Courtesy Adaderana The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), has decreased to -0.2% in September 2024 from 1.1% in August 2024, according to the latest data released by  the Department of Census and Statistics.  Meanwhile, food inflation also decreased to 0.5% in September, down from 2.3% in August. […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Oct 16 (NewsWire) – The government has received Rs. 419 Billion in treasury bills and bond loans, in the 13 days from 02-15 October 2024, former Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Matale District MP Rohini Kavirathna said.  Issuing a statement, former MP Kavirathna said the government is continuing to take unlimited loans, but the […]

Jayati Ghosh and Kanchana N. Ruwanpura Courtesy The Jordan Times COLOMBO — More than a year after the mass protest movement known as the Aragalaya ousted Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankans have once again taken to the streets. The impetus for the resurgence of public discontent […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ජනාධිපතිවරණයට පෙර ජාතික ජන බලවේගය ජනතාවට මොනතරම් පොරොන්දු දුන්නත් බලයට පත් වූ පසුව ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක අනුගමනය කරන්නේත් රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහගේ ආර්ථික ප්‍රතිපත්තියම බව කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ ආර්ථික විද්‍යා අධ්‍යයන අංශයේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ කථිකාචාර්යල ආචාර්ය ප්‍රියංග දුණුසිංහ මහතා පවසයි. ඒ අනුව මැතිවරණ පොරොන්දු දැනටමත් කඩ කර අවසන් නමුත් එය රට පැත්තෙන් ඉතා යහපත් […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government has spent only 53% of the welfare budget allocated for the year within the first 8 months up to August, according to a report. A latest report from the Ministry of Finance indicates that the welfare budget has primarily been used to fund the ‘Aswesuma’ welfare program. Meanwhile, the report also […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Oct 16 (NewsWire) – The government has received Rs. 419 Billion in treasury bills and bond loans, in the 13 days from 02-15 October 2024, former Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Matale District MP Rohini Kavirathna said.  Issuing a statement, former MP Kavirathna said the government is continuing to take unlimited loans, but the […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව විසින් හෙට දිනයේ 15 භාණ්ඩාගාර බිල්පත් වෙන්දේසියක් සිදු කරයි. එහිදී රුපියල් මිලියන 97,000ක භාණ්ඩාගාර බිල්පත් වෙන්දේසි කිරීමට ලංසු කැදයි. දින 91කින් කල්පිරෙන රුපියල් මිලියන 37,000ක, දින 182කින් කල්පිරෙන රුපියල් මිලියන 40,000ක සහ දින 364කින් කල්පිරෙන රුපියල් මිලියන 20,000ක භාණ්ඩාගාර බිල්පත් එහිදී වෙන්දේසි කෙරේ.

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පසුගිය ජනවාරි සිට අගෝස්තු දක්වා කාලය තුළ භාණ්ඩාගාර බිල්පත් වලින් සහ බැදුම්කර වලින් මාසිකව රුපියල් බිලියන 800 ඉක්මවූ ණය ලබා ගෙන ඇතිබව පේරාදෙණිය විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ ආර්ථික විද්‍යා හා සංඛ්‍යාන අධ්‍යයන අංශයේ මහාචාර්ය වසන්ත අතුකෝරල මහතා පැවසීය. ඇතැම් මාස වල එලෙස බිලියන 1200ක ණය ලබා ගෙන තිබේ. මේ හේතුවෙන් දේශීය ණය […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s economy has stabilized, with growth expected to reach 4.4 percent in 2024, surpassing earlier forecasts. This positive outlook follows four consecutive quarters of growth driven by the industrial and tourism sectors and supported by critical structural and policy reforms, says the World Bank. Released today, the World Bank’s bi-annual Sri Lanka […]

Courtesy Adaderana The World Bank and the Government of Sri Lanka today signed the Second Resilience, Stability, and Economic Turnaround (RESET) Development Policy Operation (DPO) for $200 million. This is the second operation in a two-part series that began in 2022. The first operation, totaling $500 million, was disbursed in June and December 2023. The […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange revenue from tourism has reached USD 181 million within the month of September this year. According to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), this revenue represents a significant increase compared to September of last year, which saw USD 152 million in tourism earnings. Data from the Central Bank […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Inland Revenue Department has successfully collected Rs. 1,417 billion in taxes as of September 30, 2024, surpassing 70% of the annual revenue target of Rs. 2,024 billion. In a statement, the Commissioner General of the Department of Inland Revenue Sepalika Chandrasekara noted that while the collection progress is commendable, there are still […]

Courtesy Adaderana A high-level delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrived in Sri Lanka today (2) to engage with the newly formed government led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.  The primary objective of the visit was to initiate discussions on the progress of the IMF program and necessary steps towards the release of the […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror During the last couple of days, Sri Lanka elected a left-leaning outsider as its 9th Executive President and then went on to win a test match in Galle. No one challenged the election results; Protesters did not storm Parliament, arsonists did not torch the houses and shops, and the army did […]

Courtesy Adaderana Fitch Ratings has affirmed Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘RD’ (Restricted Default) and Long-Term Local-Currency IDR at ‘CCC-’.  Fitch typically does not assign Outlooks to issuers with a rating of ‘CCC+’ or below. The rating agency said sovereign remains in default on Sri Lanka’s foreign-currency obligations, while restructuring negotiations […]

Courtesy Adaderana Pledges by Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to cut taxes and make changes to the country’s International Monetary Fund bailout could keep the country’s credit risks elevated for some time, rating agency Moody’s has said. We do not expect significant disruption to the country’s reform agenda or macroeconomic policies, which include […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ෆිච් රේටින්ස් ආයතනය නිකුත් කළ, ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීම් දැක්වුණේ ජනපතිවරණයේ ප්‍රතිඵලය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රතිපත්තිමය දිශානතියට අවිනිශ්චිතතාවයක් එක් කරන අතර ණය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගතකීරීම හෝ ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ වැඩසටහන් නැවත සාකච්ඡා කිරීම ප්‍රමාද කිරීමටද හේතුවිය හැකි බවයි. මේ අතර, කොළඹ කොටස් වෙළෙඳපොළ මිල දර්ශකවල අද දිනයේත් කැපී පෙනෙන ඉහළ යෑමක් දක්නට ලැබෙනවා. සියලු‍ කොටස් මිල […]

Courtesy Hiru News Sri Lanka’s dollar bonds and stocks have dropped following the election of leftist candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake as President, sparking concerns about the future of the nation’s bailout by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and ongoing debt deals according to a report from Bloomberg. Bonds set to mature in March 2029 fell […]

Courtesy Gulf Today Sri Lanka’s economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter, bolstering sentiment ahead of a crucial election that could affect policy as the country recovers from its worst crisis in decades, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Gross domestic product rose 4.7 per cent in the three months to June from a year […]

Courtesy Adaderana IANS) Sri Lanka has earned over two billion US dollars from tourism in the first eight months of 2024, the latest data from the country’s Central Bank shows. Sri Lanka earned 2.17 billion dollars in the above period, which is a 66.1 per cent increase from the same period in 2023, the Central […]

Courtesy Adaderana The overall rate of inflation as measured by the Colombo Consumers Price Index (CCPI) on a Y-on-Y basis has decreased to 0.5% in August 2024 compared to the 2.4% calculated for the month of July 2024, according to the latest data released by Sri Lanka’s Department of Census and Statistics. The CCPI for […]

Lucky Sydney Sri Lanka’s economy relies heavily on various sectors to generate foreign exchange, with key earners including workers’ remittances, tourism, the tea industry, and the apparel and textile industry. Notably, remittances stand out as the sole category with no import content, making it a significant contributor to the country’s foreign income. In contrast, sectors […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) said it expects inflation to remain well below its upper target of 5 percent until early next year, supporting the ongoing economic recovery by providing some relief to both livelihoods and business activities. Based on current projections, inflation is expected to […]

Courtesy Hiru News Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, has cautioned that political or social uncertainties, or reversals of recent achievements, could significantly disrupt the country’s economic reform agenda. He warned that such disruptions could lead to deviations from the planned policy trajectory, potentially resulting in severe and lasting […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Commissioner General of the Excise Department M.J. Gunasiri has dismissed claims of significant arrears in three major government revenue sources namely the Inland Revenue Department, Sri Lanka Customs, and the Excise Department as myths. Speaking at the press briefing titled Collective Path to a Stable Country” held at the Presidential Media Centre […]

Courtesy Hiru News State Minister for Investment Promotion, Dilum Amunugama, announced that Sri Lanka has secured an export income of USD 9 billion in the first six months of this year. \He also highlighted that investment agreements totaling approximately USD 800 million have been signed during the same period. State Minister Amunugama shared this information […]