.The post World Bank approves $150 million to strengthen financial sector in Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- $150 million from World Bank to strengthen Sri Lanka s financial sector (Category: Breaking News)
- World Bank approves $150 Mn to strengthen Lanka’s financial sector (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka signs World Bank $150 Mn deposit insurance loan (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to borrow USD 150mn from World Bank (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe will seek to boost tax revenue and rationalise spending in the government’s second full-year budget on Monday, targeting a return to growth for the crisis-hit economy while keeping an eye on elections.The post Sri Lanka balances polls and crisis recovery
- Sri Lanka’s 2024 budget sets ambitious revenue, deficit targets (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka budget to seek recovery for crisis-hit economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to receive about $600 million ADB funding post-IMF approval – official (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s 2023 budget aims to put crisis-hit economy back on track (Category: Breaking News)
‘2017 Foreign Exchange Act must be repealed’ By Shamindra Ferdinando President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Director General on Trade unions Saman Ratnapriya yesterday (08) denied what he called the Opposition’s unsubstantiated claim that sugar importers had benefited from the latest increase in the Special Commodity Levy from 25 cents per kg of sugar to Rs 50 per […]
- Saman Ratnapriya appointed DG Trade Unions to President (Category: Breaking News)
- Certain political factions actively promoting racial conflicts to further own agendas - Saman R... (Category: Breaking News)
- Presidential election likely in 2024 - Saman Ratnapriya (Category: Breaking News)
- Teacher trade unionist asked to explain how he received salary for 23 years without teaching (Category: Breaking News)
The report by a Committee headed by Justice K.T. Chitrasiri to introduce a new Constitution to Sri Lanka Cricket through a parliamentary act was formally handed over to the Chairman of the Cabinet Sub-Committee appointed to resolve Sri Lanka Cricket issues, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry by President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake today (09) on […]
- Proposed SLC constitution could clean up Augean stable (Category: Breaking News)
- Chitrasiri Committee report on new constitution for Sri Lanka Cricket to Cabinet Sub-Committee (Category: Breaking News)
- President says best solution for SLC issue is Chitrasiri committee report recommendations (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka and Argentina remain very vulnerable amid a worsening in global financial conditions while China has suffered a sharp deterioration in financial resilience since pre-COVID times, a think-tank study found on Wednesday.The post Sri Lanka, Argentina top list of most vulnerable economies -study appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- India has been greatly sensitive to the needs of Sri Lanka – Modi (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, Argentina top list of most vulnerable economies  study (Category: Breaking News)
- Nomura warns seven emerging economies including Sri Lanka face currency crisis danger (Category: Breaking News)
- A citizen’s rule should be established in the country – NPP (Category: Breaking News)
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- Partial West & Shameful Muslim Leaders Complicit In Israel’s War Crimes In Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
- Genocide Of Palestinian Began Since 1948 (Category: Breaking News)
- Merely Focussing On Hamas Attacks – Missing The Wood For The Trees! (Category: Breaking News)
- ICJ Ruling On Israeli Genocide In Gaza; Stopped Short Of Ordering A Ceasefire (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka Apparel Exporters Association (SLAEA) participated in the 16th Global Textile and Apparel Supply Chain Conference held in Shanghai, China recently with a focus on innovation and the development of national high-end textile advanced manufacturing clusters. Representing Sri Lanka at the annual conference, President of SLAEA Indika Liyanahewage spoke on ‘Green dynamics and […]
- First Taiwan textile fair in Colombo in Oct. (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s apparel manufacturing industry asserts importance of Vertical Integration, improved ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Textured Jersey to knit new dimension at SLDF 2011 (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka textile factory by Jay Jay Mills in Eravur zone (Category: Breaking News)
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- Ranil’s Presidency & The TNA’s Dilemma (Category: Breaking News)
- V. Anandasangaree: The LTTE Vilified Him, But History Has Vindicated Him (Category: Breaking News)
- Rise Of Ultranationalism & Elections, Tamil Nationalism & Resurrection Of LTTE Ideology In Sri L... (Category: Breaking News)
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s Accomplishments & Challenges (Category: Breaking News)
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- Time For Truth Come Out (Category: Breaking News)
- President Needs Trust To Succeed In Problem Solving (Category: Breaking News)
- Conundrum Of Elections & IMF Programme (Category: Breaking News)
- The Courts Would Be The Better Option For Undemocratic Actions To Be Contested (Category: Breaking News)
By Jehan Perera With presidential elections due in less than a year, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has embarked upon a course of electoral reforms of major proportions, for which he has appointed a presidential commission of inquiry. He appears to have done so without consultations with opposition parties or civil society. Both these groups were caught […]
- Lawyers’ Collective expresses concern over Commission of Inquiry on Electoral Process (Category: Breaking News)
- PCoI on electoral reforms seek written proposals and opinions from interested parties (Category: Breaking News)
- Akin To Fiddling When Rome Is Burning (Category: Breaking News)
- PRESIDENT’S NEED TO BUILD TRUST AT ALL LEVELS TO GET REFORMS THROUGH (Category: Breaking News)
Monday 06th November, 2023 President Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Friday (03), flayed the western bloc for its double standards on human rights. Speaking at a ceremony to mark the opening of a new court complex in Welimada, he said that all nations had to abide by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He pointed out the […]
- HRCSL seeks copy of revised Anti-Terrorism Bill for further observations (Category: Breaking News)
- HRCSL urges not to present Anti-Terrorism Bill to parliament in its current format (Category: Breaking News)
- Cannot allow violence and anarchy to prevail under guise of human rights - President (Category: Breaking News)
- New President should ensure the basic rights of all Sri Lankans  HRW (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post SOE 2023: IPS Offers Some Inputs To Proposed Growth Lab appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Don’t Ignore The Message Delivered By IPS SOE22 (Category: Breaking News)
- Navigating The Economic Reawakening & Sustainable Growth (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Facility? Is It Sufficient To Deliver Prosperity To Sri Lankans? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 24: High Aspirations Amidst Mounting Challenges But Options Are Limited (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy In a television interview last month, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry reportedly said that the Government of President Ranil Wicrkemesinghe has taken ‘substantial steps to move away from a Welfare State’ in the last 18 months. And he said it not as if it was inevitable under the nation’s economic circumstances and […]
- After privatisation, who is going to feed the ‘gutter people’? (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF does not support providing subsidies to everyone in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says economic recovery in Sri Lanka remains challenging (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says full economic recovery in Sri Lanka is not yet assured (Category: Breaking News)
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- Flight Of Human Capital – A Catastrophic Fait Accompli (Category: Breaking News)
- Using Vaccines Against Covid Is Far Cheaper & Safer Than Using Local Brews! (Category: Breaking News)
- Using Vaccines Against Covid Is Far Cheaper & Safer Than Using Local Brews! (Category: Breaking News)
- Using Vaccines Against Covid Is Far Cheaper & Safer Than Using Local Brews! (Category: Breaking News)
Friday 3rd November, 2023 The latest VAT hike has come as a double whammy for the public, who are reeling from extremely high taxes and tariffs, not to mention the soaring cost of living. The SLPP politicians seem to be deriving some perverse pleasure from the predicament of the people, who rose against them and […]
- CBSL Governor urges public to become informants to boost tax revenue (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL issues special notice to public on get rich quick schemes (Category: Breaking News)
- Smokers, drinkers hit by index linked taxes (Category: Breaking News)
- President hints at wealth tax (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, PC, has said the Foreign Exchange Act No 12 of 2017, enacted during the Yahapalana administration was meant to facilitate the operations of those who exploited the system for their benefit. The new Act had repealed the Exchange Control Act of 1953, Dr. Rajapakshe said, adding that the Yahapalana move […]
- SLPP rebels propose amendments to 2017 Foreign Exchange Act to overcome financial crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Little headway in cleaning mess (Category: Breaking News)
- Justice Minister alleges NARA causes massive revenue losses, opposes remedial measures (Category: Breaking News)
- Proper procedure to be introduced to burn 3,000kg of seized narcotics (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Indrajith The JVP yesterday said that it would stand by the position taken by the UN General Secretary António Guterres’ on the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine and the need of the hour was not to ascertain who started the latest round of atrocities but to find means to end the war […]
- Gaza war to last months, Israel says, as fears of conflict spread rise (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel says it s at war after 40 killed in attack from Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
- Another Sri Lankan woman reported missing amidst Israel-Palestine conflict (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel s Security Council says country at war with Hamas and authorizes significant military steps (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's key inflation rate rose to 1.5% in October from 1.3% a month ago, the statistics department said on Tuesday.The post Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate rises to 1.5% in October appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Rising food prices drive Sri Lanka inflation up to 4.2% in December (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eases to 50.6% in February (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka unexpectedly cuts rates by 250 bps as inflation eases (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eases to 25.2% in May (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando The economy was in such a precarious situation that the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government couldn’t further delay the restoration of the relevant provisions of the 1953 Foreign Exchange Act to compel the private sector to bring back export proceeds, rebel SLPP MP Prof. G.L. Peiris said yesterday (30). Referring to a spate of declarations […]
- GL: Cost of living intolerable, street protests inevitable (Category: Breaking News)
- GL complains of step-motherly treatment for SLPP rebels MPs in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Opp. says onus on EC to call prez polls, warns against govt. intervention (Category: Breaking News)
- GL: Govt. not concerned about corruption despite Geneva warning (Category: Breaking News)
Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa has said that President Ranil Wickremesinghe ought not to handle the country’s foreign policy the way he mismanaged the UNP Premadasa declared that as the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government’s foreign policy strategy was weak a review of policy couldn’t be delayed.SJB leader Premadasa was addressing a gathering at the Attanagalle Undugoda […]
- Rohan Pallewatta joins Samagi Jana Balawegaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Rohan Pallewatta joins Samagi Jana Balawegaya (Category: Breaking News)
- All UNPers should join Sajith-Wimal (Category: Breaking News)
- All UNPers should join Sajith; Wimal (Category: Breaking News)
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- Dhananath Fernando – determined to do much for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Tax Hike Welcome But Much More To Be Done To Come Out Of The Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- PAYE Tax; Will There Be A Mass Exodus? (Category: Breaking News)
- SC Judgment, Fiscal Philosophy, & Long-Term Decisions For A Brighter Future (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, MP, has stressed the pivotal importance of public protests against waste, corruption, irregularities and mismanagement.Alleging that those who had been entrusted with the task of governing the country have instead ruined it, Chairman of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Fonseka, on Thursday, said that every citizen should bear […]
- Fonseka loses patience, calls for revival of aragalaya protests (Category: Breaking News)
- Poverty level will increase sharply in coming months – Ranawaka (Category: Breaking News)
- Second term for Ranil: UNP thanks Kanchana’s backing (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Ranil knows what to do’ (Category: Breaking News)
Thursday 26th October, 2023 Some SLPP MPs are shedding copious tears for the public who are struggling to keep their heads above water. Prominent among them is former Minister Namal Rajapaksa, who is trying to absolve the SLPP of the blame for exponential increases in taxes and tariffs. Attributing the people’s economic woes to the […]
- Kiriella accuses IMF of double speak (Category: Breaking News)
- Rohitha Abeygunawardena elected chair of COPE (Category: Breaking News)
- Why does IMF ignore government’s authoritarian behavior, asks Harsha (Category: Breaking News)
- Quorum quandary (Category: Breaking News)
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- Government Is A ‘Blackhole’: IMF Should Be Worried About The (225+1) (Category: Breaking News)
- Machiavellians Tend To Be Demonic: Stuck Between A Rock & A Hard Place (Category: Breaking News)
- Lack of Common Sense Of A Time-Expired President (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
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