Economic

100 basis points rise; sharpest increase since January 2001 and second in three months
Econsult warns move would cause vicious cycle as hike will push up input costs for productive economy and higher costs will be passed down to consumers as higher prices
Places significant downside risk to SMEs and corporates who are still highly leveraged

Industry experts believe SL could survive with Indian travellers amidst Russia-Ukraine conflict

Posts Rs. 43.2 b Profit Before Tax
Achieves revenue growth of 17%
Net Interest income up 49% to Rs. 111.3 b
Total Assets reach another milestone at Rs. 3.8 t
Deposits and Advances base now well over Rs. 2 t

ඉස්සරහට රත්තරනුත් ගන්න බැරි වෙයි

Ernst & Young (EY) has signed a Board of Investment (BOI) agreement to set up a 1,000-seat Global Delivery Services centre in Sri Lanka.

World’s biggest lines MSC and Maersk suspend container shipping to and from Russia, deepening country’s isolation
Tea exporters to Russia worry over prospects

මහ බැංකුවෙන් දැඩි තීරණයක්

වාහනවල මිල ගණන් ජනතාව විශ්වාස නොකරන අයුරුන් ඉහළ යා හැකියි

LONDON (Reuters): Oil prices surged yesterday as concerns over supply disruptions after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and related sanctions outweighed talks of a coordinated global crude stocks release.

රට මේ වනවිට මුහුණ දී සිටින ආර්ථික අර්බුදයට පිළියම් සෙවීම සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහබැංකුව විසින් ඉල්ලීම් 8ක් රජය වෙත ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇති බව මහබැංකු අධිපති අජිත් නිවාඩ් කබ්‍රාල් මහතා පවසයි.

The two main gas importing companies, "LAUGFS" and "LITRO" today said they would not be able to import gas, as the local banks do not permit them to open Letters of Credit (LCs), which could eventually lead to a massive gas scarcity in the country.

Higher duties on 700 non-essential imports; voluntary flexible working hours among suggestions Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal has mooted new measures to boost foreign exchange earnings whilst saving scarce reserves and awaiting a positive response from the Government.

වී තොග සුරැකුම් ලෙස තබාගෙන වී මිලදී ගැනීමට වී අලෙවි මණ්ඩලයට ණය පහසුකම් සපයන ලෙස ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ලංකා බැංකුව සහ මහජන බැංකුව වෙත උපදෙස් ලබාදී තිබේ.

පාස්ක ප්‍රහාරය හේතුවෙන් කඩා වැටුණු ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථිකය මේ වනවිට දැවැන්ත අනතුරකට මුහුණ දී ඇති බව ජාත්‍යන්තර මුල්‍ය අරමුදල අවධාරණය කරනවා. කොවිඩ් වසංගත තත්වයත් සමග ආර්ථිකය බරපතල අවිනිශ්චිත මට්ටමකට පත්ව ඇති බවයි එම ආයතනය පවසන්නේ.

Workers remittances have plunged to a new low of $ 259 million in January heralding a challenging start for the new year for the Central Bank which has been executing multiple measures to woo inflows via official channels. The figure of $ 259.2 million in January is down by nearly 62% from a year ago and lowest in 13 years. The previous lowest was $ 261.6 million in November 2009.

Post-Article IV Consultation says SL’s outlook subject to large uncertainties with risks tilted to the downside
Stresses economic outlook constrained by debt overhang with public debt rising to unsustainable levels; persistently large fiscal and balance-of-payments financing needs
Reveals GDP growth negatively affected by impact of the FX shortage and macroeconomic imbalances on economic activities and business confidence
Says upside risks include faster-than-expected tourism recovery and stronger-than-projected FDI inflows
Commends prompt policy response and successful vaccination drive to contain COVID spread

පැරසිටමෝල් පෙත්තක නව මිල මෙන්න

Net credit to the Government had ballooned by Rs. 1.7 trillion or 38% to end 2021 at Rs. 6.28 trillion. In 2020 the figure stood at Rs. 4.55 trillion.