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Sri Lanka’s 2026 vehicle import bill is not shaped by one tax rate. It is built through CIF value, engine-capacity excise, VAT, SSCL, exchange rates, and market risk.
A USD 10,000 car does not become expensive in Sri Lanka because of shipping alone. The real price shock comes from layered import taxes, exchange-rate conversion, excise duty, VAT, and road-ready costs.
Sri Lanka’s tourism recovery is real, but CSE hotel and leisure valuations now need more than rising arrivals to justify the optimism.
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Margin facilities can expand buying power, but on the CSE they can also turn a falling portfolio into a forced-sale problem.
Sri Lanka's top private banks have emerged from sovereign debt turmoil with varying degrees of resilience as non-performing loans linger and credit growth resumes.
Sri Lanka's top private banks navigate post-restructuring realities as non-performing loans ease and credit growth resumes unevenly into 2026.
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Analysis | Apr 14, 2026
Policy missteps, external shocks and depleted reserves triggered Sri Lanka’s first sovereign default. The crisis peaked in 2022 before an IMF-supported restructuring brought stabilisation by late 2023.
Analysis | Apr 14, 2026
Prompt Injection Ransomware: Poisoning AI Models Costs Millions
Hackers now poison enterprise AI with crafted prompts and data. Sanitizing a corrupted model can run into seven figures while specialized defenders build a new market.
Analysis | Apr 14, 2026
AI Hallucination Liability: Who Pays When Chatbots Cost Millions?
Insurers are rewriting Errors and Omissions policies to exclude generative AI errors, leaving professional services firms and tech developers exposed.
Market Report | Mar 24, 2026
The "Dirty Data" Tax Trap: Why Crypto Portfolio Trackers Over-Report Gains
Incomplete transaction histories and mismatched cost basis lead many trackers to inflate taxable gains, leaving traders exposed during filing season.
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A narrative closeout on participation, liquidity, and sector rotation at the Colombo Stock Exchange for 2026-06-02.
Read full analysisCSE close: ASPI +0.11%, breadth positive on 2026-05-27
CSE close: ASPI -0.85%, breadth negative on 2026-05-26
CSE close: ASPI +1.98%, breadth positive on 2026-05-25
CSE close: ASPI -2.28%, breadth negative on 2026-05-20
CSE close: ASPI -0.07%, breadth negative on 2026-05-19
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