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SLTB plans to include 500 more buses from through an India credit line in 2023 and so far 125 buses have been added.
The government will buy 61,600 metric tonnes of paddy to produce 40,000 MT of rice.
The multi-task force was allocated 9.8 billion rupees in the 2023 budget.
Sri Lanka saw long queues for cooking gas last year
Renovations started in January with Indian financial assistance
Sri Lanka Railways has yet to make profit despite ticket price hike in 2022
ECONOMYNEXT – Profits of Sri Lanka’s National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWS&DB) fell by 50% in the ...
Namalie Herath, General Manager of MEC Sri Lanka, will take over as chief executive of newly combined MEC and Maxus 'New...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan retailer Odel Plc said it has bought up to 39,560 square feet of space in Colombo City C...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWS&DB) improved its financial positi...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka's state-run Lanka Sathosa retail chain aims to set up 8,000 franchise outlets across the ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Forte Group of Companies will continue to represent Global Hospitals, with an of...
ECONOMYNEXT – France will train senior staff of Sri Lanka’s water utility to better manage water resources...
ECONOMYNEXT – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has started a project in Sri Lanka t...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government has awarded a contract worth over Rs1.96 billion to a local and Chine...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government has approved several projects to ensure adequate supplies of drinking...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 330.8514 | 330.9617 |
| UK Pound | 438.3450 | 438.2595 |
| Euro | 371.0168 | 371.5045 |
| Yen | 2.0916 | 2.0943 |
| Aus Dollar | 231.1659 | 230.8789 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.4202 | 3.4195 |
| Korean Won | 0.2479 | 0.2467 |
| Oman Rial | 859.3320 | 859.6185 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.0955 | 88.1577 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.0766 | 90.1066 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 5,783.03 | -0.10% |
| CSE All Share | 20,260.06 | -0.28% |
| Turnover Rs | 1193.67 million | 1050.46 million |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 7.61 | 7.84 |
| 6-m bill | 7.91 | 8.26 |
| 12-m bill | 8.23 | 8.3 |
| 3-yr bond | 9.24 | 9.25 |
| 5-yr bond | 9.82 | 9.56 |
| 8-yr bond | 10.50 | 10.48 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
ECONOMYNEXT – Shifting to an electronic procurement system could yield big efficiency gains for both the governme...
ECONOMYNEXT - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a loan agreement with the government of Sri L...
ECONOMYNEXT – The Asian Development Bank will give Sri Lanka a loan of $60 million to provide safe drinking water...
ECONOMYNEXT – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is giving Sri Lanka another loan of $128 million to fund safe wate...
Thayalan Bartlett has been named the new chief executive for MullenLow Sri Lanka, (formerly Lowe LDB (Pvt.) Ltd), an adv...
Sri Lanka has formally launched an emergency service with paramedics on call by dialling 1990, with technical assistance...
Expensive and high-maintenance, baby elephants have become the ultimate status symbol for Sri Lanka's wealthy elite -- a...
ECONOMYNEXT – Monthly losses at Sri Lanka's state-run Lak Sathosa retail chain have been reduced to Rs68 million ...
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will gradually stop sending house maids abroad, mainly to the Middle East, due to rights a...
ECONOMYNEX - Sri Lanka's 'Women Entrepreneur of the Year' awards will be held on August 5 under the patronage of Preside...
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