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Winter season to begin from mid-October
September tourist arrivals have plunged to lowest in 11 months.
This will be the third time Litro gas has reduced prices in the last three months.
Plantations Minister looking to limit imports
Sri Lanka has asked for IDA loans because we cannot get IBRD
A high probability that inflation will peak around 75-pct and start to fall
The RAMIS system was originally to come from an Asian Development Bank loan but it had been rejected
Sri Lanka is struggling to secure dollar earnings and that has threatened its fuel, gas imports.
Kerosene price was increased by around 300 percent in August, since which supply has improved, fishermen said
Food prices up 94.9-pct in the past 12 months
Due to current economic conditions social problems were worsening,
Wickremesinghe says Sri Lanka is taking some painful reforms to come out of economic crisis
Sri Lanka is still facing serious shortages of medicine due to the ongoing crisis
Open account channel for maize not open
75 percent of a bottle of alcohol is taxes
Electric vehicles for expat workers until Dec 31
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 369.9103 | 369.9103 |
| UK Pound | 419.5837 | 413.4458 |
| Euro | 365.2629 | 364.8862 |
| Aus Dollar | 242.4453 | 240.1335 |
| Yen | 2.5656 | 2.5668 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 4.4489 | 4.4516 |
| Korea Won | 0.2529 | 0.2518 |
| Oman Rial | 942.5852 | 942.5852 |
| Saudi Riyal | 96.5416 | 96.5545 |
| UAE Dirham | 98.7994 | 98.7994 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,875.21 | -5.70% |
| CSE All Share | 9,237.05 | -4.28% |
| Turnover Rs million | 4,541,034,136 | 3,017,534,901 |
| Latest | Last | |
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| 3-m bill | 29.75 | 29.35 |
| 6-m bill | 28.66 | 28.29 |
| 12-m bill | 28.54 | 28.44 |
| 5-yr bond | 25.22 | 25.26 |
| 8-yr bond | 25.82 | 25.87 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 15.50 | 15.50 |
| Gilt Repo | 15.50 | 15.50 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
He had also expressed an interest in exploring investment opportunities in renewable energy in Sri Lanka
Now, we are going to run a Currency system which means that the moment we earn less, we spend less
President Wickremesinghe is in Tokyo on a two-day official visit.
We have to collect taxes while the economy is contracting
Sri Lanka central government rupee debt falls to US$32.4bn equivalent from US$50.5 billion
To join ADB Governors meeting
Had a productive discussion
Margin between highest and lowest prices narrowed this week
Gross Financing Need projected to be over 30-pct of GDP without re-structuring
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