Opinion: Disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on women in Sri Lanka
Shihara Maduwage Media and Communications Officer, EQUAL GROUND For months, Sri Lanka has been celebrated as a nation that succeeded in containing the spread …
Shihara Maduwage Media and Communications Officer, EQUAL GROUND For months, Sri Lanka has been celebrated as a nation that succeeded in containing the spread …
With due consideration to the current cost of living and difficulties associated with COVID – 19 the Government has removed import duties on essential …
Oct 13, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s merchandize exports have surpassed the US$ 1 billion mark in September after July during this year, statistics of the …
Oct 12, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s trade deficit improved on a year-on-year basis with the deficit in the trade account in August 2020 narrowing to …
Oct 12, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka and China signed an agreement on economic and technical cooperation for providing RMB 600 million (Rs. 16.5 billion) in …
Oct 11, 2020 (LBO) – As part of the Government’s sustained efforts at strengthening neighbourly relations, the Foreign Ministry facilitated on Friday …
Oct 08, 2020 (LBO) – The COVID-19 crisis in Sri Lanka has substantially clouded the outlook and exacerbated an already challenging macroeconomic …
Oct 08, 2020 (LBO) – A high-powered Chinese delegation led by former Chinese Foreign Minister and the current Communist Party Political Bureau member his …
Oct 07, 2020 (LBO) – The approval of the Cabinet of Ministers was granted at their meeting held in April 2020 for the issuance of orders under the …
Oct 02, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank says that they have successfully completed the settlement of the maturing International Sovereign Bond of …
Oct 02, 2020 (LBO ) – A panel of eminent economists urged that the Government take credible and decisive action to prevent a painful debt crisis in Sri …
Sep 30, 2020 (LBO) – The Advocata Institute has launched its latest public policy discussion series ‘DeepDive’. This series commences …
Sep 28, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry says that the Moody’s ratings downgrade today is unwarranted. Releasing a statement shortly after …
Sep 28, 2020 (LBO) – Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) has today downgraded the Government of Sri Lanka’s long-term foreign …
Sep 26, 2020 (LBO) – Having contained the domestic spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka is on a steady recovery path after the initial economic …
Sep 25, 2020 (LBO) – After a lapse of 28 years the Export Development Council (EDC) was convened under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and …
Dilani Hirimuthugodage, IPS This month, the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) announced the drafting of legislation to ban the sale of single …
Sep 24, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka@100, a private sector-led initiative was launched in Colombo on Thursday with the emphasis to enable the island to become …
“Sri Lanka Socio Economic Data – 2020”, the annually published data folder of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, is now available for public information. The …
Sep 18, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Government is inviting the supplier community to register with Electronic Government Procurement System (e-GP System) …