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The new rules apply to bills of lading and airway bills dated May 06 or after.
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Five 'grade-A' turmeric plants would be given to 1.5mn families to produce their own requirements
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Export earnings were up 11.5 percent in the first quarter of 2021 to 2,945.53 million US dollars.
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Sri Lanka has raised a tax on potatoes to give higher profits to farmers as harvests come in
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Lanka Sugar Company (Pvt) Ltd, built by re-expropriating two privatized firms, are now making profits after ethanol imports were banned, a government ...
Sri Lanka will ban the import of chemical fertilizer in the 'near future' as pollution of waterways and suspected kidney disease is a cost to society ...
Sri Lanka will allow palm stearin, a fraction of palm oil produced through an industrial process used in food products, ...
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India is boosting vaccine production capacity as domestic cases also continue to rise and Sri Lanka has said the origina...
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Sri Lanka will ban the import of printed batik and handloom textiles to eliminate competition from imports for domestic ...
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Sri Lanka's bakery industry is not doomed as claimed by some but a license raj on import controls will be extended to re...
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Sri Lanka may revise a midnight gazette banning the import of palm oil issued on April 06, cabinet spokesman Minister Ke...
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Sri Lanka's palm oil ban was a 'knee-jerk' reaction that would push up costs for consumers and businesses and would give...
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Sri Lanka's embassy in Lebanon said that 860 out of 1384 stranded Sri Lankans who had registered for an evacuation list ...
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Sri Lanka Customs is deploying a separate team to check whether coconut oil with higher that permitted levels of aflatox...
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Sri Lanka customs has taken into their custody two bowsers which were said to contain coconut oil, an official said amid...
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Sri Lanka's main opposition has called for a forensic audit of an alleged 'sugar scam' carried out as taxes were suddenl...
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| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 199.5695 | 199.5817 |
| UK Pound | 281.7522 | 281.8593 |
| Euro | 242.1377 | 242.3121 |
| Aus Dollar | 155.9436 | 156.4721 |
| Yen | 1.8334 | 1.8328 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 2.7185 | 2.7143 |
| Korea Won | 0.1778 | 0.1784 |
| Oman Rial | 518.3758 | 518.4142 |
| Saudi Riyal | 53.2143 | 53.2175 |
| UAE Dirham | 54.3320 | 54.3353 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,843.40 | 0.18% |
| CSE All Share | 7,143.38 | 0.11% |
| Turnover Rs million. | 1,167,831 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 5.07 | 5.04 |
| 6-m bill | 5.11 | 5.09 |
| 12-m bill | 5.16 | 5.15 |
| 5-yr bond | 7.38 | 7.12 |
| 8-yr bond | 7.87 | 7.71 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 4.65 | 4.65 |
| Gilt Repo | 4.68 | 4.67 |
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Sri Lanka's exports and imports could be delayed if the Suez canal remains closed, as re-routing ships via the tip of Af...
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The COPE committee has ordered an investigation into how Lanka Mineral Sands Ltd sold 85,000 metric tons of Ilmenite for...
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Sri Lanka's import controls placed to boost import substitution has strengthened monopolies, prices of sanitary ware hav...
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Sri Lanka exports grew 2.5 percent from a year earlier to 993.7 million US dollars in February 2020, with shipment to t...
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Sri Lanka’s rupee opened weaker at 199.50/200.00 to the one week US dollar on Tuesday while yields are up in dull mark...
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Sri Lanka's Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has proposed expanding a producer led collection program to manage waste plastic ...
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Sri Lanka and Bangladesh would look to reduce negative lists on a South Asia Free Trade deal, harmonize standards and mo...
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Sri Lanka has issued a gazette notice taxing mackerel at 6.00 rupees a kilogram while taxing kurakkan at 70 rupee a kilo...
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Sri Lanka has asked vehicle importers to come up with a plan such as a quota or alternative foreign exchange financing t...
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Sri Lanka's imports grew to 1,592 million US dollars in January 2021 as credit and economic activities recovered the hig...
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