Sri Lanka, May 22 -- Colombo District Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Dr. Harsha de Silva told Parliament that the collapse of the market cannot be stopped if the Government does not immediately implement a programme to win market confidence.

Addressing the House while joining the debate on the regulations under the Import and Export (Control) Act yesterday, he said that if the US dollar goes higher, the country's economy will collapse as the market is not political.

"If confidence in the market collapses, the country's economy collapses. If the US dollar goes higher, the economy will collapse. The market is not political. There is not a single rate in the market today. Only the Central Bank ones are available in the market. That can't ...