Notable
Lack of financial discipline was the main reason
Officers to be made personally liable for spending without prior budgetary provisions
The bond has a sovereign guarantee
International bondholders are likely to reject any debt restructuring proposal that doesn’t include local obligations
Current account deficit still wide. Primary balance is surplus due to interest bill exceeding overall deficit
Foreign financing was a net repayment of equivalent to Rs14.9bn in the first three months
Sri Lanka is likely to move an amendment to a value added tax bill now in parliament to accommodate a Supreme Court deci...
COLOMBO, July 7 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's foreign debt increased by 228.7 billion rupees ($1.57 billion) last year due to ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan government tax increases have begun to yield results in the first four months of 2016, w...
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena is intervening directly in a recent value added tax hike made without parliam...
Foreign lenders committed US$855.4 million to fund development projects in Sri Lanka during the first four months in 201...
Excise tax revenues from vehicles fell 10.6 percent to 59.433 billion rupees in the first four months of 2016 from a yea...
Sri Lanka's budget deficit fell 14 percent in the first four months of the year to 233.4 billion rupees, down from 271.6...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka has run budget deficit of 6.1 percent of gross domestic product or 180 billion rupees in the fir...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is expecting finalize capital gains tax legislation within a month, and it is not expected to be...
Sri Lanka's LakSathosa, a state-run retail network mired in corruption scandals and has lost 3.4 billion rupees in 2015,...
| 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 | - | - |
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government has agreed to introduce automatic pricing mechanisms that ensure reta...
ECONOMYNEXT – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Sri Lanka has good growth prospects if it puts its econo...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will charge capital gains tax, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament, reviving a t...
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has reduced its government revenue target for 2016 due to tax amendments in this year's bu...
ECONOMYNEXT, Sri Lanka's latest revision of taxes on cars has triggered price rises across the board, except for totally...
ECONOMYNEXT - Japan fund a 38 billion yen (340 million dollar) expansion of Sri Lanka's power and water supply system an...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka has cut taxes on popular mid-sized electric cars from 2.7 million to about 1.7 million rupees an...
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ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is expecting foreign aid to finance at least 75 percent of the 1.7 billion dollars of property d...
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