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Units of foreign companies have been allowed to borrow from parents
Sri Lanka has raised a tax on potatoes to give higher profits to farmers as harvests come in
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...
Sri Lanka residents who have worked abroad, and individuals or firms providing services to foreigners can now open accou...
Sri Lanka needs a credible plan to get out
There are a few checks and balances in this plan
Unemployment in Sri Lanka grew to 4.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 4 percent a year earlier, with loss of ...
Sri Lanka is open to amending carbon taxes and import duties on electric vehicles, ministers have said.
Sri Lanka's consumer price inflation rose to a six-month high of 4.3 percent in March 2019 from a year earlier, data fro...
Sri Lanka's Central Bank has cut its 7-day policy rate at which cash is injected by 50 basis points to 8.50 percent over...
Due to leakages in the distribution pipe system, nearly 49 per cent of water supplied to Colombo is lost, incurring a co...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka should promote more services exports to the United Kingdom as it seeks to retain preferen...
Transparency International is warning that the controversial oil refinery in Mirijjawila, Hambantota, is a money laund...
Sri Lanka expects three million tourist arrivals by the end of this year, generating a revenue of USD 5 billion in total...
Sri Lanka has to compete with a set of countries which have higher wages, instead of trying to beat low-wage nations lik...
A free trade deal between Sri Lanka and Singapore is in operation and there are no ongoing talks on changing the deal, E...
Latest | Last | |
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US Dollar | 364.4504 | 364.5309 |
UK Pound | 454.9265 | 452.1215 |
Euro | 385.9320 | 383.7066 |
Aus Dollar | 257.4611 | 256.8567 |
Yen | 2.8648 | 2.8518 |
Latest | Last | |
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Indian Rupee | 4.6218 | 4.6218 |
Korea Won | 0.2831 | 0.2820 |
Oman Rial | 933.6892 | 933.8840 |
Saudi Riyal | 95.8319 | 95.8811 |
UAE Dirham | 97.8683 | 97.8887 |
pts | % | |
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S&P SL20 | 2,750.91 | 1.75% |
CSE All Share | 8,265.61 | 1.12% |
Turnover Rs million | 1,978,302,133 | 1,597,235,821 |
Latest | Last | |
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3-m bill | 21.19 | 21.10 |
6-m bill | 21.80 | 21.68 |
12-m bill | 22.67 | 22.39 |
5-yr bond | 22.43 | 21.89 |
8-yr bond | 22.52 | 21.78 |
today | yesterday | |
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Overnight Money | 14.50 | 14.50 |
Gilt Repo | 14.50 | 14.50 |
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Workers in loss-making Sri Lanka state enterprises should be given bonuses to stop them from being discouraged and engag...
ECONOMYNEXT - The Central Bank of Sri Lanka will open a counter at its head office to issue coins to the general public,...
The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has announced that it would take legal action against the Ceylon El...
A loan from Japan to build an expressway has an exit clause where Sri Lanka has to repay it if a program with the Intern...
Only 47 percent of the over million registered three-wheeler are used for hiring. Most drivers are middle aged and for 1...
Sri Lanka to bring new laws to make data compiled by the state statistics office more accessible, a minister said.
Sri Lanka is seeing creeping protectionism in services trade with taxes charged on electronic payments to limit competit...
For the first time in history artificial rain was tested in Sri Lanka with moderate rainfall experienced over Maussakele...
Sri Lanka signed a 989 million dollar project loan with China for the construction of the Central Expressway on Friday, ...
The solar industry has urged the government to fast track the implementation of nearly 600 solar power projects.
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