Free market works. Exhibit No. 2: Argentina.

Gold price drops below Rs. 300,000 in Sri Lanka ift.tt/c4WQm23

#SriLanka to achieve significant generation cost savings due to competitive bidding 3 lowest bids per kWh received by CEB for a 50x2 MW wind plant in Mannar: Vidullanka: 3.77 US cents Windforce: 3.96 Hayleys: 4.17 -EN Adani bid for a 350MW wind plant in 2023 was 8.26 US cents

🇱🇰 SJB is always standing with the people! 🇱🇰 While the government continues to fall short, SJB will remain a steadfast ally of the people. As the main opposition, SJB should firmly stand against forming alliances with corrupt politicians, regardless of their party. SJB should

. CIABOC Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 nabs a court clerk for a Rs. 10,000 bribe. Small fry. Meanwhile, Justice Minister Harshana S, two other ministers - Nalinda J and Saroja P – and Speaker Jagath W enjoy a free business upgrade to London on @FlySriLankan. Priorities, eh?

ට්‍රැක් ආණ්ඩුව....

Inspector-General Priyantha Weerasooriya has accused his S/DIG (Admin) Lalith Pathinayake of leaking information to YouTubers. It is reliably learnt that Pathinayake, too, has some incriminating recordings of the IG. Get set for a public washing of dirty uniforms.

Sri Lanka’s Fiscal Snapshot (Jan–Sept 2025) • Budget deficit down 54.5% to Rs. 441.4 Bn • Primary surplus doubled to Rs. 1.4 Tn • Revenue up 31% to Rs. 3.83 Tn • Customs collected Rs. 1.7 Tn (80% of target) • Expenditure up 10% to Rs. 4.3 Tn, capital spend down 2%

Is it that convenient ? You don’t get arrested ? You can just choose to leave ?

As foreign holdings account for only 0.69% of LKR Treasury bills and bonds, the impact of global market uncertainty on local yields and the exchange rate is relatively contained in Sri Lanka. Colombo Stock Exchange CBSL #LK #LKR

Budget 2026: Car prices could fall sharply if Anura Kumara Dissanayake goes ahead with a proposal to allow vehicles up to 5 years old to be imported. Treasury proposes charging the same duty regardless of the vehicle’s age. That way, no loss of revenue, but CIF values will fall sharply.

🛍️ Sri Lanka Supermarkets to charge for plastic bags from Nov 1 Medium handle bag – Rs. 3/- Large handle bag – Rs. 5/- As per Gazette No. 2456/41, all major supermarket chains — will begin charging for single-use “sili-sili” bags from November 1. ♻️ Bring your reusable bags —

China is scrapping a long-standing gold tax incentive in a potential setback for consumers in one of the world’s top bullion markets bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

නොතේරෙන කම + බොරුව

කන්න නැතත් ඉන්න රටක් ඕන 2.0 🐂

Vehicle imports will slow down going forward with excess stocks already arrived. Vehicle imports surge in September ends current account surplus run | Daily FT ft.lk/top-story/Vehi…

So this is basically a mass amnesty for drug lords? Just stop dealing and your slate is clean? What about crimes committed, lives ruined, money laundered?

More good vehicles , busses and vans would have been nice.

The man widely credited with Ranil Wickremesinghe's 2004 election defeat -- his then Treasury Secretary, Charitha Ratwatte -- has been arrested for allegedly causing a loss of nearly Rs. 100 million to the state while serving as a senior advisor to RW.

ජාතික ආරක්ෂාව ....