Notable
Discussions covered expanding trade beyond tea, Sri Lanka’s traditional export to Iraq, with potential in food and bev...
Reflecting improvements across several sub-sectors, led by financial services, with notable contributions from education
Manufacturing activities continued to expand at a similar pace during the month,”
The commission has already identified four government plots and is preparing to market one of them to investors,
Inflation remained at 40-month high of 8.1 percent in September mainly driven by higer fuel prices
Ceylon Chamber calls for careful review of recent draft legislations to safeguard competitiveness and GSP+ access
Developing infrastructure, providing incentives for investors and promoting R & D also were discussed
Inflation has skyrocketed after oil price hike following the Middle East escalation
Financial services fell 57.25 percent to 2.10 million dollars.
Tea export earnings declined by 17.22 percent year-on-year to 116.73 million dollars in July 2026.
It has achieved 83% of this year’s target even before the end of eight months
Sri Lanka–China Business Council celebrates 25th anniversary, reaffirms commitment to bilateral trade
Ceylon Chamber’s SLANZBC delegation takes Sri Lankan businesses to Australia
Sri Lanka has witnessed 4.7 percent expansion in the new active credit cards in first half of 2026
Already inflation has breached Sri Lanka Central Bank's upper inflation limit of 7%.
Ceylon Chamber strengthens business links with Qatar and Lebanon
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| 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 |
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| 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 | % | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
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Women in Tech Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee mission Women in Tech Sri Lanka expands its outreach to Trincomalee,
JICA senior VP Hara reaffirms growing Japan-Sri Lanka partnership during visit to Sri Lanka
"Under the guise of building reserves in our country, it is like going to a bank and taking an overdraft
Business activity expanded in July 2026, CBSL said, supported by broad-based improvements across service sectors.
“All sub-indices contributed positively to this improvement,” CBSL said
Revenue leakages within Excise Department have historically posed challenge to fiscal stability
EU-funded CIRCULAR Project strengthens Sri Lanka's readiness for EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
The country has seen 5% growth in both 2024 and 2025.
India transitioned to flexible inflation targeting in 2016 after earlier regimes created public confusion
The approval rating declined from a post-election high of 65 percent recorded in February 2026, while disapproval climbe
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