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Sri Lanka has aimed at ambitious tax revenue targets this year
Achieves 39.4 percent of this year’s target in the first 117 days: Customs Data
The government has aimed at fresh record high tax revenue this year
Monthly budget deficit falls to Rs3.8bn in January. Current budget in surplus
Sri Lanka's tax revenue has doubled in the last four years
Govt has aimed record tax revenue goal this year
An IMF team is also expected in January for discussions on completing the review
The revised cost of the project submitted to cabinet in December 2025 was 47.18 billion rupees
When we reconstruct, we have to make build something that is better than what it was
GRADE assessment is already underway in partnership with the Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction
The IRD has collected record high tax revenue for 2025
Current account of the budget in surplus by Rs112billion rupees
The session will consider a supplementary estimate for Cyclone Ditwah related recovery work
Borrowings for grid strengthening
The floodwaters reached nearly 720,000 buildings, about one in every twelve buildings in the country
There are hundreds of smaller road also damaged
| 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 | - | - |
People without houses will also be paid 5 million rupees to rebuild their house
Country has witnessed record high revenue from the Customs this year
Sri Lanka and Vietnam also had governance concerns
We need parliament's approval to get unspent money from other ministries
For 2025, Rs50 bn will be sought
This request is currently under consideration and subject to approval by the IMF board
Has sought $200mn relief
The shipment was formally handed over by the High Commissioner of the Maldives to Colombo
Also begun discussions on the $3mn grant for disaster relief
And right now, Staff is looking into options to further support Sri Lanka in the recovery proces
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