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The proposal had been made by the Minister of Water Supply.
Interim budget to cut capex
We cannot create another problem at the expense of solving an existing problem
Sri Lanka's tax revenue is one of the lowest in the world in terms of GDP ratio.
Certainly it will have far reaching consequences
New govt dominated by Rajapaksa linked party
Global un-employment set to rise
Says economy could contract 7-pct in 2022
Food prices in Sri Lanka rose 80.1 percent in the 12 months from June 2021 to June 2022.
Before this program, they had to go through a long documentation process every year to get these visas
"With this, we expect to meet our needs without shortages, and also to reduce prices through competition," he said.
Satisfaction 2-pct
Food prices up 122-pct since output gap targeting began in August 2022
The prime minister’s office said Thursday June 30 afternoon that the remaining 20 million dollars was from Litro.
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 368.6066 | 368.5670 |
| UK Pound | 448.2898 | 450.8744 |
| Euro | 379.5297 | 381.8782 |
| Aus Dollar | 264.0291 | 263.9965 |
| Yen | 2.7780 | 2.7764 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 4.5311 | 4.5327 |
| Korea Won | 0.2763 | 0.2766 |
| Oman Rial | 937.4424 | 937.2606 |
| Saudi Riyal | 96.1159 | 96.0666 |
| UAE Dirham | 98.2603 | 98.2413 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 3,097.30 | 0.82% |
| CSE All Share | 9,191.52 | 1.82% |
| Turnover Rs million | 5,829,973,145 | 6,339,984,932 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 26.11 | 26.24 |
| 6-m bill | 27.06 | 26.52 |
| 12-m bill | 27.87 | 27.36 |
| 5-yr bond | 24.19 | 23.86 |
| 8-yr bond | 24.68 | 24.21 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 15.50 | 15.50 |
| Gilt Repo | 15.50 | 15.50 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
No staff level agreement yet, creditor assurances needed
Worst crisis in modern times
Monetary meltdown worsens as money printed to keep rates down and pay state worker salaries
Sri Lanka unable to import fuel due to broken soft-peg
Mission brief President
To discuss long and short term assistance
Protests beginning to gather pace as petrol, diesel shortages threaten to bring the country to a standstill
Vehicles advertised on-line were quoted at about a million rupees less than a month ago
Passenger transport, goods transport hit
Manufacturing recover from April holiday
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