Budget 2006: Is it achievable?
The 2006 budget expects revenue to go up by 1.1 percent of GDP to 17.5 percent of GDP and the overall budget deficit to remain at 7.1 percent of GDP. The 2006 …
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Sri Lanka to change banking laws to mandate bigger credit to agro sectors
Sri Lanka plans to bring in changes to its banking laws before next March to mandate banks to double their agriculture lending portfolio, Treasury Secretary …
Wobbly start for Sri Lanka’s 2006 budget presentation
Sri Lanka's annual budget presentation got off to an inauspicious start with the main opposition party boycotting the proceeding, while government benches were …
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Sri Lanka raise sin taxes, unveils deficit budget amid opposition boycott
Sri Lanka Tuesday announced higher taxes on gambling, smoking and liquor but slashed other levies in a budget speech boycotted by the opposition which dubbed …
Sugar Coating
Sri Lanka's government is likely to announce ambitious spending plans to help low-income groups and farmers when it presents its 2006 budget proposals next …
Sri Lanka revives automatic fuel price revision formula
The government has proposed a return to the automatic fuel price formula after squandering billions on a failed attempt to 'unplug' Sri Lanka from the global …
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Sri Lanka promises Vehicle permits and higher pay for public servants
Sri Lanka is offering tax breaks on vehicle permits, higher pay and cash for unpaid leave to encourage its bloated public sector to become more efficient. Sri …
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Sri Lanka's Prime Minister is promising to give paid paternity leave, duty free vehicles for good taxpayers, free spectacles for the disable, and splash out …
Sri Lanka offers tax-free ICC cricket
The Sri Lankan government announced Tuesday that all International Cricket Council (ICC) events held in this cricket-mad island will be given total tax …
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Treasury Secretary says GDP growth will surpass six percent this year but independent economists give sharply lower forecasts. Treasury Secretary says GDP …
How Amunugama nearly missed the bus
Finance Minister Sarath Amunugama nearly missed presenting the 2006 budget today after his staff got the time wrong and forced him to an inauspicious start. …
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Sri Lanka plans to lean on foreign aid and debt relief to trim its deficit, though Tuesday’s budget will be sugar coated to woo voters in the run up to next …
Download the 2006 budget speech here
The Freedom Alliance Govenment on Tuesday presented its second budget since coming into power after the snap April 2004 polls. buy ocuflox online …
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Sri Lanka's main opposition Sunday demanded the postponement of the annual budget until after the presidential vote next month, arguing that the government may …
Budget – losing its significance?
While the ‘pre Presidential poll’ budget is being sidelines as election propaganda, the country’s overall financial planning process is also losing its …
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Punters cash out of Colombo bourse pre-budget
Punters at Sri Lanka’s tiny stockmarket, cashed out on budget day with poor postal voter turnout in the North and East also adding to investors woes, brokers …
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