By Arjuna Ranawana
Standard and Poor's has downgraded Kenya's sovereign rating to 'B' from 'B-' despite a deal with the International Monetary Fund and backed by World Bank support.
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has commissioned a 500 million rupee export apparel factory in Moneragala, a remote region in the Indian Ocean Island.
Sri Lanka's Hemas Hospitals said it had commissioned an automated PCR testing laboratory in a negative pressure chamber which will boost the country's testing capacity.
Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic community is leading the so-called “Black Sunday” protest campaign being launched tomorrow demanding the truth behind the Easter Sunday attacks two years ago.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is asking Sri Lankans not to permit “interested parties” to politicize the Easter Sunday attacks issue and to treat the blasts and the aftermath as a national issue.
Sri Lanka has placed sweetened milk and cream on a 2.5 percent band of an import para-tariff known as the Port and Airport Levy (PAL), according to a gazette notice.
| Latest | Last | |
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| US Dollar | 195.2692 | 195.6288 |
| UK Pound | 272.1760 | 273.0098 |
| Euro | 235.3873 | 236.4174 |
| Aus Dollar | 152.0366 | 153.0795 |
| Yen | 1.8233 | 1.8310 |
| LATEST | LAST | |
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| Indian Rupee | 2.6704 | 2.6751 |
| Korea Won | 0.1727 | 0.1733 |
| Oman Rial | 507.4511 | 507.2059 |
| Saudi Riyal | 52.0817 | 52.0565 |
| UAE Dirham | 53.1869 | 53.1612 |
| PTS | % | |
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| S&P SL20 | 2,791.57 | 0.82% |
| CSE All Share | 7,054.49 | 0.75% |
| Turnover Rs million. | 2,075 |
| LATEST | LAST | |
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| 3-m bill | 4.76 | 4.67 |
| 6-m bill | 4.85 | 4.77 |
| 12-m bill | 5.06 | 5.01 |
| 5-yr bond | 6.93 | 6.92 |
| 8-yr bond | 7.44 | 7.40 |
| TODAY | YESTERDAY | |
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| Overnight Money | 4.54 | 4.54 |
| Gilt Repo | 4.55 | 4.54 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
By Hilmy Ahamed – Vice President Muslim Council of Sri Lanka
