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Sri Lanka IMF program approved by Executive Board: Minister

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March 20, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka gets Malaysian nod for 10,000 security guard jobs

"We are working towards achieving the target of earning one billion dollars as monthly foreign remittance"

March 20, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka to set up infant receiving counters for unwanted new-borns

8,000 complaints or around 500-600 a month. Most of the complaints relate to child harassment. Rape is a close second.

March 20, 2023 2 min read

Major central banks to provide dollar swap lines in Panic of 2023

Central banks of England, Canada, Japan, Europe and Switzerland to provide dollar swap lines

March 20, 2023 3 min read

Sri Lanka expects foreign aid to finance most of Rs1.7bn reconstruction

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is expecting foreign aid to finance at least 75 percent of the 1.7 billion dollars of property d...

May 26, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's uninsured flood victims covered by state insurance: Ravi

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's uninsured flood and landslide victims can submit claims to the disaster management office to g...

May 25, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka to use foresight tools in national planning

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government has started work on using new scientific forecasting tools in national pl...

May 25, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan start-up ideas getting better, scope widening

ECONOMYNEXT – A group of angel investors supporting Sri Lankan entrepreneurs said start-up business plans were ge...

May 25, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka appoints managers for billion dollar sovereign bond: Finance Minister

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka has appointed eight financial institutions to manage a sovereign bond of at least a billion US d...

May 25, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka in talks for USS500mn loan with Credit Suisse; Sukuk eyed

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is in talks with Credit Suisse to float a 500 million dollar loan after a similar sized loan wit...

May 25, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka to wrap up US$500mn syndicated loan next week: Finance Minister

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is expecting to wrap a 500 million US dollar loan over the next few days after legal agreements ...

May 25, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka deluge death toll hits 101 as waters recede

ECONOMYNEXT - Floods subsided across Sri Lanka on Tuesday revealing the full extent of the damage caused by last week's ...

May 25, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka 04-year development plan out next month: PM

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government will present its four-year development in a month, Prime Minister Ranil W...

May 24, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan importers to get goods at factory prices through Fair Deal

ECONOMYNEXT - The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said it planned to launch a program with Fair Deal AS, a global import sou...

May 24, 2016 1 min read
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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 flood reconstruction could reach $1.7bn: Finance Minister

ECONOMYNEXT - Reconstruction after a record flooding in Sri Lanka could cost up to Rs250 billion ($1.7 billion) Finance ...

May 24, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka nation-wide inflation surges to 4.3-pct in April 2016

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s consumer prices nation-wide rose 4.3 percent in April 2016 from a year ago, acce...

May 23, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka celebrates Vesak

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka celebrated vesak, marking the birth, enlightenement and passing away of the Lord Bhudda with col...

May 23, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka holds policy rate at 8-pct

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Central Bank said it is keeping unchanged at 8.0 percent its Standing Lending Facility Rate (S...

May 20, 2016 4 min read

Sri Lankan overseas investments on hold to avoid BOP crisis: CB Governor

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran said he was delaying giving approval to proposals...

May 20, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka to get over $3.5 billion from Japan for development

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Japan will lend Sri Lanka more than $3.5 billion, mostly to finance development, Finance Minister Ra...

May 20, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee ‘fairly valued’: CB governor

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s rupee is fairly valued at the moment, but the Central Bank was watching how curr...

May 18, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka trade taxes deterring exports: CB governor

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government is determined to change its tax structure since a plethora of taxes i...

May 17, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka bureaucracy said deterring investors

ECONOMYNEXT – The head of a Sri Lankan law firm that advises foreign investors has called for more transparency i...

May 16, 2016 2 min read

Aerial surveys to reduce Sri Lanka's disaster impact

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has given contracts to two international firms to do aerial surveys to mitigate the impac...

May 13, 2016 2 min read