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Sanitary Napkins: Subjected to Unreasonably High Taxes
The total tax burden on Sanitary napkins is 47.1%, this is significantly higher than the tax burden of selected non-essentials items, gold jewelry, raw silk, golf clubs and gol...
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Island
Germany pledges to convert EUR 13 MN loan into gra...
Strengthening the long-standing close partnership between Germany and Sri Lanka, the German government proposed to convert the supplementary loan obtained from the German KfW bank for completing the New Maternity Hospital (Teaching) Galle into a grant, Finance Ministr...
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Daily News
Australia provides Rs. 952 m to strengthen COVID t...
The Australian Government has donated Rs.952 million worth of essential respirators to strengthen COVID treatment services. A stock of essential medical equipment including oxygen cylinders was handed over to the Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi yesterday...
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Ceylon Today
Health Min failed to recover Rs 51M – COPA
The Health Ministry has failed to recover Rs 51 million from the contractor, who undertook the construction of the seven-storey Millennium Ward Complex at the Colombo South Teaching Hospital in Kalubowila, after the contactor failed to complete the work on time. This wa...
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Insight on Health
Sanitary Napkins: Subjected to Unreasona...
The Government Spent Only 10.6% of The I...
On the 23rd of March 2020, President Gota...
2021 Budget Allocations for Hospital Dev...
The total alloc...
Expenditure on the Health Sector (2010 –...
Has the Government Fulfilled its Policy...
The National Policy Framework: Vistas...
Budget 2021: Health
On the 30th November 2020, the Budget Debate for the M...
Health Sector Allocations, 2018 to 2021
The 2021 Sri Lankan Budget has allocated LKR 223,285 Mn to...
Have Governments Fulfilled their Health-...
Have consecut...
Itukama COVID – 19 Healthcare and Social...
On the 23rd of March 2020, President Gota...
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Composition of Sri Lanka's Gross Official Reserves
The reported gross official reserves as of February 2022 stood at USD 2,311 MN, out of which 98% (USD 2,242 MN) consisted of short-term swaps maturing within 12 months. Whilst the quantity of reserves is important it is eq...
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Total and primary deficits run in opposite directi...
The governments primary deficit improved in the first half of 2023 compared to the corresponding period in 2022, while the budget deficit worsened increasing from LKR -903 Bn to LKR -1,243 Bn which implies a significant 93 percent increase a...
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Maldives’ reserves continue to dip
The external reserves of the Maldives have been on a declining trend since June 2020. At that time, the gross reserves held by the Maldives Monetary Authority amounted to USD 702.5 million , sufficient to finance
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