Central Bank suspends business of Perpetual Treasuries for 6 months
July 06, 2017 (LBO) – The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on Thursday suspended Perpetual Treasuries Limited from carrying on the business …
July 06, 2017 (LBO) – The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on Thursday suspended Perpetual Treasuries Limited from carrying on the business …
July 06, 2017 (LBO) – Asian Development Bank (ADB) has doubled its multi-sectoral assistance to Sri Lanka as a result of the merger of its two main windows …
July 06, 2017 (LBO) - The International Monetary Fund has called for building of inclusive economies through structural reforms that lift incomes, ahead of the …
Dr. Arvind Subramanian, the Chief Economic Adviser of the Government of India, will attend as the keynote speaker of the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2017 …
July 05, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved a proposal to obtain a loan amounting of 75 million US dollars for a financial sector modernization …
July 05, 2017 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has grown rapidly in the past but the non-tradable drivers of such growth are unlikely to remain adequate for inclusive and …
July 04, 2017 (LBO) – A Japanese business delegation has requested that Sri Lanka's finance minister gives them at least six months notice prior to the …
July 04, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s statistics office is to conduct a labour demand survey in the country this month to compile statistics that includes …
July 04, 2017 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister said that the island needs to fast track reforms as part of ambitious efforts to be ranked at least 70th in …
July 03, 2017 (LBO) - The Importance of Sri Lankan businesses aligning its growth plans with greener practices to help develop a ‘sustainable era,’ will be …
July 03, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s new Inland Revenue Act will contribute to increasing the country’s very low level of government revenues, a key …
July 03, 2017 (LBO) - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Sri Lanka have signed a financial agreement for the …
July 03, 2017 (LBO) - GSP plus eligibility could add 350 million dollars in export revenue to Sri Lanka, while increasing potential for FDI, the minister for …
June 30, 2017 (LBO) - Sri Lankan government led reforms to improve competitiveness, maintain macro-fiscal stability and strengthen institutions, with broad …
June 28, 2017 (LBO) - Japanese ambassadors in five SAARC countries India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Bangladesh met Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake …
June 23, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister told Parliament Thursday that the country needs to relax issuing liquor licenses for beer & wine as …
June 23, 2017 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's central bank held key interest rates unchanged on Friday after a monthly monetary policy meeting with inflation moderating in …
June 22, 2017 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's government has approved a proposal to establish an offshore Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Bond Programme by the International …
June 22, 2017 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's inflation according to the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) was down to 7.1 percent in May 2017 from 8.4 percent in …
June 22, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet approval has been granted to postpone the abolition of SVAT system until the end of this year. Accordingly, the …