Notable
Sri Lanka's increased tax rates will be effective from December 1
Privatization or peopleisation was started under President Ranasinghe Premadasa
Rupee debt holders suffer 35-pct IFR hair cut
We are not against reforms. However the pain must be shared
President Wickremesinghe is due to make a "special" national address on Wednesday evening
Pandemic preparedness will also be improved.
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will suspend an investment promotion law that give sweeping tax breaks to companies and the budg...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka may reduce 60,000 rupee (400 dollar) proposed annual franchise tax on incorporated bodies to 18,...
ECONOMYNET - Sri Lanka could get funds from an International Monetary Fund in June 2016, if a preliminary deal is reache...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka faces challenges but economic and social transformation that will bring prosperity, Prime Minist...
ECONOMYNEXT - The International Monetary Fund urged Sri Lanka to move fast on tax hikes proposed in a cabinet paper by P...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is setting criteria for selecting appoints to state owned enterprises (SOEs) in a bid to improve...
ECONOMYNEXT - A team from newly-established Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will visit Sri Lanka and China Developm...
COLOMBO, April 1 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has postponed a plan to reintroduce capital gains tax by six months, a senior off...
ECONOMYNEXT - There is no increase in value added tax to 15 percent on April 01, a senior Treasury official said.
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's economy will grow 5.3 percent backed by a deal with the International Monetary Fund and more t...
| 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 has had talks with Korea-based Green Climate Fund with two deputy ministers meeting its chief.
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will charge newly proposed from April and September 2016 to bring down the budget deficit and st...
ECONOMYNEXT – Costly loans taken by three state-owned enterprises including SriLankan Airlines under the former R...
ECONOMYNEXT - A rollover of 1.1 billion US dollar swap line from the Reserve Bank of India will help Sri Lanka but it al...
ECONOMYNEXT - In the latest case of mis-management at Lak Sathosa, a trading agency run by the elected rulers, is facing...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka has extracted more taxes from the people in 2015, with the tax take rising to 11.5 percent of gr...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government has to pay 1.21 trillion rupees on its loans this year, including 562...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe said the government will revise the 2016 budget and ...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's bank credit to private business slowed to 43.6 billion rupees in December 2019 from 91 billion...
COLOMBO, March 7 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will receive a loan of $1.5 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to...
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