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Sri Lanka still uses human labour to pluck coconut
The auction offered 876,948 coconuts and 658,494 nuts were sold.
Prices of all High, Medium and Low Growns saw a fall during the auction.
The CEB move has mainly burdened lower unit consuming users, the official CEB data showed.
US-led travel advisories over possible attack raised concerns over possible cancellations of arrivals
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) have signed a new collective agreement with...
In this village in southern Sri Lanka's Hambantota District, water sales are big business.
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan tea prices moved up sharply at this week’s Colombo auctions, with high grown vari...
ECONOMYNEXT – The recovery in crude oil prices after big producers agreed to cut production should augur well for...
Sri Lanka aims to make a record $3.5 billion from tourism this year on the back of its improved rights record under a ne...
ECONOMYNEXT – The monthly average price at Sri Lanka’s tea auctions in Colombo hit a new high in September...
Sri Lanka's Elephant House plans to sell its fizzy drinks in the UK and European countries through a bottling deal struc...
Capitol Development Limited, a unit of Sri Lanka's Sanken construction group, said it had completed the purchase of land...
ECONOMYNEXT – The growth in the number of tourists visiting Sri Lanka slowed to single digits in September after ...
ECONOMYNEXT - Vista Rooms, the online startup budget hotel brand based in India, said it has extended its stays to the M...
| 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 |
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A dredger has arrived in Sri Lanka to start reclaiming 269 hectares of sea off the capital Colombo.
Sri Lanka's Dipped Products Plc, a rubber glove maker which also owns tea and rubber plantations lost 48.75 million rupe...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s construction industry is expected to do well in the next few years given increas...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is heading for a ‘significant’ shortfall in tea production this year with th...
ECONOMYNEXT – The Si Lankan government plans to give fruit and vegetable exporters access to land owned by state ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s John Keells Holdings group said it plans to build a second high-rise luxury apar...
ECONOMYNEXT - The boom in tourism and local consumption is posing a threat to Sri Lanka fruits and vegetable export indu...
ECONOMYNEXT – Classic Travel, a unit of Sri Lanka’s Expolanka Holdings group, has teamed up with show busi...
Palm Garden Hotels, a unit of Sri Lanka-based LOLC Group said it was in talks to form a joint venture with a Chinese sta...
A ban on glyphosate, a widely used weedicide, imposed on the belief that it may contribute to chronic kidney disease wil...
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