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Sri Lankans are no longer getting booster doses of Coronavirus vaccines and laboratory capacity is also declining.
There is a huge shortage of the experts in the agriculture sector
The poor are paying less VAT because of the nature of the goods that they consume, than the rich
Whenever we see a [dollar] liquidity availability in the market, we intervene and purchase
ADB is helping the country establish long-term growth by introducing and institutionalizing structural reforms
Sri Lanka may have to boost revenues by 1.2-pct of GDP in 2025
Sri Lanka's rupee is kept weak by central bank purchases of dollars, despite the ending of large scale money printing, p...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka has maintained policy rates at its meeting in August despite warnings that credit growth was sti...
Sri Lankan investors can build global businesses by linking with Dubai's Sharjah airport free zone and Mattala airport, ...
ECONOMYNEXT – An international expert has advised Sri Lankan firms to have a sound ‘sourcing strategy�...
ECONOMYNEXT – World Bank South Asia Region Vice President Annette Dixon arrived in Sri Lanka Monday on an officia...
The state is to issue regulations to fix import prices of medicines in a bid counter pharmaceutical firms from padding u...
COLOMBO, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's new government is drafting reforms aimed at simplifying taxes, widening the tax ...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's rate of inflation, as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), decelerated to 5.8...
ECONOMYNEXT – The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has launched a platform to enhance the awareness level of its member...
Sri Lanka has raised an existing food import tax on large onions to Rs40 a kilogram from Rs25 to keep domestic prices hi...
| 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 | - | - |
Sri Lanka should have a stable liberal policy framework with free trade and strong property rights to draw foreign direc...
ECONOMYNEXT – The World Bank has given Sri Lanka a new procurement system to make the best use of public money in...
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Sri Lanka has relaxed by 30 days a newly imposed exchange control that forced exporters to bring back foreign exchange, ...
Emerging global patterns in foreign direct investment and opportunities for Sri Lanka will be the focus of a seminar by ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s corporate sector is disappointed over the new coalition government’s perf...
ECONOMYNEXT – A Sri Lankan delegation led by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has held talks with China�...
Sri Lanka's budget deficit has narrowed 10 percent in absolute terms to Rs280.5 billion in the five months to May from R...
Sri Lanka's central bank has bought $204.56 million from commercial banks in July amid renewed foreign investor inflows ...
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