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Cash short banks will now have to get LOLR at 9.25-pct
Sri Lanka's rupee fell to more than three-year low
Financial services grew 119.41 percent to 10.45 million dollars.
Tea exports fell 6.82 percent to 100.02 million dollars, while apparel and textile exports fell 4.88 percent to 346.67mn
Women in Tech Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee mission Women in Tech Sri Lanka expands its outreach to Trincomalee,
JICA senior VP Hara reaffirms growing Japan-Sri Lanka partnership during visit to Sri Lanka
Driven by manufacture of food & beverages sector, with many companies receiving orders for upcoming festive season
“Business activities related to financial services continued to improve, supported by increased lending activities.”...
NMRA plans to launch app to check drug prices
When children graduate from school, they simply don't have the skills needed to enter the workforce
Sri Lanka has been mainly using US dollar as the currency for in international trade
In addition to food, some fertilizers and pharma inputs also removed from Trump tariffs
Amendment will enable a 50% increase in lending to more than $36 billion annually to support developing member countries
Mercedes, Audi and BMW cars were also registered
BYD registrations drop to
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 331.7485 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 443.7468 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 372.5204 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0969 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 233.0533 | 231.1659 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.4948 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2499 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 861.6397 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.4403 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.3209 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 5,656.91 | -0.43% |
| CSE All Share | 19,927.30 | -0.28% |
| Turnover Rs | 1457.79 million | 1193.67 million |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 7.61 | 7.84 |
| 6-m bill | 7.91 | 8.26 |
| 12-m bill | 8.23 | 8.3 |
| 3-yr bond | 9.24 | 9.25 |
| 5-yr bond | 9.82 | 9.56 |
| 8-yr bond | 10.50 | 10.48 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
About Rs16.5bn remains
Meanwhile the IMF also outlined some reforms
What we are trying to do is resizing and bringing technology so that we could make things efficient
Customs revenue was mainly boosted by vehicle import tax
The visit is organized by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka – Greater Mekong Business Council (SLGMBC).
The only deflationary policy in 2025 came from Treasury coupon payments on the central bank's bond portfolio
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Also welcomes reduction of VAT threshold
Policy implementation will be the key for success of 2026 budget
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