Dr Sarath Obeysekera I have read the above statement made by new Governor of CB with dismay ,as he has not specified what reforms we need to initiate . As an economist he will speak about GDP ,Export Potential, High Labour cost and nothing about how to improve the productivity. He talks about attracting investors, […]

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තමනට මහ රජාණෝ යන නම දැම්මේ වත්මන් ජනාධිපති මෛත‍්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා බව හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා පවසයි. ඔහු මේ බව කියා සිටියේ බලංගොඩ ප‍්‍රදේශයේ පැවති උත්සව සභාවක් අමතමිනි. එසේ අමතනු එපා යයි තමන් නිතරම කියූවද පලක් නොවූ බවද රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා පැවසීය.

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By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island July 4, 2016, 7:15 pm It would take months and years for the world to absorb the aftershocks of the stunning decision taken by the People of Great Britain to leave the European Union (EU). The consequences of this decision would be felt globally and would affect the lives and […]

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Courtesy Adaderana BIZ Sri Lanka is currently stuck in a position while being unable to compete against countries with lower labor costs or labor productivity. If to emerge from this trap, Sri Lanka has to go for reforms immediately, warns an economic academic. Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy points out that Sri Lanka is unable to compete […]

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lanka C news 2015.05.28– biz.adaderana.lk ශ්‍රමයේ මිල අඩු රටවල් සමග හෝ ශ්‍රමයේ ඵලදායීතාවය වැඩි රටවල් සමග තරග කිරීමට නොහැකි ලෙස ලංකාව මේ වනවිට හිරවී තිබෙන බවත් මේ උගුලෙන් ගොඩඒම සඳහා ලංකාව වහ වහා ප්‍රතිසංස්සකරණ කළ යුතුව ඇති බවත් ආර්ථ ශාස්ත්‍රඥයෙකු අවධාරණය කරයි. ආචාර්ය ඉන්ද්‍රජිත් කුමාරස්වාමි මහතා පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ මෙරට ශ්‍රමයේ මිල වැඩි නිසා ශ්‍රමයේ මිල […]

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Sri Lanka news President Maithripala Sirisena announced on Saturday that he will appoint Economist Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy as the Governor of Central Bank. Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy will receive his appointment as the Governor of Central Bank from President Maithripala Sirisena today (4). Dr. Coomaraswamy had met the President on Saturday (2) after his decision was announced on the next […]

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Editorial Courtesy The Island July 3, 2016, 9:12 pm President Maithripala Sirisena took one step back and two steps forward on the question of the appointment of a new Governor to the Central Bank; Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe took one step back and another forward. Wickremesinghe managed to prevent Sirisena’s first choice being appointed Governor and […]

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By Rohana R. Wasala Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York.–          Opening lines of the Shakespeare play ‘Richard III’ uttered by (the Duke of) Gloucester who later became King Richard III ‘Listening to discontent’ by Sanjana Hattotuwa (Sunday Island/June 26, 2016) attempts an answer to the writer’s own […]

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