‘s 2015 budget LIVE streaming

Oct 24, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his capacity as the Finance Minister currently delivers 2015 budget in Parliament. Watch Live:

Sri Lanka paddy farmers to benefit from budget 2015

Oct 24, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka paddy farmers to get seed paddy free of charge in the budget 2015, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said, in his capacity as the Finance Minister. He said seed paddy for the 2014/2015 Maha Season will be provided free of charge to the farmers. Added to that he said the […]

Sri Lanka budget 2015 gives special attention to kidney patients

Oct 24, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s hospitals located in Anuradhapura and Hambantota to have special units to diagnose and treat kidney diseases, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said presenting a budget for 2015. Also he said kidney patients will be receive a 3000 rupees monthly grant though the budget 2015. The mystery kidney disease is mostly […]

Sri Lanka government to increase the govt servants remuneration: Budget 2015

Oct 24, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government to increases monthly salary of the state sector employees to minimum 15,000 rupees, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said presenting a budget for 2015.He said the budget 2015 targets to minimize the salary anomalies of the state sector. The cost of living allowance of the state employees will be […]

Sri Lanka President suggests a minimum salary for private sector: Budget 2015

Oct 24, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka president suggests to uplift the minimum salary of a private sector employee to 10,000 rupees from January 2015.He also suggest to increase minimum salary level by 500 rupees monthly for those who already get paid over 10,000 rupees per month. “The honorable speaker, I have seen the salaries […]

No tax changes for liquor and tobacco: Budget 2015

Oct 24, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka President said that there will be no changes in the tax for liquor and tobacco due to the tax hike the government maid recently.President was presenting the budget for 2015 at the parliament. He said the government is expecting a 14,000 million rupees of additional income in 2015 […]

Sri Lanka state airlines to get $ 150 mn for further development: Budget 2015

Oct 24, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka state airlines, SriLankan and Mihin air to get 150 million US dollars in year 2015 as the last phase for the development of its servicers, President said presenting a budget for 2015 at the parliament. He said the two airlines have gained the capacity of handling 25 airlines […]

‘s 2015 budget is not targeted at elections: Treasury Secretary

Oct 09, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s budget for the year 2015 is more towards development rather than catering to mere election purposes, Treasury Secretary P B Jayasundera said. The 2015 budget will be presented to the parliament on 24, October 2014. “Although there was a reference made in the last weekend media that the […]

Sri Lanka, India has best budget transparency in South Asia: survey

Nov 25, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka and India has emerged on top in South Asia on a global survey on budget tranparency by a Washington based body, which judged that citizens are given enough information to assess how their money is used. Sri Lanka and India has scored 67 points and transparency has improved […]

Sri Lanka budget on track in April

July 02, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s budget deficit in the first four months of 2010, though high, is in line with the gap for the full-year estimates presented in parliament last week, official data show. In the first four months revenues rose 26. 6 percent to 240.7 billion rupees from a year earlier. But […]

Hub Race

Aug 15, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s hub port of Colombo is facing growing competition from other harbours in the region which are being built up to grab a bigger share of India’s increasing trade, industry officials said. The latest threat comes from the south Indian port of Chennai which has just called for fresh […]

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