Tag: Budget

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 […]

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 […]

Oct 23, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Chamber of Commerce expects the ‘National Budget of 2015’ will be in line with the development agenda of the government, the chamber said in a media release. The Media Release by Ceylon Chamber of Commerce The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce expects the proposals that will be presented […]

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 […]

Nov 21 (LBO) – A controversial tax to force Sri Lankan companies to pay dividends would undermine the health of the commercial banks by depleting their capital, a top banker has warned. The government is keen to push dividends in order to charge the dividend tax. But private sector officials point out that choice of […]

November 21 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s loose monetary policy came under fire at a gathering of top economists and business leaders in the country, with panelists slamming the Central Bank for pushing inflation up, creating a credit bubble and putting Sri Lanka’s balance of payments under pressure. Upside Down Though the economy was growing at […]

Nov 17, 2006 (LBO) – After creating two new state banks in successive budgets, Sri Lanka’s government is planning to merge and consolidate them with a network of existing rural banks. Sri Lanka already has two development banks, as well as medium term credit facilities that are channeled through commercial banks.The SME Bank was created […]

Nov 17, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka is set to borrow heavily abroad and at home in a bid to finance a record 2.18 billion dollar budget deficit next year, official figures showed Friday. The overall budget deficit for 2007 was estimated at 7.2 percent of Gross Domestic Product while the government revised the 2006 […]

November 16, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is expecting a 9.1 percent budget deficit in 2007, with the revised budget deficit for 2006 being estimated at 8.7 percent of GDP. Sri Lanka’s Central Bank is estimating the debt to GDP ratio to fall to 91.5 percent from 93.9 percent by year end. For the second […]

November 16, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is offering a 13.295 billion rupee credit line on concessionary terms to develop small and medium scale industries, President Mahinda Rajapakse said Thursday.He said over 100,000 such industries will be eligible to tap the funding line with interest payments spread between 6.5 percent to 14.0 percent. Sectors eligible […]

November 16, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government has introduced a controversial new tax to encourage dividends payment of listed companies, while giving incentives for the unit trust industry.Firms that do not distribute dividends would be subject to a penal withholding tax, according to new proposals released in the 2007 budget. “A company should try […]

Nov 16, 2006 (LBO) – Local jewellers have got a host of tax reductions in the country’s budget proposals for next year, as well as restrictions on jewellery imports.The Port and Airport Development levy on gems, jewellery and gold is to be removed and the Value Added Tax on jewellery reduced from 20 percent to […]