by Shihar Aneez State revenue has seen a shortfall of Rs. 100 billion as of now compared to the revenue target agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), State Finance Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said.Tax cuts for political reasons in December 2019 has resulted in a sharp fall in Sri Lanka’s tax revenue to GDP ratio, […]
- Sri Lanka s tax revision helps correct tax revenue expenditure imbalance  IMF Mission (Category: Breaking News)
- 93 percent jump in tax collection in first half of this year (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says increasing revenue of paramount importance for Sri Lanka; defends VAT hike (Category: Breaking News)
- VAT 18% from next year (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Don’t Shoot The Messenger: Commissions, An “Open Sesame” appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- The Accuser & The Accused; Is Suresh Sallay In The Cross Hairs Of A Witch Hunt? (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Should We Beg IMF? – When More Than $36 Billion To Be Recovered (Category: Breaking News)
- Collusive Behavior Undermines Citizen Rights: Emerging Pseudo-Goebbels (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Politics Of Easter Investigation In A Wriggling Economy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Economy, Easter Phoenix & Politics (Category: Breaking News)
- Diaspora Tamils & 13A (Category: Breaking News)
- Economics Of Recovery & Politics Of Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Political Dilemma (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Unthinking Nation appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Smell Of Terror (Category: Breaking News)
- Politics Of Addiction (Category: Breaking News)
- Still, The Mirage (Category: Breaking News)
- Kurundi: A Runway To ’56? (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security, Rear Admiral (retd.) Sarath Weerasekera, MP, yesterday (15) asked whether a comprehensive international investigation into accountability issues here could be conducted unless India, too, was subjected to the same. The former Public Security Minister was responding to the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) declaration...
- GTF won’t support separate state, Surendiran tells MPs (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPP MP asks FM for clarification (Category: Breaking News)
- Amnesty International head to join M’vaikkal commemoration (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil political parties suspicious of govt.-GTF initiative, flay TNA (Category: Breaking News)
Easter Sunday controversy: By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Ambassador to Germany, Switzerland and ex-High Commissioner in South Africa, Sarath Kongahage, yesterday (12) alleged that British television Channel 4 had tricked him into discussing political developments with the focus on the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage. Claiming that the Channel 4 programme didn’t reflect what he had said […]
- Channel 4 completely distorted my comments in Easter attacks documentary - Kongahage (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘We don’t have anything to add to programme’ (Category: Breaking News)
- C4 whistle-blower’s father among those killed with EPRLF’s Padmanabha in Chennai (Category: Breaking News)
- C4 film: MS asks for UN intervention (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Economy, Easter Phoenix & Politics appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Politics Of Easter Investigation In A Wriggling Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Regime Failure, Grassroot Anger & Ineffective Opposition (Category: Breaking News)
- Regime Failure, Grassroot Anger & Ineffective Opposition (Category: Breaking News)
- Regime Failure, Grassroot Anger & Ineffective Opposition (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that Sri Lankan intelligence had complicity in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people.The post Sri Lanka will investigate allegations of intelligence complicity in 2019 Easter bombings appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories...
- C4 documentary makers admit absence of evidence to support Maulana’s claims (Category: Breaking News)
- Retired Justice Imam to head Channel 4 probe, ex-SLAF chief member of committee (Category: Breaking News)
- President appoints committee to probe Channel 4 allegations (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4 documentary makers admit absence of evidence to support Azad Maulana s claims (Category: Breaking News)
Popular Topics
- International Monetary Fund (8)
- Political crisis (8)
- Foreign exchange reserves (4)
- Bank reserves (1)
- Economy of Sri Lanka (8)
- Sri Lanka Tea (8)
- Tourism (1)
- Sri Lanka Quality Tea (8)
- Sri Lanka Tourism (8)
- Sri Lanka Cricket (8)
- Sri Lanka Hotels (8)
- Sri Lanka Elections (8)
- Sirasa (1)
- Hiru Tv (8)
- ITN News (8)
- Shakthi Tv (8)
- Rupavahini (1)
- Derana Dream Star (2)
- EPF (2)