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Females holding only 34 percent of the jobs in the sector
"We expect more than 100,000 workers to join with us."
So far in the first week of March from 1-6 we 24,363 tourists have arrived.
The facility has the capacity to produce 1.5 million bra cup pairs per month
For their apparel exports to better benefit from the United Kingdom's tariff scheme for developing countries
In the Western Province, 11,607 pigs have died based on official data
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Regional Plantations Companies (RPCs) have urged the government to treat both th...
ECONOMYNEXT – The head of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) has underscored the ...
ECONOMYNEXT – A top Sri Lankan tea exporter has said politicians are preventing the proper enforcement of regulat...
ECONOMYNEXT - Australian mineral sands miner Iluka Resources Ltd. has listed its Sri Lankan ilmenite deposit as one of i...
ECONOMYNEXT – Although Sri Lanka’s tea output is lower this year compared with last year, prices have pick...
ECONOMYNEXT – Walkers Piling (Pvt) Ltd. said it has commenced work on Sri Lanka’s first sea piling project...
Sri Lanka will prohibit the import of asbestos from 2018 and the manufacture of roofing sheets from 2024, following a pr...
Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka rose 11.8 percent from a year earlier to 186,288 in August 2016, with total visitors up 16...
Lee Hedges Plc, a publicly traded company in Sri Lanka, said it will build a Rs2.8 billion multi-storied serviced apartm...
ECONOMYNEXT – Production of low-grown teas, which make up a bulk of the island’s crop and are grown mainly...
| 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 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has said it is ready to give loans to Sri Lankan privat...
A cement grinding plant at Galle, in Southern Sri Lanka, has been asked to cut emissions by a nearby port or shift opera...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s tea industry has opposed a reported government attempt to take over a cess fund ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Regional Plantation Companies have said an ‘illogical’ and ‘a...
ECONOMYNEXT – Although a lot of investments are going into building up-market hotels to attract high spenders, Sr...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan tea exports fell 10% or by three million kilos to 25.7 million kilos in July 2016 from a...
Approvals for new projects in Sri Lanka are still too slow with red tape and official lethargy deterring investments, al...
Sri Lanka will call bids from Japanese firms for a 32 kilometre stretch of an expressway that will run from Colombo to t...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s hotel construction boom, especially in the capital Colombo, could put pressure o...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan plantation companies said they cannot justify large loses to shareholders and remain in ...
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