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The overall budget deficit is listed as 11.1-percent of GDP by transporting 2.8-pct of GDP payments in to the past
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School students in Sri Lanka generally sit for GCE O/Ls and A/Ls at the ages 16 and 19 respectively.
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Past projections have been wildly off target when money was printed for 'stop-go' policies
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Five 'grade-A' turmeric plants would be given to 1.5mn families to produce their own requirements
Hgher levels of monetary instability and lower growth was seen from around 2015 with 'flexible' policy
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The Sri Lanka embassy in Kuwait says it has repatriated 6,000 stranded migrant workers
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World Bank has also re-directed funds from existing loans for Coronavirus costs
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Export earnings were up 11.5 percent in the first quarter of 2021 to 2,945.53 million US dollars.
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Bank treasurers summoned by authorities
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Proposed National Debt Securities Centre to guarantee loans to small and medium businesses
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Sri Lanka to close down all schools, preschools and piriven (monastic schools) in the island till April 30
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Units of foreign companies have been allowed to borrow from parents
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Sri Lanka has raised a tax on potatoes to give higher profits to farmers as harvests come in
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Sri Lanka's unemployment fell to 5.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020 from an 11 year high of 5.8 percent in the th...
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Sri Lanka residents who have worked abroad, and individuals or firms providing services to foreigners can now open accou...
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| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 199.5887 | 199.5872 |
| UK Pound | 277.5680 | 277.5659 |
| Euro | 239.7459 | 239.9437 |
| Aus Dollar | 154.6214 | 154.3607 |
| Yen | 1.8259 | 1.8267 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 2.7040 | 2.7036 |
| Korea Won | 0.1775 | 0.1776 |
| Oman Rial | 518.4257 | 518.4218 |
| Saudi Riyal | 53.2194 | 53.2076 |
| UAE Dirham | 54.3372 | 54.3368 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,836.50 | 0.73% |
| CSE All Share | 7,157.30 | 0.64% |
| Turnover Rs million. | 890,294,188 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 5.04 | 5.03 |
| 6-m bill | 5.09 | 5.09 |
| 12-m bill | 5.15 | 5.15 |
| 5-yr bond | 7.12 | 7.08 |
| 8-yr bond | 7.71 | 7.70 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 4.65 | 4.65 |
| Gilt Repo | 4.68 | 4.67 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
The United States will help Sri Lanka improve its plastic waste management efforts and further reduce any waste flows to...
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Lanka Sugar Company (Pvt) Ltd, built by re-expropriating two privatized firms, are now making profits after ethanol impo...
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Sri Lanka will ban the import of chemical fertilizer in the 'near future' as pollution of waterways and suspected kidney...
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Sri Lanka's exporters and importers are working against multiple global and domestic disruptions in logistics in the pos...
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Sri Lanka has inked a deal to borrow 69.53 million US dollars from the World Bank to improve dams and irrigation schemes...
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A Sri Lanka legislator has suggested fixing the country's debt crisis with Cannabis and giving Dutch courage to a shaky ...
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Sri Lanka will set up a state-run Youth Startup Fund and a Guarantee Fund to help young entrepreneurs get capital, Minis...
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Sri Lanka's Colombo Port City is a useful attempt to address a broken government system and is recreating for services w...
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Sri Lanka's rupee has plunged to 199 to the US dollar in March as vehicle imports collapsed to almost nothing, official ...
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Sri Lanka's Colombo Port City will be a driver of growth and foreign direct investment and concerns over it being a Chin...
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