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Some hotels are operating as Covid treatment centres
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A delegation of tour operators and journalists from India have completed a familiarization tour of Sri Lanka ahead of a planned Indo-Lanka travel bubb...
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Sri Lanka will bring a new Tourism Act to merge three agencies and repeal the existing law to be able to improve co-ordination and better manage resou...
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Sri Lanka has welcomed 4,581 tourists in March 2021, up from 3,366 in February after the Indian Ocean island re-opened for post-Covid tourism, with Ka...
Sri Lanka is planning to allow tourists who are already vaccinated to arrive in the country, and join the community under a different set of health re...
Sri Lanka has lifted a restriction for travellers originating from the United Kingdom subject to 14 day quarantine, the ...
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Singapore Airlines which flies three times a week to Sri Lanka, and its affiliates Scoot and SilkAir has begun to operat...
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Sri Lanka and India is making progress on an 'air bubble' between the two countries, Deputy High Commissioner Vinod K Ja...
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Sri Lanka has welcomed 1,635 tourists in January 2021 after airports were re-opened and post-Coronavirus tourism resume...
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Sri Lanka will welcome around 350 tourists a week from Kazakhstan till April 2021, with two airlines running weekly char...
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Sri Lanka is expecting the first tourists from Germany and Dubai after Colombo and Mattala airports re-opened for touris...
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Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga optimistic of resuming arrivals after “experiment” with bringing Ukrainian visit...
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Tourists travelling to Sri Lanka from January 21, 2021 will have to book at a designated 'Level 1' certified hotel, get ...
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A shortage of automated extraction reagent kits cuts tests to 600 per day as arrivals are ramped up
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Sri Lanka's members of parliament were currently ahead of Ukraine tourists in Coronavirus confirmations, co-cabinet mini...
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| US Dollar | 199.5695 | 199.5817 |
| UK Pound | 281.7522 | 281.8593 |
| Euro | 242.1377 | 242.3121 |
| Aus Dollar | 155.9436 | 156.4721 |
| Yen | 1.8334 | 1.8328 |
| Latest | Last | |
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| Indian Rupee | 2.7185 | 2.7143 |
| Korea Won | 0.1778 | 0.1784 |
| Oman Rial | 518.3758 | 518.4142 |
| Saudi Riyal | 53.2143 | 53.2175 |
| UAE Dirham | 54.3320 | 54.3353 |
| pts | % | |
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| S&P SL20 | 2,843.40 | 0.18% |
| CSE All Share | 7,143.38 | 0.11% |
| Turnover Rs million. | 1,167,831 |
| 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 and India plans to initiate talks to revive post Coronavirus tourism President the office of President Gotabay...
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Sri Lanka will open airports for commercial tourist flights from January 21, 2021 and travel industry will have follow r...
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Udayanga Weeratunga, a former envoy to Ukraine who is under fire for arranging tours allegedly flouting of health rules ...
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Sri Lanka will restrict access to important religious and archaeological sites to its citizens as a group of Ukrainian t...
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Sri Lanka welcomed the first tourists on December 28, after a 9-month break with a tour group arriving in flight from Uk...
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Why do whales get hit by ships? Why does ship strike happen?
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The first charter flight from Ukraine carrying tourists is due to arrive in Sri Lanka on December 28 an official said, r...
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Sri Lanka nationals and dual citizens abroad who can afford paid quarantine are allowed to use commercial flights to ret...
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Sri Lanka is planning to market the island highlighting experience based tourism and branding targeting mainly millennia...
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Colombo-based LOLC Holdings said the acquisition of Sri Lanka's Serendib Hotels will strengthen its position in the post...
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