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Economy

Sri Lanka's Softlogic to raise Rs850mn from cash call

Shareholders would be given a rights issue of 100 shares for every existing 423 shares.

October 22, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka to end import bans on cosmetics, motor spares: Minister

Following appeals bans on 708 items had been lifted

October 22, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka coconut action price up for fourth week

Buyers offered 687,621 nuts at the auction, and sold 639,610.

October 22, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka's BOP deficit creating ability wanes

After running out of reserves, Sri Lanka intervened and sterilized to mis-target rates with borrowed dollars

October 21, 2022 4 min read
Sri Lanka seeks divestment advisors, in talks with IFC for SriLankan

Firms are free to express interest with respect to one or more of the above mentioned enterprises

Sri Lanka petroleum utility battles unions over anti-privatization protests

Union leaders sent on compulsory leave CPC says

Sri Lanka, Pakistan seeks expanded trade ties after PM visit

Sri Lanka and Pakistan is hoping for expanded trade ties in the wake of a visit by Prime Minister Imran Khan, by making ...

March 5, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka GDP to grow 3.0-3.5-pct in the first quarter

Sri Lanka's gross domestic product could grow between 3.0 to 3.5 percent in the first quarter of 2021, Central Bank's Di...

March 5, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka directed credit plans in the oven

Sri Lanka's main monetary policy tool to promote growth in Sri Lanka are low interest rates and liquidity in the banking...

March 5, 2021 3 min read

Light Rail Project: Maharagama to be linked to the network

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has asked that the Urban Development Authority (UDA) include the city of Maharagama in ...

March 5, 2021 3 min read
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Sri Lanka forex reserves at US$4.6bn in February 2021

Sri Lanka's forex reserves were estimated at 4.6 billion US dollars in February 2021, down from 4.8 billion a month earl...

March 4, 2021 1 min read

German biz chamber in Sri Lanka launches simplified exporters guidelines for local exporters

The German Industry and Commerce (AHK Sri Lanka) together with United National Industrial Development Organization launc...

March 4, 2021 3 min read

Sri Lanka central bank to keep 'historically low' interest rates amid BOP deficits

Sri Lanka will maintain low interest rates, the central bank's rate-setting Monetary Board said in its March monetary po...

March 4, 2021 7 min read

Sri Lanka Parliament instructs CBSL to come up with a plan to help entrepreneurs

The Parliamentary Committee on Public Finance (CPF) has asked the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) to come up with an in...

March 3, 2021 3 min read

Sri Lanka rupee quoted weaker at 195/199 levels in one-week forwards

Sri Lanka’s rupee opens weaker at 195/199 levels to the US dollar in the one-week forwards market on Wednesday while b...

March 3, 2021 1 min read

Vietnam REER ignored by IMF buoying US Mercantilists as Sri Lanka rupee falls

Washington-based International Monetary Fund has claimed that the external position of Vietnam was too strong and appear...

March 3, 2021 7 min read
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Sri Lanka quarterly income tax payments rebounds to exceed 2019 level: Treasury Secy

Sri Lanka's quarterly income tax filed for the 2020 last final quarter had exceeded the 2019 number, despite lower rates...

March 2, 2021 4 min read
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Opposition complains to regulator, People's Bank chief says followed procedure

The main opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) has lodged a complaint against the head of People’s Bank for granting...

March 1, 2021 2 min read
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Sri Lanka rupee plunges as car registrations collapse under import controls

Sri Lanka rupee has fallen from 186 to around 194 to the US dollar in January 2021 as new car imports and registrations ...

March 1, 2021 2 min read

China's AIIB clears US$180mn Covid-19 credit for SMEs: Sri Lanka embassy

China's Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has cleared a 180 million dollar credit for Coronavirus hit small an...

February 27, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka to grow 3.6-pct in 2021, deficit could reach 10.8-pct: ICRA

Sri Lanka's economic growth would recover to 3.6 percent in 2021, from a contraction in 2020, while the budget deficit m...

February 26, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka inflation at 3.3-pct in Feb 2021

Sri Lanka's inflation in the capital Colombo has picked up to 3.3 percent in January 2021 from 3.0 percent in December,...

February 26, 2021 1 min read
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Sri Lanka targeting US$32bn inflows to repay debt: Minister

Sri Lanka is expecting 32 billion US dollars in inflows from exports of goods and services and financial inflows and out...

February 26, 2021 3 min read
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Sri Lanka, Pakistan discuss cross-investing forex reserves in government bonds: Minister

Sri Lanka and Pakistan had discussed the possibility of cross-investing foreign reserves in each others' sovereign bonds...

February 25, 2021 3 min read
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Ghana gets first Covax delivery, Sri Lanka gets shipment as AstraZeneca asks India to make a billion...

Ghana in Africa had got the first Covax delivery from India under a global facility aimed at making Coronavirus vaccine ...

February 25, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka undeclared funds tax, special GST to be legislated by April: Treasury Secy

Sri Lanka tax changes announced in 2019 December and a budget for 2021 including a special goods and services tax and a ...

February 25, 2021 2 min read
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