Economic

2020 අපේ‍්‍රල් මාසය වන විට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ බදු ආදායම සියයට 26 කින් පහළ ගොස් රුපියල් බිලියන 408.5 ක් වී ඇති අතර කොරොන වයිරස් අර්බුදයක් හේතුවෙන් මූල්‍ය හා මූල්‍ය උත්තේජනයක් මධ්‍යයේ වසරේ එම කාලය තුළ මුළු වියදම් පහළ මට්ටමක තබා ගැනීම සඳහා මුදල් අමාත්‍යංශය ප්‍රාග්ධන වියදම් අඩකින් අඩු කර ඇති බව දත්ත පෙන්වා දෙයි.

බැංකු නොවන මූල්‍ය ආයතන (එන්බීඑෆ්අයිඑස්) ඊයේ රජයෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටියේ. මහ බැංකුව විසින් ක්‍රියාවට නංවා ඇති බිලියන 150 ක COVID-19 පුනරුදය පහසුකම ඔවුන්ටත් ලබා දෙන්නේ නම් මෙම අංශයට ආධාර අවශ්‍ය කුඩා සමාගම් වෙත ළඟා විය හැකි බව සඳහන් කරමින්.

Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) yesterday appealed to the Government to include them in the Rs. 150 billion Saubagya COVID-19 renaissance facility implemented by the Central Bank, noting that the sector could reach out to smaller companies in need of support.

National Development Bank (NDB Bank) has announced plans to raise Rs. 8 billion via five-year BASEL II compliant, Tier 2 listed, rated, unsecured, subordinated redeemable debentures with a non-viability conversion.

ලෝක වෙළඳපොළේ රත්‍රං මිල යළි ඉහළ ගොස් තිබේ.

For the first time in Sri Lanka’s history, a national budget is not being presented in a financial year. The Government is presenting its third vote on account (VOA) for the fourth quarter of the 2020 year managing the country without a national budget passed in Parliament, official sources said.

Export Development Board (EDB) Chairman Prabhash Subasinghe says June data confirmed that exports are bouncing back after initially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Court of Appeal yesterday directed the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) to implement the law against any persons transporting sand without the required licenses issued under the Mines and Minerals Act and related regulations.

Three new members Sanjeeva Jayawardena PC, Dr (Mrs) Ranee Jayamaha and Samantha Kumarasinghe have assumed duties as serving members of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), pursuant to being appointed to the Board by the President, under section 8(2)(c) of the Monetary Law Act with the approval of the Constitutional Council.

Although the government has announced that the interest rate on credit cards will be reduced to 15 percent, it is said that the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) is yet to issue instructions on this regard to commercial banks.

The Colombo stock market remained on the up in tandem with improved investor sentiments though foreigners continued to be net sellers.

The Finance Ministry yesterday said it has released the relevant funds to purchase the Yala Season harvest with the price per kilogram set at Rs.50.

කුකුළු කෑම හිඟය හේතුවෙන් බිත්තර මිල ඉදිරියේ දී තවත් වැඩි වනු ඇතැයි සමස්ත ලංකා බිත්තර නිෂ්පාදකයින්ගේ සංගමය පවසයි.

The World Bank’s recent action of downgrading the status of Sri Lanka to lower-middle income group from upper-middle income grade was mainly based on the country’s per capita income and such classifications doesn’t indicate the actual situation of countries, Central Bank (CB) Governor Prof. W.D. Lakshman has emphasised.

People’s Bank once again made its mark by securing its place amongst the ‘Top 1000 Banks in the World’ – a ranking carried by the prestigious Banker Magazine United Kingdom, a publication by the Financial Times. More importantly, the bank was ranked amongst the ‘Top 200’ in terms of Return on Capital – a rare feat.

රටේ විදේශ මුදල් සංචිත තත්ත්වය ආරක්ෂා කර ගැනීමේ අරමුණින් සහ කොවිඩ් -19 වසංගතය පැතිරීම හේතුවෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආර්ථිකයට සිදුවිය හැකි අහිතකර බලපෑම අවම කර ගැනීම සදහා ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව දැඩි උත්සාහයක් ගන්නා බව සදහන් කරයි.

With a view to preserve the foreign currency reserve position of the country and considering the possible negative impact to the Sri Lankan economy due to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, the Central Bank

Central Bank Governor Prof. W.D. Lakshman met acting Indian High Commissioner Vinod K. Jacob yesterday to discuss the progress of the proposed special SWAP facility of $ 1.1 billion between the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.