
Gold’s Safe-Haven Surge in Sri Lanka: Pricing, Taxes, and The Rupee Effect
Gold is rallying and Sri Lanka feels it twice over. First through the global gold prices in dollars. Then through the rupee’s exchange rate. When

Gold is rallying and Sri Lanka feels it twice over. First through the global gold prices in dollars. Then through the rupee’s exchange rate. When

Sri Lanka’s stock market just experienced one of its biggest block trades this year. Business leader Dhammika Perera sold part of his holding in Commercial

A foreign bank’s decision to exit a country’s retail franchise is rarely a one-off curiosity. It is a structural event that reshapes competition, pricing, customer

Investor conversations about Sri Lanka in late 2025 share a consistent theme: macro indicators are stabilising, yet confidence remains cautious. The U.S. State Department’s 2025

With just days to go before the abolition of Sri Lanka’s Simplified VAT (SVAT) regime, leading export associations are warning of a severe liquidity shock

Why the Ranking Matters for Tourism, Business and the Wider Economy The international travel magazine Time Out has announced its list of the best places

Sri Lanka has emerged from one of the most turbulent economic periods in its modern history. Inflation that once surged past 70 % in 2022

Sri Lanka’s Revenue Administration Management Information System (RAMIS), a Rs.10 billion digital tax platform launched in 2016, is underperforming and exposed to serious risk, according

Governments across the world have historically launched businesses to provide essential goods and services or to seed industries that the private sector was too small

Sri Lanka has entered a rare moment of calm in its turbulent economic recovery. The latest disbursement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given