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- Sri Lanka’s NTB profits down 12-pct in March quarter (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s People’s Leasing net down 37-pct in March (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Haycarb March net up on forex gains (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sells Rs80bn in mostly 3-month bills, down 18bp (Category: Breaking News)
A guidance peg for interbank transactions weakened by one cent to 360.97 rupees
- Tight Policy (Category: Business)
- Trade deficit expands 49% (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's Central Bank Lowers Reverse Repurchase Rate to 9% From 9.5% (Category: Breaking News)
- GDP growth rate revised - Central Bank Governor (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka will ask Japan to invite the Indian Ocean island's main creditor nations, including China and India, to talks on bilateral debt restructuring, as it seeks a way out of its worst economic crisis in decades, its president said on Thursday.The post Sri Lanka to ask Japan to open talks on debt restructuring with key lenders appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - ...
- Sri Lanka could wrap up debt restructure talks by Sept, president says (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka already started ‘low level’ talks with India, China on debt restructuring – President (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka president to hold debt talks on France visit – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan, India and France launch creditors meeting on Sri Lanka debt (Category: Breaking News)
A one month amnesty period has been declared to deposit foreign currency in the hands of the public. The Centra Bank of Sri Lanka said that in order to attract foreign currency held with the public into the banking system, the Minister of Finance has issued an Order granting an amnesty period of one month […]
- Sri Lankan residents permitted to have maximum of USD 10,000 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka must avoid China’s debt restructuring as Beijing is to seek preferential treatment (Category: Breaking News)
- Lotus Tower to commence operations in September (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s liquid reserves continues to remain significantly low (Category: Breaking News)
Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled the country last month amidst public protests calling for his resignation, is awaiting to obtain a US Green Card to return back to the United States and settle there with his wife and son.The post Gotabaya Rajapaksa applies for U.S. Green Card, looks to settle back in United States appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Upd...
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa and wife leave for USA (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa concludes holiday in Dubai and returns to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa officially resigns as President of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s National Security demands greater attention than during the history of the country ever since independence, the Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne said on Wednesday (August 17).The post National Security demands greater attention unlike ever in history – Defence Secretary appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- General Kamal Gunaratne re-appointed as Defence Secretary (Category: Breaking News)
- China donates Rs. 5 million to the National Cadet Corps (Category: Breaking News)
- Australian High Commissioner discusses strengthening border security with Sri Lankan Defence Sec... (Category: Breaking News)
- IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon meets Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is taking expeditious measures to advance the debt restructuring process with the assistance of financial and legal advisors, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka said today. The bank said that negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) towards reaching a staff-level agreement on the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement are scheduled in the […]
- Demand for imports in Sri Lanka continues to remain subdued (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL decides to liquidate five failed finance companies (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL warns market players of stern action (Category: Breaking News)
- Mandatory requirement to convert service export receipts withdrawn (Category: Breaking News)
There has been no request to restructure domestic debt
- Govt. still undecided about domestic debt restructuring methods (Category: Breaking News)
- No final decision on domestic debt restructuring : Bandula debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s domestic debt won’t be restructured – CBSL Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- Special cabinet meeting called to discuss domestic debt restructuring process (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Navy apprehend 10 individuals, suspected to be on an illegal migration attempt to a foreign country via sea, during a special operation conducted in seas off Kurusapadu, Talaimannar on the night of 16th August 2022.
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s central bank said it was holding its policy rates at 15.50 percent, while data showed market interest rates are close to twice the rate and private credit and imports falling. Monetary Policy Review: No. 06 – August 2022The Central Bank of Sri Lanka maintains policy interest rates at their current levelsThe Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka...
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka maintains policy interest rates unchanged (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka policy rate unchanged as market rates rise, money printing warnings (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka expects inflation to slow, rates unchanged (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank expects economy to contract in second half of 2022 as well (Category: Breaking News)
Trade, Commerce and Food Security Minister Nalin Fernando has revealed that about 30,000 tonnes of rice, imported to meet the shortfall in the market, have been used as animal feed. The disclosure was made at the inaugural meet of the Food Security Committee, held at the Ministry yesterday (17). Among those present were Secretaries to […]
- Prices of rice likely to increase  Agri. Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Villagers allege Vavuniya officials wasted 2,000 kilos of rice from TN (Category: Breaking News)
- SL to Export Rice (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister Siyambalapitiya wants Lankans to eat less wheat (Category: Breaking News)
…questions mysterious cancellation of Japanese-funded LRT project By Shamindra Ferdinando Ruling party rebel lawmaker Prof. Charitha Herath says that the cancellation of the Japanese funded USD 1.5 bn light rail transit (LRT) project remains a mystery. The SLPP National List MP told The Island yesterday (17) that his efforts, in his former capacity as Chairman […]
- Colombo not on Japanese PM’s agenda (Category: Breaking News)
- Herath questions significance of SLPP second convention (Category: Breaking News)
- The Order of the Rising Sun conferred on former Governor of Central Bank, Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- APC on 13A: SLPP rebels reject President’s latest endeavour, ask govt. to speak with one voice (Category: Breaking News)
Govt. briefs international community ahead of Geneva sessions The government has assured the Colombo-based diplomatic community that the restoration of the provisions in the 19th Amendment, by the enactment of the 21st Amendment, would strengthen parliamentary democracy, enhance oversight of the executive branches of government and ensure independence of key institutions. The government also said ...
- Body blow to democracy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith: For whose benefit does govt. want to implement 13th Amendment fully? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex- HRC Chairman warns against allowing one man show in governance if country to remain a democr... (Category: Breaking News)
- TISL condemns bid to revive lapsed LG bodies (Category: Breaking News)
Thursday 18th August 2022 Speculation is rife that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is planning to return to Sri Lanka. The question, however, is not whether he is coming, but what he is doing overseas. The anti-government protesters who engineered his ouster called upon him to ‘go home’; they did not ask him to flee the […]
- Dullas: Ranil making same mistakes as Gotabaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota to return on Saturday? (Category: Breaking News)
- President at beck and call of Rajapaksas – Sajith (Category: Breaking News)
- Kiriella alleges tax concessions granted to GR’s election funders (Category: Breaking News)
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The CSE turned negative yesterday due to profit- takings but during the last session the market showed some recovery on account of some stability in the macro- economic arena and on the political front in the country, stock market analysts said. Developments in favour of the market were: A UK trade arrangement […]
- Expolanka Holdings and Lanka IOC contribute to bulk of CSE turnover (Category: Breaking News)
- CSE upbeat on the election of Ranil Wickremesinghe to presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Shares in mid-market slip; indices dip (Category: Breaking News)
- SG Holdings buys into Expolanka Holdings stocks, boosting net foreign inflow (Category: Breaking News)
The national Insurer Sri Lanka Insurance enters into a strategic tie up and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ceylon Motor Traders Association (CMTA) the representative body of Sri Lanka Automotive industry to provide an exclusive vehicle insurance package for the CMTA members. The MoU exchange took place between the two parties recently […]
- Motor vehicle industry in Sri Lanka facing mass exodus (Category: Breaking News)
- Life insurance penetration less than 2 per cent of Sri Lanka’s population – SLIC’s new chairman (Category: Breaking News)
- CMTA launches initiative on road safety awareness (Category: Business)
- Low penetration enables great leap forward for insurance industry:Ronald Perera (Category: Breaking News)
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