Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to Sri Lanka as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.

Sri Lanka: Opening up to foreign development

A draft bill on Regulation of Insurance Industry has just been approved by Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers …

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Sri Lanka: Establishment of national minimum wage

Although wage boards have been in existence in Sri Lanka since 1941, there has — until now — been no universal minimum wage for the private sector as a whole …

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Sri Lanka: National minimum wage under discussion

The Sri Lankan government has approved a new private sector law that will establish a national minimum wage of 10,000 Sri Lankan rupees (70 US dollars) per month …

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