Sasanka De Silva Fiscal stability refers to a condition or state in which a country’s government manages its finances responsibly and sustainably, with its revenues and expenditures in balance or in a stable and manageable relationship over time. It is often characterized by a government’s ability to effectively manage its fiscal policies, including taxation, spending, […]

Dilrook Kannangara Selling state enterprises is not the right thing to do. If Sweden, Singapore and even Sri Lanka before 1972 could do it, state business undertakings can profit and run efficiently. However, the current state of affairs surrounding state businesses is pathetic and they cannot be salvaged. On top of that Sri Lanka is […]

Malinda Seneviratne A few weeks ago, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) posted a ‘wanted’ advertisement for a Financial Consultant ‘to provide guidance on investment decisions, cash management and dy-to-day organisational expenses. The expanded responsibilities include, ‘forecasting costs and revenues, conducting risk analysis for financial plans, evaluating capital expansion options and to provide guidance and recommendations […]

“නීතියේ සිංහල නුගමුල” ෆීනික්ස් නීති සාර සංග්‍රහය 1. ඉංග්‍රීසි නීති දේශන සිංහල භාෂාවට පරිවර්තනය කිරීමට නීති ශිෂ්‍යයන් භාෂා පරිවර්තක සුදුසුකම් ලබා නැත. 2. නිසි ප්‍රමිතියක නීති අධ්‍යාපනයක් සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් නීති විද්‍යාලයේදී නොලබා විභාග සමත්වීමට පමණක් සීමිත දැනුමක් නීති විද්‍යාලයෙන් පිටතදී ලබා ගැනීම. 3. සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් නීති දේශන නොපවත්වා සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් විභාග පවත්වා නීති දේශන පැවැත්වීමේ […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රටේ ජනතාවගේ උන්නතිය වෙනුවෙන් ‍ ත්‍රස්තවාදී ක්‍රියා සිදු කරන පුද්ගලයින් මර්දනය කිරීම සඳහා රජය කිසිවිටෙකත් පසුබට නොවන බව අධිකරණ අමාත්‍ය විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවසයි. අන්තර්ජාල නාළිකාවක් සමඟ විශේෂ සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් ඔහු සදහන් කර තිබෙන්නේ ‍ ප්‍රතිත්‍රස්ත පනත සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඇතැම් පුද්ගලයින් සමාජය නොමග යවමින් සිටින බවය. එලෙස සමාජය මුලා කරන පුද්ගලයින්ට […]

Divyesh Singh Courtesy India Today The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has busted a racket allegedly working for the revival of a militant group in Sri Lanka. The agency has arrested one member and seized illegal proceeds. The National Investigation Agency has seized a huge cache of cash, gold bars, mobile phones, memory cards, drugs and […]

Anusha Ondaatjie, Courtesy  Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange reserves grew in March to the highest in over a year after the South Asian nation clinched a $3 billion International Monetary Fund bailout. The stockpile increased to $2.69 billion from $2.22 billion in February, according to data released by the central bank on […]

By Kalani Kumarasinghe Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Central Bank Governor and the leaders of the country must be mindful to work and not complain, former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said. I have done this job for the last nine years. Have I ever complained or cried for a single day? We did […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lankan migrant workers’ foreign remittances have seen a sharp increase in March 2023, according to the figures published by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL). Thereby, workers’ remittances amounted to USD 568.3 million last month, recording an increase of more than USD 161 million from February 2023. Sri Lanka consecutively registered […]