Notable
Tax relief up to 10 years for larger investments
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Plans to develop export markets
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BOI upgrading older industrial to higher eco-standards
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Placed under Agriculture Ministry
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The SLRA has also requested permission to re-open some of the sectors that are currently closed.
The first factory ready to produce in an year
The Air Force was planning to produce 50 machines and was ready to make more
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World Health Organization has approved the emergency use of Sinopharm vaccine
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Manufacturing of trial batches will commence soon, which will then be followed by commercial production
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Process slashes water use by over 60 percent, cuts energy use by 20 percent and is 30 percent faster
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Hayleys Fabrics, a unit Sri Lanka's Hayleys group said it had bought 98.84 percent of South Asia Textiles Limited, weft-...
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Sri Lanka's manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index reached a 9-month high as activities continue to recover backed by p...
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Fitch Ratings has confirmed at 'AAA(lka)' domestic rating of Sri Lanka's Hemas Holdings Plc, with a stable outlook based...
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Sri Lanka firms producing a range of foods and personal care items would be hit by a palm oil ban, in addition to public...
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US-based Blackstone Capital has taken over Sri Lanka's publicly traded Piramal Glass (Pvt) Ltd, paying 6.2 billion rupee...
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Sri Lanka will set up a pharmaceutical investment zone in Millewa, Horana with an initial investment of 8 billion rupees...
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| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 199.9033 | 199.9000 |
| UK Pound | 278.1954 | 277.5112 |
| Euro | 236.8554 | 236.3318 |
| Aus Dollar | 147.2188 | 147.1464 |
| Yen | 1.8214 | 1.8210 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 2.6863 | 2.6830 |
| Korea Won | 0.1738 | 0.1732 |
| Oman Rial | 519.2428 | 519.2343 |
| Saudi Riyal | 53.3004 | 53.2910 |
| UAE Dirham | 54.4229 | 54.4220 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 3,072.72 | 0.71% |
| CSE All Share | 8,134.75 | 0.47% |
| Turnover Rs million. | 2,191,558,044.10 | 1,806,549,564.70 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 5.14 | 5.13 |
| 6-m bill | 5.17 | 5.16 |
| 12-m bill | 5.22 | 5.21 |
| 5-yr bond | 7.35 | 7.34 |
| 8-yr bond | 7.89 | 7.88 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 5.11 | 5.11 |
| Gilt Repo | 5.14 | 5.14 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has commissioned a 500 million rupee export apparel factory in Moneragala, ...
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Sri Lanka has invited the Pakistani Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) to set up joint ventures with par...
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China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) is in talks with Sri Lanka over a 310 million US dollar mineral sand project...
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Sri Lanka's manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index remained in expansion at 60.2 percent though 1 point down from Dece...
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Royal Fernwood Porcelain Limited, manufacturer of porcelain tableware said it had begun producing engineering components...
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Sri Lanka's Piramal Glass Ceylon Plc, said profits rose 60 percent from a year ago to 378 million rupees in the December...
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Sri Lanka's Global Rubber Industries said it is adding an agricultural tyre palnt that will take its capacity to 750,000...
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Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had approved the transfer of 22 hectares of state land to Pelwatte Milk Industries Ltd,...
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Sri Lanka has revised the domestic 'value addition' criteria of assembled vehicles following discussions with the indust...
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Ferentino Tyre Corporation (Pvt) Ltd, an export oriented greenfield project which the firm says will be South Asia's lar...
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