Economic
මෙම වර්ෂයේ දෙවන කාර්තුවේදී ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථිකයේ වර්ධන වේගය සියයට 8 යි දශම 4ක පසුබැසීමක් වාර්තා කර ඇතැයි ජනලේඛන හා සංඛ්යාලේඛන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව අනාවරණය කරනවා. ඒ, 2022 වර්ෂයේ දෙවන කාර්තුව සඳහා ජාතික ගිණුම් ඇස්තමේන්තු ප්රකාශයට පත් කරමින්.
Workers’ remittances saw a rebound in August reaching $ 325 million, the highest level so far in 2022.
The Public Debt Department (PDD) of the Central Bank yesterday only sold Rs.10.2 billion worth of Treasury bills, despite offering Rs.75 billion in bills, with yields remaining unchanged across all three maturities from last week’s auction.
The Colombo stock market yesterday bounced back sharply with both indices gaining on improved turnover and more importantly higher foreign net inflow.
The Government’s recent clamp down on sports goods due to the foreign exchange crisis in the country is affecting a lot of sports, especially cricket.
ඇගළුම් ක්ෂේත්රය හැර සෙසු ක්ෂේත්රවල ප්රගතියක් දක්නට නොලැබෙන්නේ එම ක්ෂේත්ර ජාත්යන්තරයට නිදහස් නොකිරීම හේතුවෙන් බව කර්මාන්ත අමාත්ය රමේෂ් පතිරණ පවසනවා.
Govt. issues Gazette to legalise and regulate casinos
New legislation effective 1 Sept. clearly outlines procedure for application for licence or renewal, matters to be considered in evaluation of an application or cancellation
Opens doors for top new global operators
Big boon for Sri Lanka becoming tourism, leisure and entertainment hub in South Asia
Fee for 5-year licence or renewal is Rs. 500 m; licence for maximum of 20 years must be paid upfront
Leading business LMD reported that ‘confidence barometer has headed north after two successive months of stagnation.”
July imports dip 25% to $ 1.28 b; first 7 months' expenditure down 3.5% to $ 11.3 b
Import volume index down 36% but import unit value index up 18%
Consumer goods import value down by 46.2%
Non-food consumer imports dip by 67%
Investment goods lower by 44% in July and 19% in first 7 months
Fuel imports up 35% in July and 43% to $ 3 b in first 7 months
CB survey finds decline in employment in manufacturing and services sectors
Soaring inflation and demand destructive policies have weighed on top lines of companies
Exponentially higher interest rates and cost inflation have squeezed their bottom lines
Retirements and resignations have also contributed to loss of employment
A major tea export company in Sri Lanka has been evading taxes worth US dollars 300 million every year, a government MP told Parliament yesterday.
වෙළඳපොල කටයුතු කෙරෙහි සංවේදී කරුණු නිසා ණය ප්රතිව්යුහගතකරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් තමන්ට අදහස් දැක්විය නොහැකි බව ශ්රී ලංකා මහබැංකුවේ අධිපති නන්දලාල් වීරසිංහ මහතා පවසයි.
Introduces environmentally friendly Low-Carbon Aluminium to grow export markets
Pro-circularity model reduces manufacturing energy requirements by 95%
4,020 tourists in first 4 days of Sept. push YTD arrivals to 500,472
India, UK, Australia, Germany, Canada among top source markets
SLTDA Chief Priantha Fernando confident of achieving 1 m arrivals
Eyes $ 1.75 b earnings this year; $ 825 m netted so far in first 7 months
Lankans seeking overseas jobs jump by 340% to 163,522 up to July
Stock and Govt. securities markets see net inflows
Urge govt. to consider including canned fish in temporarily banned list of imported goods into country
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