Tag: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka needs a stronger entrepreneurial culture: academics
June 18, 2017 (LBO) – A tendency to look to the government for solutions as well as practical constraints like high interest rates and lack of business skills like marketing, academics who are helping improving management skills in the country said. “When you give so many subsidies people or businesses they start depending on the […]
Sri Lanka vows polls in ex-war zone but clips council powers
OLOMBO, June 16, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse pledged Sunday to proceed with the first-ever provincial polls in the island’s former war zone but his government said the powers of the elected council will be clipped.The councils were established in line with an agreement with neighbouring India, which promised to rein in […]
Sri Lanka growth to be on track: CB Governor
June 17, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is expecting 7.5 percent growth this year despite a slowdown in exports, and adverse weather hitting fisheries, Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal said. The hotel sector as doing well and lots of investments were taking place, he said in addition to other areas like remittances, which were also […]
Sri Lanka promises fast-track investment approvals from July 01
June 17, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s investment promotion ministry said a new fast-track unit will be opened from July 01, to give approvals for projects within three months.Investment promotions minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardene expects the procedure to provide all necessarily approvals, within three months, the statement said. The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka […]
Sri Lanka gaming tax to be on par with the rest of the world: minister
June 14, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s gaming taxes could be made to be on par with the rest of the world, investment promotions minister Lakshman Abeywardena said amid queries why gaming levies are being brought down.He said casinos were now located haphazardly in Colombo and some were near schools and in a recent budget […]
Sri Lanka rupee weakness a logical adjustment: CB Governor
June 14, 2013 (LBO) – A weakness in Sri Lanka’s rupee is a “logical adjustment” coming amid falling Asian currencies including the Indian rupee and Japanese Yen that will also ward off import pressure, Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal said.“There are different ways of looking at this,” Cabraal said. “The Indian rupee has weakened significantly. […]
Sri Lanka economic forum to bridge gap between business and universities
June 14, 2013 (LBO) – An annual economic policy forum will bring universities and business together in a bid to bridge a perceived gap between their needs and the output of local universities its organizer, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said. A speech by Gehan Amaratunga, head, electronics, power and energy conversion group, Cambridge Engineering Faculty […]
Sri Lanka to ban foreign investments in to steel, cement, retail trade
June 13, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to ban foreign investments into steel, cement, retail trade, small scale agriculture and beauty care products, to ‘protect’ domestic investors, according to decision by the cabinet of ministers.Cabinet spokesman Keheliya Rambukwelle said relevant regulations would be made known later. He said existing investors in the sectors will […]
Sri Lanka state workers take home 56-pct of tax revenues in 2012
June 11, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state workers and pensioners have taken 56 cents out of every tax rupee collected from the people in 2012, not counting tax slashed car permits, official data shows. An analysis by the finance ministry shows that in 1.79 public sector workers took home 348 billion rupees in salaries […]
Sri Lanka lending rates to ease with lower state borrowing: Central Bank
June 7, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s bank lending rates are expected to ease in the second half of 2013 with reduced bank borrowings by the state, the Central Bank said holding policy rates in June, after a cut last month. In May the monetary authority cut its policy rate corridor by 50 basis points. […]
Sri Lanka businesses warned on planned media curbs
June 07, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s businesses had been warned on the future effects on liberty in the island following attempts to impose fresh controls on the media through a ‘code of ethics’. Government officials have said it does not amount to a new law but critics say the island has a history of […]
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June 05, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has been included in a list of exempt countries released by the United States on sanctions imposed on crude oil purchases from Iran, a media report said. The US administration ruled that the economies concerned had taken steps to reduce imports of Iranian oil, so their financial institutions […]