Lanka on track to meet economic targets - IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week said that the broad economic review of Sri Lanka is positive and within the IMF targets.

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To improve quality of life:

BoC reduces interest rates

The premier State bank in Sri Lanka Bank of Ceylon(BOC) has reduced interest rates in keeping with the recent directives issued by the Government. Under this scheme public servants and Service personnel can obtain housing loans at four percent interest rate for upto Rs 500,000 and eight per cent for upto one million and 11 per cent for loans upto 3 million.

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Call for regulations governing education consultants

The Government should introduce a control body as well as rules and regulations to govern education consultants who advise students going abroad for studies since the acts of bogus agents bring disrepute to the country and to genuine agents engaged in it as a profession, said educational consultant Preethiraj Weeraratne.

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