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Sri Lanka's recovering tourism sector will help end balance of payments troubles
A reserve sale by a soft-pegged central bank with a fixed interest rate also involves printing money of an equal amount
Services sector strong in December
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had sent a letter to Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister G L Pieris
We need to only remind ourselves of what happened to Greece and China (KMT) - D S Sennayake
The poultry group recorded a profit of 369.5 million rupees in the June 2022 quarter
The market has started to grow from June
Any future administration headed by presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa can deal with Sri Lanka's debt by talking...
Sri Lanka's economic growth is expected to slow to 2.7 percent in 2019 and recover next year but depends on how it ensur...
Sri Lanka's imports fell 16.6 percent from a year earlier to 1,574 million US dollars in the August 2019, while exports ...
Sri Lanka held policy rates in October despite an output gap and weak private credit due to planned state sector wage hi...
Sri Lanka's gross official foreign reserves fell 886 million US dollars to 7,637.6 million US dollars in September 2019 ...
A revised staff level agreement for Sri Lanka with the International Monetary Fund will go to agency's board in November...
Sri Lanka's central bank has bought more than 20 billion rupees in bonds to inject new money and target a call money rat...
Sri Lanka may launch a 60 billion yen (500 million US dollar) 10 year Samuarai bond around November 2019, Central Bank G...
Sri Lanka's central bank said it is holding policy rates at current levels but is expecting lending rates to fall faster...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 371.7127 | 371.6601 |
| UK Pound | 453.5962 | 453.9794 |
| Euro | 396.3156 | 396.4763 |
| Aus Dollar | 250.1862 | 251.1981 |
| Yen | 2.8251 | 2.7549 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 4.3961 | 4.3963 |
| Korea Won | 0.2820 | 0.2791 |
| Oman Rial | 943.2237 | 943.2268 |
| Saudi Riyal | 96.7270 | 96.7115 |
| UAE Dirham | 98.8729 | 98.8786 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,653.84 | -1.51% |
| CSE All Share | 8,420.26 | -1.04% |
| Turnover Rs million | 4,621,153,484 | 2,824,714,520 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 31.03 | 31.03 |
| 6-m bill | 29.57 | 29.60 |
| 12-m bill | 28.41 | 28.41 |
| 5-yr bond | 27.49 | 27.57 |
| 8-yr bond | 27.44 | 27.23 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 15.50 | 15.50 |
| Gilt Repo | 15.50 | 15.50 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka has appointed three joint lead managers for a 500 million US dollar equivalent Samurai bond which will have a...
Sri Lanka does not have any free trade agreements, as large volumes of products are taxed at high rates through so-calle...
Sri Lanka is to receive a 40 million euros from the European Union (EU) to co-finance the ‘Strengthening Transformatio...
Crippling personal debt and the lack of basic resources to carry on an agricultural livelihood are being identified by t...
The head of a parliamentary committee probing Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board, who is waging a battle to ...
Sri Lanka's unemployment rate has risen to 4.9 percent in the second quarter of 2019 the highest since 5.1 percent seen ...
Prestige Automobile (Pvt) Ltd, the agent for Germany-based BMW says the brand sees growth opportunities in Sri Lanka.
Following successful discussions with President Maithripala Sirisena, railway trade unions have decided to call of the o...
A ceiling on interest on loans by Sri Lankan banks imposed by the central bank may not increase lending in the short ter...
Sri Lanka's private credit expanded by 22.2 billion rupees in August 2019, and credit to government had expanded 47.9 b...
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