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Regional rivals China, India eye Sri Lanka Telecom

Investors from China and India, including prominent companies like Jio Platforms Ltd, a unit of Reliance Industries, and Gortune International Investment Holding Ltd, have shown interest in acquiring Sri Lanka Telecom. Gortune International represents private Chinese investors. This interest refl...

Fuel prices likely to surge in October: CAL Resear...

CAL Research predicts a substantial increase in fuel prices of approximately Rs. 12-14 per liter in October 2023, attributing this forecast to global factors such as a 4-5% month-on-month rise in petrol and diesel prices, driven by a 7.7% mo...

Sri Lanka Railways plans to recruit 8,000 workers

State-run Sri Lanka Railways is planning to recruit 8,000 workers to take the total up to 20,000 which is the permitted cadre, officials said amid plans by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to trim the state sector to reduce the tax burden on the public.

Insight on Transport and Communication

Sri Lanka Railways: Track Record of Loss...

The Department...

Sri Lanka Transport Board’s (SLTB) is ma...

Annual operating profit of SLTB has decli...

2021 Budget allocation for Road Developm...

The total allocation for Road Dev...

Expenditure on the Transport & Communica...

Has the Government Fulfilled its Policy...

The National Policy Framework: Vistas...

Who are the Owners / Lessees of ports an...

Before 1999, all ports and terminals in the ports used to be 100% owne...

Budget 2021: Transport

The 2021 Budget Debate continues, and today the Sri Lankan Parliament...

Have Governments Fulfilled their Transpo...

Have consecut...

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Sri Lanka Met 38 IMF Commitments and Failed 8 by e...

Sri Lanka verifiably met 38 of the 57 trackable commitments that were due for completion by end-August in its 17th programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to the latest progress up...

The Best Next Step for Improving Tax Collection

This article was compiled by Sumini Siyambalapitiya. Sumini Siyambalapitiya is a former Lead Analyst in the Economics team of Verité Research and se...

Sri Lanka’s government education spending is the l...

In 2022, Sri Lanka’s government—both provincial and central—dedicated only 1.5 percent of its GDP to education, including primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. This places Sri Lanka at the bottom of the list for educatio...