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Trade unions in Sri Lanka have threatened to cripple the economy if the government does not reverse a number of reforms.
“If the government still doesn’t get it, at midnight on March 14 all trains will stop, as will power supply."
This is being used to print 45 percent of textbooks required by 4 million young students
A longer path to debt re-structuring may delay upgrades
Central bank keeps inflation below target
Mangala Sri Lanka is improving its soft infrastructure to boost investments to make the country an export driven economi...
Sri Lanka's Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera has met his Indian counterpart Arun Jaitely and Indonesian Finance Mini...
The United States had given 23.83 million or 44 percent of all grants to Sri Lanka in 2016 which do not have to be paid ...
Sri Lanka's tax revenues rose 26 percent in the first quarter of 2017 from a year earlier to 436 billion rupees, but cap...
Sri Lanka will set up a separate foreign exchange account to receive the proceeds of asset sales which will be used for ...
Manila-based Asian Development Bank said it is giving $2.0 million for disaster relief following floods and landslides i...
The Export-Import Bank of Korea will provide a $200 million loan to Sri Lanka at 0.15 percent to build a traffic bypass...
Fitch, a rating agency, was looking for clarity on Sri Lanka's debt numbers after the country's auditor general said deb...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's auditor general, who disclaimed accounts of the Finance Ministry has exposed chaotic accountin...
Sri Lanka's Auditor General has disclaimed accounts of the Finance Ministry in a shocking development, saying he cannot ...
| 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 | - | - |
Sri Lanka's government has opened foreign currency banking accounts to receive cash contributions to help victims of rec...
Sri Lanka has set up a unit to bring in investments through public private partnerships as the people are already burden...
Sri Lanka will provide debt relief for flood hit businesses and also start two credit schemes for them to get back into ...
Sri Lanka is seeking more subscriptions from a syndicated loan after tying down $450 million from lead arrangers in deal...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s finance ministry will keep the proceeds of a recent $1.5 billion sovereign bond ...
Sri Lanka's legal cigarette sales fell 29 percent in the March 2017 quarter from a year earlier, Ceylon Tobacco Company ...
Sri Lanka has giving enhanced depreciation of up to 200 percent, with losses to be carried forward for up to 25 years fo...
Sri Lanka will exempt from income tax several activities including, agriculture, entrepôt trade, solid waste manageme...
Sri Lanka will tax profits of unit trusts (mutual funds under a specific law) at 10 percent for individuals and a higher...
China Heavy Machinery Corporation (CHMC) has been tasked with studying the water and sewerage requirement for Sri Lanka'...
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