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Panelists attend the Central Asia Forum 2024 organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, together with the Geopolitical Cartographer, at the Granbell Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Aug.
News Sri Lanka » Central » Government: The Policies of Sri Lanka’s New Government: a Historic Opportunity Lost
On the right, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, President of Sri Lanka. On the left, Dr. S. Jaishankar, India’s Minister of External Affairs. Photo: MEAphotogallery, Flickr, CC, Can you give us a quick ...
News Sri Lanka » Central » Government: Sri Lanka: Showdown at the central bank
Vendettas waged by government bureaucrats never look good but, in Sri Lanka, such higher-minded considerations seem to have evaded two powerful men who should know better. Arjuna Mahendran and Ajith ...
News Sri Lanka » Central » Government: Sri Lanka and the NPP’s First Year in Government
A year after Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) won the presidential election and his party, the National People’s Power (NPP), won a super-majority in the parliamentary elections, the country has made ...
News Sri Lanka » Central » Government: Sri Lanka posts record fiscal improvement amid Middle East risks
The government achieved a primary surplus for the third consecutive year, reaching 5.4 percent of GDP, while the current account balance also recorded a surplus of 0.7 percent of GDP for the first ...
News Sri Lanka » Central » Government: Sri Lanka was reeling from crisis to crisis, then the Middle East war came
After enduring terror attacks, a pandemic, economic collapse and a devastating cyclone, citizens wonder when the hardships will end.
News Sri Lanka » Central » Government: Sri Lanka calls for public proposals to boost tax revenue to 20-pct of GDP
Sri Lanka's Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has called for long-term revenue increasing proposals to be submitted before June 12.
News Sri Lanka » Central » Government: Exclusive-Sri Lanka Central Bank Has Room to Cut Rates but Will Be Cautious, Says Governor
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s central bank has room to cut interest rates further but is treading carefully to preserve a buffer against potential external shocks, Governor P. Nandalal Weerasinghe ...
News Sri Lanka » Central » Government: Sajith raps Government over unfulfilled promises
Sri Lanka, May 22 -- Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa accused the government stating that it has deceived the entire country with lies and fraud by not fulfilling the promises made during the ...
News Sri Lanka » Central » Government: Sri Lanka’s exchange rate dilemma: Don’t blame toothless Central Bank
Leading up to the Asian Financial crisis, the Thai Central Bank sold dollars from its international reserves to keep the baht-to-dollar rate at 25 baht. This came to a culmination in 1997 when it lost ...