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Received applications for projects with 1,412 million US dollars
As I understand it many economists are warning that it can become much worse
Short serving minister resigns to make way for an outsider if necessary
Newly appointed Finance Minister also resigned after a day
Financial account flows are facing outward pressure
Resolution framework being fine-tund
Some tax payers may end up paying a higher 18 percent tax on interest income after withholding tax deduction of 5 percen...
Cuts by rating agencies in the outlook of Sri Lanka's sovereign rating to negative in 2019 was worrying but ratings wil...
Sri Lanka may start talks with the International Monetary Fund for a new program, Central Bank Governor W D Lakshman sai...
Sri Lanka will see a slow improvement in external accounts, trade deficit will continue to fall in 2020, and there will ...
Legal action will be taken against businesses which do not pass on the benefits of tax cuts to VAT and other tax relief ...
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has asked for three year debt moratorium from India, a media report said.
Sri Lanka's gross domestic product growth is expected to increase to 3.7 percent in 2020, with a limited fallout from th...
Sri Lanka will become old before getting rich as the country's population declines from 2030, dragging down growth, an A...
Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had cleared changes to the Finance Act that are required to remove the Debt Repayment L...
Sri Lanka's January 2020 official reserves fell 116 million dollars to 7,626 million dollars from 7,642 million dollars...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 328.6083 | 334.9328 |
| UK Pound | 404.2407 | 411.1914 |
| Euro | 358.1529 | 359.7836 |
| Aus Dollar | 221.9914 | 225.8025 |
| Yen | 2.5191 | 2.5583 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.8504 | 4.0593 |
| Korea Won | 0.2471 | 0.2566 |
| Oman Rial | 824.2395 | 870.3981 |
| Saudi Riyal | 84.4779 | 89.2088 |
| UAE Dirham | 86.3927 | 91.2333 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,722.94 | -1.64% |
| CSE All Share | 9,395.98 | -1.38% |
| Turnover Rs million | 3,437,599,160 | 1,512,188,680 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 26.95 | 28.13 |
| 6-m bill | 26.26 | 27.13 |
| 12-m bill | 25.26 | 26.11 |
| 5-yr bond | 26.01 | 25.82 |
| 8-yr bond | 24.73 | 24.73 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 15.50 | 15.50 |
| Gilt Repo | 15.50 | 15.50 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka's 2020 budget deficit could rise to 7.9 percent of gross domestic product from an earlier forecast 5.3 percent...
Sri Lanka has missed the budget deficit and foreign reserves targets in a deal with the International Monetary Fund wher...
Sri Lanka's state hospitals has no medicine shortage but rising payment arrears is making it difficult for some pharmace...
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization will help Sri Lanka to create an industrial policy to move into ...
Sri Lanka is seeking parliamentary approval to spend 156 billion rupees more and raise up to 357 billion rupees in gross...
The public needs to be informed about the drop in prices of essentials after the tax cuts imposed by the government Stat...
Government has decided to centralise the issuance of medical reports needed for the drivers’ licence of light vehicles...
The Parliament's Committee on Public Finance has called for the observations of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, on sever...
The Committee on Public Finance of Sri Lanka's Parliament has deferred the approval of finance bills aimed at slashing v...
Sri Lanka's President Rajapaksa said he planned a de-regulation drive to remove permits and regulations which collective...
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