Notable
Vans with 6–15 seating capacity, 250 buses with 6–30 and 30–45 seating capacity with no tax concessions
RCEP membership allows for more flexible rules of origin
There will be an import duty and a seasonal duty.
Trade deficit up 817-pct in Jan
Sri Lanka uses about 12,500 MT of salt a month
Successfully coordinated a bulk maize vessel, optimizing supply chain efficiency
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Sri Lanka's Anuradhapura city was at the centre of Indian Ocean trade, when there was no Singapore or Dubai Prime Minist...
The government is considering duty reductions for small hybrid cars as well as mid-size sedans after the country’...
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ECONOMYNEXT – China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) trade and infrastructure initiative and investments i...
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Sri Lanka's merchandise exports rose 9.8 percent from a year earlier to 841 million dollars in May and tourism grew 6.2 ...
| 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 | - | - |
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Sri Lanka's exporters should play a greater role asking to remove import protection, relax immigration rules to fill a s...
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Sri Lanka and Thailand has inked a memorandum of on strategic economic partnership, with Thailand during a visit of Prim...
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