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Sri Lanka's tea exports fell 2.07 percent from a year ago to 23.16 million kilograms in February 2021, while revenues in rupee rose 11 percent to 21.7...
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The coronavirus pandemic wrought havoc on almost all walks of life, and the various industries ranging from commodities, tourism or app...
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Members of Parliament from the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) are thanking Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa for succeeding in getting a flat rate daily...
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Sri Lanka has decided to take over estate hospitals that are operated by a number of plantations companies along with land, Minister Pavithra Wanniara...
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Sri Lanka's Regional Plantations Companies have proposed new wages based on small holders, which the firms sau can raise output and provide more earni...
Sri Lanka had produced 23.4 million kilograms in October 2020, up 10.3 percent from a year earlier, thought cumulative production was down due to ear...
Sri Lanka tea prices mixed as industry expects Russia winter buying to slightly boost the market, with the cheaper High ...
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Sri Lanka's tea production had fallen 14 percent from a year ago to 22.42 million kilograms in August 2020 from 26.2 mil...
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Sri Lanka's high priced Low Grown teas prices picked in the first auction of September, while cheaper high grown teas to...
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ri Lanka tea prices eased with only a few high and medium grown teas seeing gains in the first auction for September, br...
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Sri Lanka's Low Growns, the most expensive teas produced by the island eased at the last auction in August while the che...
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Sri Lanka's High Grown teas, the cheapest teas in the island, saw a slight pick up in the first sale in August amid fair...
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Sri Lanka produced 129.04 million tonnes of tea in the first half of 2020 down 18.76 percent from a year earlier, and ex...
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Sri Lanka tea prices picked up marginally in the third week of July with good quality lines of teas fetching better pric...
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Sri Lanka tea prices pick up marginally in the second week of July, helped by stronger demand low grown grades, after a ...
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Coronavirus is buffeting the short term demand for Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tea with fears of second waves coming in while med...
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| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 199.5000 | 199.5695 |
| UK Pound | 280.6067 | 281.7522 |
| Euro | 241.0758 | 242.1377 |
| Aus Dollar | 154.3033 | 155.9436 |
| Yen | 1.8202 | 1.8334 |
| Latest | Last | |
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| Indian Rupee | 2.7086 | 2.7185 |
| Korea Won | 0.1766 | 0.1778 |
| Oman Rial | 518.1953 | 518.3758 |
| Saudi Riyal | 53.1957 | 53.2143 |
| UAE Dirham | 53.1957 | 54.3320 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,869.52 | 0.67% |
| CSE All Share | 7,228.23 | 0.93% |
| Turnover Rs million. | 1,279,238 |
| Latest | Last | |
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| 3-m bill | 5.07 | 5.04 |
| 6-m bill | 5.11 | 5.09 |
| 12-m bill | 5.16 | 5.15 |
| 5-yr bond | 7.38 | 7.12 |
| 8-yr bond | 7.87 | 7.71 |
| today | yesterday | |
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| Overnight Money | 4.65 | 4.65 |
| Gilt Repo | 4.68 | 4.67 |
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Sri Lanka has suspended an export tax on tea for six months to help the tea sector as it recovers from a Coronavirus cri...
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Sri Lanka's tea prices have fallen from Coronavirus driven highs seen in April and May as supply improved, and the rupee...
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The Pathfinder Foundation, a think tank advising the government, wants Sri Lanka to sell more to Asia which it calls the...
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Sri Lanka's tea prices continued ease lower across grades and elevations in the first auction in June, but May national ...
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Sri Lanka's tea prices continued to ease at auction from April high in the second auction in May though ex-estate tea pr...
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Sri Lanka’s high grown Ceylon teas saw dips in price in the first week of May amid quality drops lower foreign demand ...
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Sri Lanka's Sunshine Holdings has boosted its stake in a branded tea company and trimmed the group interest in oil palm ...
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Sri Lanka commercial tea plantations which have thousands of workers per farm said they were operating with tight health...
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Sri Lanka's tea prices rose sharply at an auction held amid Coroanvirus curfews with a falling rupee, strong demand from...
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Sri Lanka's regional plantation companies (RPCs) have agreed to pay its labourers a 1,000 rupee daily wage, in return fo...
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