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To partner with a international healthcare group for technical support
"We know where our country's economy is at right now, and we need the dollars as well."
I have appointed a committee to study the request
"Being a country in South Asia, they travel to India and Maldives as well".
"Vocational education should be a respected choice, while contributing directly to the economy."
"The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce invites its Members to contribute their insights for inclusion in our formal submissions
Sri Lanka has opened a state-run paddy store in the North Eastern region of Mannar which can store 10,000 metric tonnes,...
ECONOMYNEXT – Bio Foods (Pvt) Ltd., company set up by a Sri Lankan tea scientist, is helping marginalised farmers...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Watawala Plantations said December 2016 quarter net profit rose 163% to Rs466 mi...
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ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Tea Smallholder Factories maintained profitability in the December 2016 quarter ...
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| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 331.7485 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 443.7468 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 372.5204 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0969 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 233.0533 | 231.1659 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.4948 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2499 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 861.6397 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.4403 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.3209 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 5,656.91 | -0.43% |
| CSE All Share | 19,927.30 | -0.28% |
| Turnover Rs | 1457.79 million | 1193.67 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 – Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Plantation Industries has decided to allow private processors to sel...
ECONOMYNEXT – A fund to promote Ceylon tea in overseas markets which the Treasury tried to take over will remain ...
ECONOMYNEXT – The World Bank is to give Sri Lanka a $25 million loan to help the island modernise its agriculture...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan poultry firm Bairaha Farms said it will have to spend an extra Rs239 million to complete...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Urban Development Authority (UDA) is evaluating proposals from investors to deve...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan tile and sanitary ware maker Royal Ceramics Plc (RCL) said it will invest nearly a billi...
Sri Lankan tea prices hit a new high in 2016 at the Colombo auctions with most of the gains coming towards the year end ...
Sri Lanka's highland farmers have been advised to light small bonfires in vegetable fields to reduce frost damage to cro...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s exports of sea food to the European Union, which accounts for about 28.7 per cen...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Access Engineering said it has invested Rs2.3 billion in a joint venture with fo...
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