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Sri Lanka petroleum utility battles unions over anti-privatization protests

Union leaders sent on compulsory leave CPC says

March 29, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka links up with Korea for rural development

The MoU will be signed between Ministry of Public Administration, Department of External Resources and the foundation

March 28, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka promotes sea cucumber farming as fisheries sector recovers

"There are no shortages fuel these days the prices of fish have dropped."

March 28, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka to seek competitive bids for state asset sales

No unsolicited bids will be accepted

March 28, 2023 2 min read
Sri Lanka central bank urged not to inject excess money by open market operations

Given the much healthier interbank volumes, the CBSL should avoid undermining the working of the interbank market

Sri Lanka deflation drives consumer goods sales, margins at JKH

In Sri Lanka's supermarkets, discounts are now almost routine

Sri Lanka watching for results from recent tightening: CB Governor

Sri Lanka is watching for the effects of monetary policy measure to play out, and a recent spike in inflation could be d...

July 5, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka investment, export agencies in joint focus on manufacturing

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s investment and export promotion agencies have begun working more closely togethe...

July 5, 2016 2 min read

Inaugural Speech Sri Lanka CB Governor Coomaraswamy - full text

Following is the full text of the speech made by Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy after assuming duties at the Central Ban...

July 4, 2016 8 min read

Sri Lanka’s new Central Bank chief says upholding credibility main responsibility

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s new Governor of the Central Bank, Indrajit Coomaraswamy, said he would do his be...

July 4, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka has to stop creating artificial booms: CB Governor

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's central bank has allowed politics to trump economics for most of its life and it has to stop c...

July 4, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka import duty revenue up 74-pct in Jan-April 2016

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan government tax increases have begun to yield results in the first four months of 2016, w...

July 4, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka CB Governor Coomaraswamy formally appointed

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena formally appointed Indrajit Coomaraswamy, a respected economist as Central Ba...

July 4, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka President intervenes in VAT hike

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena is intervening directly in a recent value added tax hike made without parliam...

July 4, 2016 3 min read

China remains Sri Lanka’s biggest funder in Jan-April 2016

Foreign lenders committed US$855.4 million to fund development projects in Sri Lanka during the first four months in 201...

July 3, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka vehicle tax revenues down in early 2016 after hike

Excise tax revenues from vehicles fell 10.6 percent to 59.433 billion rupees in the first four months of 2016 from a yea...

July 3, 2016 1 min read
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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
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
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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
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
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
Source: CSE
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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
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
today yesterday
Overnight Money 7.70 7.69
Gilt Repo 7.74 7.72
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Source: Central Bank/Indicative

Sri Lanka new Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy takes on tough job

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has made Indrajit Coomaraswamy, a respected economist, as Central Bank Govern...

July 2, 2016 4 min read

Indrajit Coomaraswamy made Sri Lanka Central Bank Governor

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena had appointed Indrajit Coomaraswamy, a top economist and international civil ...

July 2, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka FDI down 52-pct in 2016 first quarter

Sri Lanka's foreign direct investment in Sri Lanka dropped 52 percent to 164.5 million US dollars in the first quarter o...

July 2, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka March 2016 trade gap widens 20-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s trade deficit expanded by 20.2 percent to 621 million US dollars in March 2016 f...

July 1, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's budget deficit to April 2016 narrows

Sri Lanka's budget deficit fell 14 percent in the first four months of the year to 233.4 billion rupees, down from 271.6...

July 1, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka June inflation tops IMF's lower ceiling, triggering consultation clause

Sri Lanka's inflation in June accelerated to 6.0 percent from 4.8 percent in May topping a 4.9 percent inner ceiling agr...

July 1, 2016 1 min read

Monetary board to micro-manage Sri Lanka's central bank sans Governor

The Monetary Board, the governing board of Sri Lanka's central bank is expected to micro-manage the institution approvin...

July 1, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka central bank's board in emergency session

The governing Monetary Board of Sri Lanka's central bank is meeting in emergency session with the expected appointment o...

June 30, 2016 1 min read

Inflation in Sri Lanka hits 6.0-pct in June 2016, a 32-month high

Sri Lanka's inflation accelerated 6.0 percent in the 12-months to June 2016 from 4.8 percent a month earlier, data from ...

June 30, 2016 1 min read

US envoy asks Sri Lanka to envision Tamil president, accept multinationals

ECONOMYNEXT – The American envoy to Sri Lanka said its government and private sector should be more amenable to t...

Rohan Gunasekera
June 30, 2016 4 min read