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Services accounted for 58.2% of Sri Lanka's economy in 2019 up from 54.6% in 2010, industry 27.4% up from 26.4% a decade earlier and agriculture 7.4%. [39] Though there is a competitive export agricultural sector, technological advances have been slow to enter the protected domestic sector. [40]
The Sri Lankan economic crisis [8] is an ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka that started in 2019. [9] It is the country's worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. [9] It has led to unprecedented levels of inflation, near-depletion of foreign exchange reserves, shortages of medical supplies, and an increase in prices of basic commodities. [10]
Government of Sri Lanka; Official Website of the Treasury of Sri Lanka; The Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies; A Sri Lankan Diplomatic Success Story in the 18th Century
Sri Lanka’s prime minister says the island nation’s debt-laden economy has “collapsed” as it runs out of money to pay for food and fuel. Short of cash to pay for imports of such ...
Sri Lanka has been grappling with significant economic challenges, including high levels of external debt and a strained fiscal situation. The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated these issues, leading to reduced revenues, increased borrowing, and a decline in foreign exchange reserves. As a result, the government has been facing difficulties ...
Sri Lankans will vote for a new president in a tightly contested election on Saturday, with the outcome expected to determine the fate of fragile economic recovery led by incumbent Ranil ...
The Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs (Sinhala: ජාතික ප්රතිපත්ති හා ආර්ථික කටයුතු අමාත්යාංශය Jāthika Prathipaththi hā Ārthika Katayuthu Amathyanshaya; Tamil: தேசிய கொள்கைகள் மற்றும் பொருளாதார அலுவல்கள் ...
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (abbr. CBSL; Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව, romanized: Sri Lanka Maha Bankuwa) is the monetary authority of Sri Lanka. It was established in 1950 under the Monetary Law Act No.58 of 1949 (MLA) and in terms of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Act No. 16 of 2023, the CBSL is a body ...