Bonus Stocking
All pensioners are in for a New Year bonus, with a ten percent hike in pensions from January 1 2004, the Government announced in its budget on …
All pensioners are in for a New Year bonus, with a ten percent hike in pensions from January 1 2004, the Government announced in its budget on …
Two new export-processing zones will spring up next year, as part of the governments plans to spur economic activity.As Lanka Business Online …
The government unveiled grand policies to develop the Southern province with plans to develop an airport, a port and set up an oil refinery.Finance …
The value added tax is to unified to a single 15 per cent rate from January 2004, from the current 10 and 20 per cent, while the government has …
All public servants will get a 10 percent pay hike each month in the new budget or a minimum Rs.1250 increase, whichever is higher, at a cost of …
Personal tax exemption threshold would be raised to Rs 300,000 from the current Rs 240,000 and the income slabs widened, with effect from …
The government is coming up with a series of housing loan packages targeted at different segments, to help spur a construction boom.The housing …
Giving a leg up to the local tourist trade, the government plans to develop Maskeliya and Puttalam as a future hotspot for the travel trade.Finance …
Sri Lankas 2004 budget is again breaking the lquote golden rule of budgeting, but its ambitious deficit target of 6.8 percent is more in line with …
Sri Lanka Wednesday announced it was shedding 300,000 state-sector jobs and offered a generous severance package that will effectively pay employees …
Sri Lankas parliament Wednesday ruled as illegal the presidents suspension of the assembly two weeks ago and said it will disregard any future …
Sri Lanka enters the penultimate lap for its 2004 budget, with a great deal of apprehension as to whether Parliament will be dissolved on Tuesday …
Central Bank cut its 2004 GDP growth forecast to six percent from an earlier 6.5 per cent after factoring in current uncertainties in the peace …
The Board of Investment will tap into the local bond market, to raise up to Rs.2 bn to fund a new Economic Trade Zone, north of Biyagama.The second …
An impending marriage between the Marxist JVP and the main opposition Peoples Alliance Party re-surfaced on Tuesday resurrecting vibes that a snap …
The much-awaited second rendezvous between the Executive and the Legislature ended on a stalemate with a committee appointed to look into their …
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Sri Lankas largest family owned private hospital partially opens its doors for private investors next month. What started off as a remedy for family …
The upcoming Exchange Management Act adds muscle to the Finance Minister, and puts stiff financial penalties on wilful defaulters.Currently in …
The government on Monday put forward alternative suggestions to solve the lquote Southern political impasse, but declined President Chandrika …
The UNF government, which has been progressively clubbing the opposite camp with the peace process, is getting ready to open a second front with the …
The President has asked Premier Ranil to come alone to her chambers for a Tuesday morning rendezvous.The Premier was due to meet the President with …
US marine fuel supplier ChemOil signed a deal on Friday to dock at the Colombo Prot, to sell bunker fuel. Lanka Bunker Services, ChemOils BOI (Board …
Sri Lanka is in the top three alongside Thailand and the Maldives as a tourist hotspot for long-haul travel, but still needs a vital mix of peace, …