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The local currency rating has a negative outlook
The state of state and SOE credit rises to 123 percent of private credit from around 25 percent two decades
Bonds to be settled with allocations in 2024, 2025 and 2026
Tax exemptions come after a series of street protests
Sri Lanka has been in process to boost tax revenue in line with the IMF commitments
In 2023, Rs276 billion from tax payer funds were injected to non-financial SOEs
Sri Lanka has met the key budget deficit target for 2016 under an agreement with the International Monetary Fund with re...
Sri Lanka's Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy is a 'good soul', Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said, in th...
Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had approved the sale of 1.5 billion US dollars of bonds in domestic markets this year,...
UK-based The Banker magazine has selected Sri Lanka's Ravi Karunanayake as the Finance Minister of the Year for the Asia...
Sri Lanka plans to settle high interest loans taken by the state from sale proceeds of Hambantota Port, Finance Minister...
Sri Lanka has stabilized the economy with the help of a program with the International Monetary Fund, and it is now read...
Sri Lanka's state revenues rose to Rs1,333 billion in the 10 months to October 2016, while the overall budget deficit fe...
Sri Lanka's tax payers will provide a 200,000 insurance cover to 4.5 million school kids in the country, the finance min...
Sri Lanka has called proposals from banks to borrow one billion US dollar for up to three years, which lenders can provi...
Sri Lanka will set up a Welfare Benefits Board to manage and select beneficiaries of subsidies, which is expected to all...
| 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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