The road to economic recovery and growth is a tough and challenging one. A multiplicity of…
Category: Economic Crisis
Rajapaksas and false gods: Destroying the country and still hailed as saviours
Rather, some individuals are more culpable for the country’s economic miseries than others. Mahinda Rajapaksa and…
SJB demands entire agreement with IMF, refuses to take part in vote
By Saman Indrajith The Opposition was not in a position to back the IMF/EFF facility at…
Shifting responsibility for economic collapse onto the people
By Jehan Perera Slowly but surely the ruling party is beginning to reassert itself. An…
New anti-terrorism law for self-defence not national defence
By Jehan Perera President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s stock is rising high in the higher echelons of…
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis: Finding peaceful, equitable and sustainable way out
By Siri Hettige, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Colombo I wish to begin this article…
Sri Lanka eyes $4.5 bln from profitable, loss-making state asset divestment By SHIHAR ANEEZ
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka expects to raise an ambitious $4.5 billion from selling both profitable and…
MF bailout: SL’s march to recovery and political opportunists who stand on the way
IMF was poised to approve a US$2.9 billion bailout to Sri Lanka on Monday, where the…
Government increases the tax burden on the poor and working people on the IMF conditions but postponed taxing the capitalists by two years unacceptable by Eran Wickramaratne
Mr. Eran Wikramaratne MP who alleged that there is a bizarre situation in the implementation of…
Sri Lanka becomes first in Asia to have its governance come under IMF scrutiny
IMF governance diagnostic exercise to assess corruption and governance vulnerabilities Report to be published by September…
Will IMF save Sri Lanka?
The staff level agreement between Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which was arrived…
Growing foreign dependency and India’s USD 4 bn lifeline
Baglay on an inspection tour of the State Printing Corporation By Shamindra Ferdinando The Japanese embassy…
Celebration of debt
The SLPP-UNP administration is cock-a-hoop at the unlocking of an IMF bailout package. What is the…
Dollar crisis is over: Central Bank
Governor says IMF bailout package will be approved tomorrow, and first tranche coming on Tuesday By Bandula…
Economic gains of inclusivity and nondiscrimination
Countries in distress brought upon by their own follies find to their cost that they need…
Sri Lanka unions threaten to cripple economy against IMF-backed reforms
ECONOMYNEXT – Trade unions in Sri Lanka have threatened to cripple the economy if the government…
Prof. Gunaruwan says external interventions on the rise as crisis takes heavy toll
By Shamindra Ferdinando Prof. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan, yesterday (08),warned of foreign powers taking advantage of the…
Depth of crisis affirms SL needs new economic development model: WB
Martin Raiser WB VP points out road to recovery is challenging and fiscal adjustment measures can…