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Food suppliers have been willing to extend credit to local importers due to strong relationships spanning generations
Cross default clauses triggered
Delays is fiscal reforms can reduce the recovery rate
Debt advisors expected to be appointed by the cabinet soon
The number of malnourished children is on the rise due to Sri Lanka's economic crisis.
We have a better understanding how we can treat domestic debt, what are the classes of debt
Co-Cabinet Spokesman Bandula Gunawardena said today that some development projects that are under way have been put on h...
Sri Lanka's taxpayer support may be extended to supplement a state mandated wage hike to workers of plantations plantati...
Sri Lanka's personal income tax payers will get relief up to 1.2 million rupees a year for investments in stocks and sec...
Sri Lanka's apparel industry has the capacity to expand into offshore supply chain management for their customers and bu...
Sri Lanka will set up a mechanism to update Employees' Provident Fund members of their monthly transactions via SMS, the...
Sri Lanka's state revenues will pick up in the second half of 2020, as tax cuts and lower interest rates expand disposab...
A final review of Sri Lanka's existing program with the International Monetary Fund happen in April, if there is enough ...
Government Media Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said that the government intends to develop the tourism industry to earn...
Sri Lanka is keen to meet international standards required by the General System of Preferences (GSP) Plus program, alth...
Concerns have been raised that a series of tax changed by cabinet decree without parliamentary consent may violate a rec...
| Latest | Last | |
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| US Dollar | 285.6164 | 283.8763 |
| UK Pound | 353.8887 | 352.3039 |
| Euro | 304.1967 | 302.2424 |
| Aus Dollar | 187.2054 | 183.5776 |
| Yen | 2.0304 | 2.0303 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.5460 | 3.5400 |
| Korea Won | 0.2234 | 0.2216 |
| Oman Rial | 759.2190 | 759.5857 |
| Saudi Riyal | 77.9349 | 77.9716 |
| UAE Dirham | 79.5868 | 79.6253 |
| pts | % | |
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| S&P SL20 | 2,494.26 | 0.28% |
| CSE All Share | 8,766.60 | 0.15% |
| Turnover Rs million | 1,335,527,883 | 1,335,527,883 |
| Latest | Last | |
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| 3-m bill | 24.37 | 24.64 |
| 6-m bill | 24.00 | 24.24 |
| 12-m bill | 22.03 | 22.37 |
| 5-yr bond | 24.67 | 24.98 |
| 8-yr bond | 23.33 | 23.82 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 13.93 | 14.00 |
| Gilt Repo | 13.50 | 14.00 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
In the latest twist to Sri Lanka's fluctuating taxes the Department of Inland Revenue which earlier raised the threshold...
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...
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