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"We have to work hard from this point onwards to ensure the next harvest is a success."
CB estimates economy may contract 4-5-pct
“At the end of these three difficult weeks, we shall try to supply fuel and gas without disruptions."
Needs US$5 billion to live and 1 billion to support rupee
Poverty has doubled this year from 13 percent 2021 we estimate it is about 25 percent
Sri Lanka's cooking gas distribution is gradually recovering after shortage in mid 2022.
Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had approved a proposal to allocate 25.72 billion rupees to pay income supplements to p...
Sri Lanka's Brandix, a top apparel group said it had started shipping 200 million face masks to made at its factories to...
Electricity consumers concerned at having to pay huge amounts because charges for the past two or three months have accu...
The Private sector Employers’ Union has agreed not to terminate any employee due to the financial crisis created in th...
Sri Lanka's gross domestic product likely to contract 1-3 percent in 2020 over a Coronavirus shock and macro issues, wit...
Sri Lanka's Consumer Price Authority has ended the black markets and shortages it created by imposing price controls fro...
The Samagi Jana Balavegaya is challenging the government’s statement that the country can save Rs 100 billion if the s...
Sri Lanka's private credit picked up to 25 billion rupees in January 2020, from just 0.3 billion rupees in December, whi...
A call for Sri Lanka's state workers to make some contribution to help the budget deficit came from the President's Secr...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 290.6745 | 289.8986 |
| UK Pound | 358.1710 | 357.3274 |
| Euro | 309.9647 | 310.0947 |
| Aus Dollar | 188.4064 | 310.0947 |
| Yen | 2.0658 | 2.0576 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.5935 | 3.6214 |
| Korea Won | 0.2248 | 0.2261 |
| Oman Rial | 770.5802 | 776.9541 |
| Saudi Riyal | 79.1149 | 79.7546 |
| UAE Dirham | 80.7822 | 81.4508 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,432.34 | 0.14% |
| CSE All Share | 8,532.60 | -0.50% |
| Turnover Rs million | 575,340,332 | 518,927,793 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 24.64 | 24.60 |
| 6-m bill | 24.24 | 24.36 |
| 12-m bill | 22.37 | 22.36 |
| 5-yr bond | 24.98 | 24.79 |
| 8-yr bond | 23.82 | 23.16 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 16.49 | 16.49 |
| Gilt Repo | 16.50 | 16.50 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka's foreign reserves have dropped 353 million US dollars to 7,179 million US dollars, official data show, after ...
More than a million Sri Lankans are likely to become unemployed or underemployed as the COVID 19 crisis ravages the econ...
Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had approved bailouts to several state enterprises which are in financial trouble in a ...
A presidential task force has been asked to a come up with a 'new economic model' in the post-Coronavirus era, with econ...
Sri Lanka's central bank said it had cut the policy rate at which it injects printed money to markets by 50 basis points...
Dialog Axiata, Sri Lanka's largest mobile operator said it had begun expanding the intensive care unit of Negombo hospit...
Sri Lanka has extended a deadline for Coronavirus credit relief for Coronavirus affected businesses from a central bank ...
Sri Lanka has printed more money in the week ending April 30 after under-selling Treasury bills at the weekly auction, o...
Sri Lanka’s economy is among the worst affected by the current COVID 19 crisis, according to a ranking published by th...
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