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Re-structuring debt is the biggest challenge now facing Sri Lanka
A series of ministries and agencies are already on the system
More than 2 million beneficiaries slated to get payments
Plans to lift import more import controls
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A bizarre incentive given for SDB Projects is to make salaries of top executives completely free of tax
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Sri Lanka will set up a liability management fund to cope with a spike in debt maturities in 2018 and 2019 and make borr...
| 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 | - | - |
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Sri Lanka will present an appropriations bill, setting out allocations for subjects in the so-called first reading of th...
Ten Sri Lanka state enterprises will sign 'statements of corporate intents' setting out plans and targets with the Treas...
A state-run agricultural insurance which has been mis-used by successive politicians to grant populist insurance schemes...
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