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Invest Sri Lanka to bring 1,000 local and global investors together

Forum to showcase investment opportunities and build joint ventures

May 27, 2021 3 min read

Sri Lanka Port City dollarization upheld, constitution violation from depreciation: SC

Dollarization would protect the salaries of workers from money printing

May 23, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka's China-backed Port City to have US$3bn annual FDI target: Minister Cabraal

"We have targets which are tough"

May 22, 2021 3 min read

Sri Lanka passes law to set up China-backed special economic zone

Colombo Port City Commission passes with 148 votes

May 20, 2021 2 min read
Sri Lanka President to meet creditors

President Wickremesinghe will visit UK and France

Sri Lanka official remittances up 57-pct in May

About $500 to 600mn came through official channels before 2020

Sri Lanka Minister says thinks tanks and govts in South Asia should work closely, use evidence

ECONOMYNEXT - Think tanks and governments in South Asia should work closely and programs must be evaluated on evidence, ...

November 20, 2015 1 min read

'Technopolis' mooted for Sri Lanka metro project

ECONOMYNEXT – A special zone where research outfits could be linked with industry should be created in Sri Lanka�...

November 17, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka urban planning hampered by inadequate co-ordination: UNESCAP

ECONOMYNEXT –Urban planning in Sri Lanka is hampered by the division of responsibilities different agencies and i...

November 16, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka sets up agency to oversee southern development

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is to set up a new private sector-style body with a board of directors to handle economic...

November 13, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka tobacco firm profits, taxes up amid consumption boom

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tobacco Company Plc, a unit of British American Tobacco said profits rose 57 percent to...

November 9, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka govt urged not to cut social spending

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s main business lobby, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, has urged the government to...

November 9, 2015 3 min read

Reform drive to transform Sri Lanka needs legislative backing: Harsha

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has articulated a series of third generation reforms need...

November 6, 2015 3 min read

Soros, Stiglitz in Sri Lanka for economic forum

ECONOMYNEXT - Investor and philanthropist George Soros and interventionist economist Joseph Stiglitz will take part in a...

November 5, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka to set up sunset Agency for Development', Trade Agency

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will set up a sunset 'Agency for Development' for three years, an international trade agency whi...

November 5, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka to review Rajapaksa expropriations, strengthen property rights

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will review property and firms expropriated by the ousted Rajapaksa regime and enact a new law t...

November 5, 2015 1 min read
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Latest Last
US Dollar 336.1698 337.0431
UK Pound 445.0216 444.3239
Euro 383.3680 382.7461
Yen 2.0663 2.0830
Aus Dollar 231.5874 231.8182
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
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Indian Rupee 3.5512 3.5703
Korean Won 0.2160 0.2177
Oman Rial 873.1683 875.4139
Saudi Riyal 89.4735 89.7513
UAE Dirham 91.5246 91.7623
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
pts %
S&P SL20 6,206.51 +0.02%
CSE All Share 22,243.70 -0.09%
Turnover Rs 1070.24 million 1911.34 million
Source: CSE
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
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
today yesterday
Overnight Money 7.70 7.69
Gilt Repo 7.74 7.72
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Source: Central Bank/Indicative

Sri Lanka signs up to IMF’s data disclosure standard

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka has subscribed to the International Monetary Fund’s data disclosure standard, committing ...

November 3, 2015 3 min read

Singer Sri Lanka see consumer durables sales soar in 2015

ECONOMYNEXT - Singer Sri Lanka Plc, said consumer durables sales rose 34 percent to 9.1 billion rupees in the September ...

October 30, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka PM to make economic policy statement on Nov 05

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will make a statement on the medium term economic policy o...

October 29, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka's West generates most output, South grows fastest in 2014

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Western province which has the highest population and is most integrated with the world genera...

October 29, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka offers better returns than European markets: Ravi

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is now focusing on economic stabilization and offers better returns than European markets...

October 28, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka must support risk-taking, entrepreneur coaching, expert says

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s needs to encourage risk-taking and remove stigma attached to failure to create a...

Rohan Gunasekera
October 28, 2015 2 min read

Japan’s Kansai firms keen on investing in Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT – The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has signed ‘Agreement of Cooperation’ to promote two wa...

October 27, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka to start nation-wide consumer price index

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will start a nation-wide price index with 2013 chosen as the base year, Cabinet spokesman Rajith...

October 22, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka aiming to reduce burden of SOEs on the people

ECONOMYNEXT - Reforming Sri Lanka's troubled state enterprises is a complex task needing different approaches to differe...

October 22, 2015 4 min read

Sri Lanka aims for accountability, good governance in public sector

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s main accounting body is seeking to improve good governance and accountability in...

October 22, 2015 2 min read
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