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Special commodity levies of up to Rs2000 on yoghurt, butter
Finance Ministry asks not to import excessively
In a bid to reverse fiscal stimulus
"They have forced investments down this country thanks to the Rajapaksa family."
Reviving exports urgently is vital to keep Sri Lanka afloat during a Coronavirus crisis and the sector needs room to ada...
Sri Lanka has brought a revised version of pay-you-earn tax as an Advance Personal Income Tax to be deducted by the empl...
Sri Lanka's forex reserves were down by 412.5 million US dollars to 7,525 million by end March 2020 from 7,938.24 milli...
A fund started by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to help fight Coronavirus had drawn 585 million rupees with contributors ...
The United States has given 1.3 millon US dollars to help Sri Lanka help protect healthcare workers in the fight against...
The European Union has given Sri Lanka a grant of 22 million US dollars to fight Coronavirus in the island saying the co...
Across the districts designated as the most affected by the COVID 19 threat, the fear of the disease is tinged by the co...
Sri Lanka will give an incentive package to anyone who repatriates dollars held abroad to the island in the next three m...
Sri Lanka has requested a 400 million dollar swap line from the Reserve Bank of India under an arrangement available for...
Sri Lanka may hit legal snags in getting foreign loans unless parliament is recalled to pass new resolution to legalize ...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 283.8763 | 290.6745 |
| UK Pound | 352.3039 | 358.1710 |
| Euro | 302.2424 | 309.9647 |
| Aus Dollar | 183.5776 | 188.4064 |
| Yen | 2.0303 | 188.4064 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.5400 | 3.5935 |
| Korea Won | 0.2216 | 0.2248 |
| Oman Rial | 759.5857 | 770.5802 |
| Saudi Riyal | 77.9716 | 79.1149 |
| UAE Dirham | 79.6253 | 80.7822 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,470.42 | 2.02 % |
| CSE All Share | 8,668.40 | 1.59 % |
| Turnover Rs million | 1,335,527,883 | 575,340,332 |
| 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 | 14.00 | 16.50 |
| Gilt Repo | 14.00 | 16.50 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka has tightened controls on foreign exchange outflows for three months as the rupee slid in the wake of rate cut...
Sri Lanka's Colombo Tea Traders Association and Ceylon Chamber of Commerce which had conducted a physical auction for ov...
Yields on Sri Lanka's sovereign bonds which fell sharply from record lows after Treasury Secretary S R Attygalle said th...
Sri Lanka has made another helicopter drop of cash pushing up excess money in the banking system with monetary instabili...
An going Coronavirus epidemic may cost Sri Lanka up to 1.5 percent in economic growth in 2020, the Asian Development Ban...
Sri Lanka has signed a 128.6 million US dollar credit to help its fight against Coronavirus with the country aggressivel...
Sri Lanka's central bank has detailed the use of a 50 billion rupee facility for Coronavirus hit business set up along t...
Sri Lanka has relaxed all restrictions on foreign currency inflows while its Central Bank issued a global appeal to Sri ...
Sri Lanka will ban all non-essential imports except for fuel and medicine and launch a drive to grow vegetables, Co-cab...
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