Uptick in growth seen, IMF and World Bank spring meetings commence
Apr 21, 2017 (LBO) - The International Monetary Fund's head Christine Lagarde said they expect an uptick in global growth this year, as spring meetings …
Apr 21, 2017 (LBO) - The International Monetary Fund's head Christine Lagarde said they expect an uptick in global growth this year, as spring meetings …
Apr 21, 2017 (LBO) - Sri Lankan policy think tank Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) said four working papers on constitutional reform have been published …
Apr 19, 2017 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's rising fertility rate has serious implications for the island that are not being adequately discussed, experts say. Sri Lanka …
Apr 03, 2017 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Centre for Policy Alternatives’ latest opinion poll on constitutional reforms shows that 55 percent of those polled believe …
Mar 31, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the decision by the Finance Ministry to postpone the abolition of the SVAT system …
Mar 29, 2017 (LBO) - Economic policies of the present Sri Lankan government are falling far short of expectations, driven by lack of confidence in the finance …
Mar 28, 2017 (LBO) – Financial innovation firm R3 has invited Sri Lanka’s Central Bank to join their collaborative initiative to design a distributed …
Mar 09, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Committee On Public Enterprises (COPE) should investigate the transactions carried out between the US-based Franklin …
Feb 21, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s public sector, excluding the semi government sector and three forces, expanded 39 percent in the last ten years, a census …
Feb 17, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will conduct a cadre review to determine the total cadre requirement of the public sector and provincial councils. The review …
Feb 08, 2017 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's external debt situation is manageable. However, the current challenge is to increase inflows from exports and FDI, Central …
Jan 13, 2016 (LBO) - The Financial Intelligence Unit, located at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the …
Dec 28, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank today said the government intends to raise a Foreign Currency Term Financing Facility (FTFF) denominated in …
Dec 29, 2016 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has signed a 75 million dollar World Bank credit to support the country’s welfare programs. The project includes an integrated …
Dec 28, 2016 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka's central bank is most likely to keep its key interest rates steady on Friday, even as some economists expect further …
Dec 19, 2016 (LBO) - Malaysia and Sri Lanka will consider the possibility of free trade agreement, a joint statement said, after the official visit of …
After 198 years, President has removed 19 Sinhala leaders including Monarawila Keppetipola from a list of traitors recognizing them as Wellassa heroes.buy …
Nov 30, 2016 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's budget for 2017 is headed in the right direction, especially in terms of primary deficit reduction, Eteri Kvintradze, the …
By Frances Coppola We have a crisis of work. The secure, well-paid jobs of the past — many of them in manufacturing — are disappearing. What is replacing …