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The Cost of a Kevili Table in 2023
This Avurudu, the cost of preparing a Kevili table has risen by 2.4 times since 2019. The basket of items one would usually find at Kevili table vary between households. Public Finance.lk used the following: Kokis...
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Mega projects in crisis: More than 300 contracts s...
Over 300 contracts related to 35 mega projects were suspended last year. 37 projects showed no physical progress in the last quarter of 2023.
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Insight on Urban Development and Housing
The Cost of a Kevili Table in 2024
The cost of assorting a traditional &ldqu...
The Cost of a Kevili Table in 2023
This Avurudu, the cost of preparing a Kevili table has risen by 2.4...
Has the Government Fulfilled its Policy...
The National Policy Framework: Vistas...
Budget 2021: Urban Development & Housing...
Today (2nd December 2020) is the 2021 Budget Debate for the Ministry of Urban Dev...
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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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Why Tracking the IMF Programme Implementation is o...
This article was compiled by Dr. Nishan de Mel and Raj Prabu Rajakulendran. Dr. Nishan de Mel is the Executive Director of Verité Research and an ec...
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Sri Lanka's No. 1 export to the US faces a potenti...
On 2 April, US President Donald Trump imposed a 44 percent tariff on Sri Lankan exports to the United States. With apparel comprising 64 percent of these exports—valued at nearly USD 1.8 billion in 2023—Sri Lanka’s apparel...
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