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We aim to provide four talented students with foreign scholarships to renowned universities
Also attempting to re-start suspended Japanese funded terminal.
The app will be an incentive for expatriates who use formal banking channel
With the government we raised alarm bells around the proposed anti-terrorism legislation
Remittances, tourism earnings have helped Sri Lanka's economic recovery from sovereign default
Sri Lanka has seen Rs.15.5 bln inflow in two months after suffering an outflow of Rs.78.1 bln in Jan-Sept
Sri Lanka's forex reserves rose to 6.4 billion US dollars by the last week of July up from 5.3 billion US dollars at the...
Sri Lanka would like to see private credit growth to slow to around 20 percent by the year-end from the current 28 perce...
ECONOMYNEXT - Consumer prices in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo rose by 5.5 percent in July from a year ago, deceleratin...
Sri Lanka raised policy rates to 'lean against' any fiscal slippage from a delayed value added tax hike and higher than ...
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Sri Lanka’s government said professional and business lobbies opposing efforts to enter into an economic pact wit...
| 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 | - | - |
China has asked for 15,000 acres or 60 square kilometres of land in southern Sri Lanka for its investors, Minister of De...
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Sri Lankan government tax collections remain insufficient with only a relatively few companies and individuals shoulderi...
ECONOMYNEXT – Business conditions in Sri Lanka are improving, Germany’s envoy has said, urging German comp...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s top export business chamber has called for government coalition partners to agree on a ...
SriLankan tax payers have just paid out 80 million dollars (about 11.7 billion Sri Lanka rupees) to bailout state carrie...
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ECONOMYNEXT - Idah Pswarayi-Riddihough, the new World Bank Country Director for Sri Lanka and Maldives is visiting Colom...
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