May 23, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Finance Minister challenging former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to an open television debate on the economy …
May 222018
May 202018
ECONOMYNEXT – Around 70 percent of the debt Sri Lanka is now repaying has been issued before 2015, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera …
May 052018
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka achieved the highest ever foreign direct investment and higher ever exports in the history of the country in 2017, while unemployment was at 4.2 percent, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera had said. "We expect the economy…
Apr 172018
Apr 18, 2018 (LBO) – Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera says it is important for the Sri Lankan financial system to have robust access and engagement with the global financial architecture. The challenge for countries like Sri Lanka is how to ensu…
Apr 092018
Apr 10, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government is looking at attracting up to US 2.5 billion dollars in Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in 2018, and to double it to US 5 billion by 2020, a statement said. In 2017 the the highest FDI inflows came from China, followed by Hong Kong, India and Singapore, the …
Feb 272018
Feb 27, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka faces refinancing risks in the coming years and need a concerted and coordinated policy response to mitigate such risks, Finance Minister Managala Samaraweera said. “It is clear that Sri Lanka, like many developing nation…