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If currency depreciation is driven by a loss of investor confidence, it can trigger economic crisis by driving up inflation. As the Rupee weakens, foreign investors pull funds out of the #CSE to avoid valuation losses when converting equity back into the US$
The Govt of Sri Lanka allocated Rs 33 billion to increase the basic salary of public servants in 3 stages in 3 years & their housing & property loan limit increased from Rs 3 million to Rs 5 million but when & how will they eradicate poverty in 14,222 Grama Niladhari divisions ?
The #IMF loans are not cheap to Sri Lanka because we also pay 2% surcharge to the IMF as our borrowing exceeds 300% of quota. There's no escape. The @CBSL was happy that we received U$ 695 million from the IMF but no one told us at what interest rate did we receive this money ?
In 1988, Chanaka Amaratunga told me that it was only the #JVP had supported our proposal that English too be an official language @PcRanawaka who had been a member of the Student Federation was opposed to English says Prof Rajiva Wijesinha former MP ( Daily News 3 June 2026 )
On 29 April 2009, Basil Rajapaksa told James R. Moore of the US Embassy in Colombo that the Govt has done all that the #IMF has asked, highlighting the efforts to raise additional revenue by raising the NBT from 1% to 3% ( Colombo Telegraph 17 Oct 2011 )
The truth was she spent a life denying her rights as a woman & was voiceless, living in hiding & ran with him & small kids from place to place said his wife Srimathi Chithranagani ( DailyFT 13 Nov 2015 ) She lived the life of a prisoner, only tasked with giving birth to children
Dudley Senanayake arrived in his home electorate of Dedigama riding an elephant following the March 1965 General Elections because Dedigama was his lifelong political stronghold & he first entered national politics by winning the Dedigama seat in 1936
The #CID has informed #Court that in 2014, 12,000 T-Shirts worth Rs. 7.8 million with the image of Mahinda Rajapaksa were printed using Tourism Promotion Bureau funds පුළුවන් ශ්රී ලංකා Arrest > Court > Remand > Hospital > Bail < Repeat
@farveezmaharoof@LPLT20 I saw Angelo last week near his daughter's school & told him that we need you back. He can comeback as an Advisor on High Performance at least
The Governor of the @CBSL says Sri Lanka could face a rise in inflation in the coming months towards the 7% mark. According to the Dept of Census & Statistics the minimum monthly expenditure needed for a person to meet their basic needs has increased to Rs. 17,117 from Rs. 16,690
They have contributed significantly to Sri Lankan cricket in different contexts. It was @FarveezMaharoof publicly praised the remarkable Test career of @Angelo69Mathews as a silent warrior & gentleman of the game
In Sri Lanka, Grocery bills keep rising, Electricity tariffs strain monthly budgets & Salaries remain largely unchanged. Is it fair to expect salaried people to carry the weight of economic recovery while their incomes stand still ?