ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka closed polling for the presidential election at 1600 hours on Saturday (21) amid a tight race among the top three candidates: President Ranil Wickremesinghe, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, and Marxists party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka. Analysts…
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s has declared a special government holiday on Monday, September 23, the Department of Government Information (DGI) said, nearly three hours after the conclusion of the country’s presidential elections. “September 23 Monday has been declared as a…
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is in the process of electing its ninth president poll for the next five years among a record 38 candidates as the island nation is looking to come out of unprecedented bankruptcy declared in 2022. The…
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is in the process of electing its ninth president poll for the next five years among a record 38 candidates as the island nation is looking to come out of unprecedented bankruptcy declared in 2022. The…
ECONOMYNEXT – The Colombo Plan, a regional inter-governmental organization with 28 countries is helping build capacity at Sri Lanka Ports Authority through a three-year maritime advisory program (MAP). The program aims to help Sri Lanka meet complex maritime challenges and…
ECONOMYNEXT – The Colombo Plan, a regional inter-governmental organization with 28 countries is helping build capacity at Sri Lanka Ports Authority through a three-year maritime advisory program (MAP). The program aims to help Sri Lanka meet complex maritime challenges and…
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Romania Madurika Joseph Weninger presented letters of credence to President Klaus-Werner Iohannis at the historic Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest. President Iohannis expressed optimism for future collaborations, the Embassy of Sri Lanka…
ECONOMYNEXT – The Colombo Stock Exchange closed up on Thursday, data on its site showed. The broader All Share Index closed up 0.54 percent, or 58.33 points, at 10,884; while the more liquid S&P SL20 Index closed up 0.81 percent,…
ECONOMYNEXT — As Sri Lanka gears up for elections, policymakers must avoid rash economic promises that risk adecade of lost growth and an era of relative decline, the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) said, also cautioning against interruptions to the…
ECONOMYNEXT — The Institute for Health Policy (IHP) which has been conducting opinion polls on Sri Lanka’s presidential election said it had to substantially revise its earlier model due to an apparent social desirability effect that had led it to…
