Over third of Sri Lanka’s listed firms fail to cover interest bills: Central Bank

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ECONOMYNEXT — More than a third of Sri Lanka’s listed non-financial companies did not earn enough operating profit to cover their interest expenses in the first half of 2026, even as total revenues rose sharply, the central bank said. The share of companies with an interest…