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Sri Lanka Economic and Investment Summit 2026 to examine how Sri Lanka can strengthen its place in Asia’s growth netwo...
Growth driven by strong performance in transportation, wholesale and retail trade, and professional services
Outlook remains positive, but moderated by near-term challenges, due to the expected year-end seasonal upturn.
Discussion included strategies for building and strengthening foreign reserve buffers; the implications of geopolitical
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,
Two more reviews available under the latest IMF programme
EDB moves to expand island wide testing and certification facilities to boost export competitiveness
Government's objective of improving revenue performance toward reaching 20 percent of GDP
Every aspect of a gig worker’s on-platform day is determined by algorithms they cannot see, whose logic never explaine...
This is the arrangement for many other countries as well
It has achieved more than 50% of 2026 target within first 5 months
As the increase in import prices exceeded the increase in export prices.
Fuel import bill has jumped 112% in two months since the Middle East crisis: CBSL data
Vegetables contributed highest in food category while transport in non-food items
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
"Continued engagement with the IMF programme remains critical to preserving macroeconomic stability
Performance criteria on non-default missed due to hacking
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CB raised OPR by 100 basis points, the first hike in 12 months
Increase in number of state-owned enterprises employing workers on temporary basis through manpower agecies
From May 27-29, hosted by the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Sri Lanka (AHK Sri Lanka), German Embassy
Cash short banks will now have to get LOLR at 9.25-pct
Sri Lanka's rupee fell to more than three-year low
Financial services grew 119.41 percent to 10.45 million dollars.
Tea exports fell 6.82 percent to 100.02 million dollars, while apparel and textile exports fell 4.88 percent to 346.67mn
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