Sri Lanka Grapples with Tax Hikes amid Fragile Economic Recovery
Weekly Economic Review Sri Lanka’s government, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, finds itself under increasing scrutiny for a series of tax hikes that have strained public finances and failed to provide meaningful relief to citizens.
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Women’s leadership gap hinders SL’s economic growth: Prime Minister
Points out women continue to be underrepresented in sectors such as technology, finance and manufacturing industries
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IndiGo becomes largest foreign carrier out of Sri Lanka
India’s IndiGo becomes the largest foreign carrier out of Sri Lanka, with it operating 54 weekly flights.
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Sri Lanka’s tea industry set for cautious growth in 2025: Forbes and Walker Tea Brokers
Sri Lanka’s tea industry is set for a year of modest growth in 2025, despite facing several challenges and uncertainties, an analysis by Forbes and Walker Tea Brokers showed.
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Heavy showers above 100 mm expected in parts of the island
The Meteorology Department says showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Northern, North-central, Eastern, Uva and Central provinces.
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Liquor prices increase with excise duty hike
The prices of liquor will also increase by approximately 6% following the hike in Excise Duty imposed on liquor with effect from tomorrow (January 11).
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Road crashes kill over 12,000 lives in five years
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January 11, 2025
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Senior Professor of Forensic Medicine at Karapitiya Hospital U.C.P Perera said it was a matter of serious concern that the fatalities in road accidents have been increasing at a large proportion every year and that 118,240 road accidents had occurred in Sri Lanka for the last five years up to December 2024 claiming 12,140 human lives.
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