Economic reforms in Sri Lanka: Salvation or a recipe for inaction?

Economic reforms have become an urgent need for Sri Lanka, with successive governments since independence, resorting to short-term, politically expedient economic strategies that have placed considerable macroeconomic pressures whilst reducing Sri Lanka’s global competitiveness. Vision 2025, the current government’s short...

Economic reforms have become an urgent need for Sri Lanka, with successive governments since independence, resorting to short-term, politically expedient economic strategies that have placed considerable macroeconomic pressures whilst reducing Sri Lanka’s global competitiveness. Vision 2025, the current government’s short...

Signing FTA with Singapore is not a game changer, it is incorrect to say FTAs create massive benefits like generating a lot of exports  FTAs can complement provided there is capacity to produce products that are competitive to meet demand, standards...

Signing FTA with Singapore is not a game changer, it is incorrect to say FTAs create massive benefits like generating a lot of exports  FTAs can complement provided there is capacity to produce products that are competitive to meet demand, standards...

Sri Lanka has managed to send a positive signal to the world, demonstrating the country’s openness to investments and its willingness to create much-needed business links with the rest of the world by signing a comprehensive, high quality FTA with...

In light of the new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed last month, which is the first FTA Sri Lanka has signed in over a decade, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will hold a seminar titled, ‘Expand your Business Opportunities Through...

The government is to introduce a new Act titled Liability Management Act to strengthen the government policy framework to attract foreign direct investment, instead of resorting to commercial loans for government  projects, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Finance Mano Thittawella said....