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Reallocation of Funds Can Help Finance an Election
The infographic depicts the cost of an election in comparison to selected spending decisions undertaken by the government in 2022. In 2022 the government allocated LKR...
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Daily Mirror
Central Bank advises businesses to grasp current e...
The Central Bank aims to smoothen exchange rate volatilities rather than fix the rate. Businesses are used to fixed exchange rates, leading to misaligned expectations and potential financi...
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Economy Next
Sri Lanka gets US$200mn from ADB for income suppor...
The Asian Development Bank said it had approved 200 million US dollars in emergency credits for Sri Lanka by re-purposing existing loans which will be used for farming, and income support for the poor and vulnerable, especially women and chi...
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Daily News
Bangladesh - Sri Lanka Currency Swap increased to...
Bangladesh’s currency swap agreement with Sri Lanka will be completed by next month, a top official of Bangladesh Bank said. A total of US$ 250 million would be provided on the deal set in motion during Sri Lankan Prime Minister M...
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Insight on Financing
Quantifying grants received by Sri Lanka...
Since independence, Sri Lanka has been th...
Complying with the Right to Information...
Large infrastructure projects of the gove...
WHT and PAYE had the largest growth in Q...
The Fiscal Management Report 2024, recent...
Is Maldives going down Sri Lanka's path?...
Since 1983, Sri Lanka has faced the conti...
How did Sri Lanka Finance Government Exp...
Total government expenditure for the year...
Reallocation of Funds Can Help Finance a...
The infographic depicts the cost of an el...
Sri Lanka Experiences Its Highest Rate O...
The infographic...
Sri Lanka’s Fitch Credit Rating has been...
Sri Lanka’s...
Infrastructure Watch Dashboard: Research...
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Change in Tariffs on Monthly Electricity Consumpti...
Electricity tariffs were initially revised in August 2022, which was the first revision since November 2014. However, in February 2023 tariffs were revised again (see table below).      
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Economic Policies in an Election Year: Suggested P...
Dr. Sharmini Coorey is a non-resident fellow at Verité Research. She was a former Department Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and currently a member of the Presidential Advisory Group on multilateral engageme...
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Sri Lanka's No. 1 export to the US faces a potenti...
On 2 April, US President Donald Trump imposed a 44 percent tariff on Sri Lankan exports to the United States. With apparel comprising 64 percent of these exports—valued at nearly USD 1.8 billion in 2023—Sri Lanka’s apparel...
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