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Talks to bolster bilateral relations further, interest in renewable energy, agriculture and direct aviation links
The main reason behind Sri Lanka’s export struggles is its limited market access
Both countries have already held seven rounds of negotiations until 2018
Our officials will work towards finalizing this arrangement early
Deals include cooperation on customs, equipment manufacturing, agriculture, and trade
Partnering to support exporters by enhancing their access to capital market opportunities
Sri Lanka's worker remittances rose 8.8 percent from a year earlier to 729.4 million dollars in January 2018, after endi...
ECONOMYNEXT - The re-authorised US GSP scheme enabling duty free exports will become effective for Sri Lankan exporters ...
ECONOMYNEXT – India’s new nationwide Goods and Service Tax (GST) system will bring down the cost of import...
ECONOMYNEXT – India has imposed a new trade barrier on Sri Lankan pepper imports in the form of a minimum import ...
Visiting Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had talks on streng...
ECONOMYNEXT - The United States has withdrawn charges of anti-dumping and countervailing duty on Sri Lanka rubber band e...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's National Chamber of Exporters says it's concerned the recent communal unrest would be a setbac...
ECONOMYNEXT – Women account for up to 80% of workers at Sri Lanka’s Koggala Export Processing Zone (EPZ) w...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will hold talks with Japanese investors during a two-day ...
Sri Lanka, a country whose exports have been dampened by import taxes, will cut taxes on squid and milkfish in a bid to ...
| 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 |
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Donald Trump's 25 percent import tax slapped on steel and aluminium to give extra profits to some domestic producers wil...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s textiles and garments exports exceeded US$5 billion in 2017, up 3.0% from 2016 w...
Sri Lanka is to start a pilot project with Australia to issue digital phytosanitary certificates which can make is easie...
Sri Lanka's exports rose 10.2-pct from a year earlier to 11.36 billion rupees in 2017, with tea exports up 20 percent, s...
Trade and current account deficits are a result of foreign borrowings, a US economist told a forum in Sri Lanka as US Pr...
Sri Lanka has extended the period of a 10 rupee a kilo tax on maize till the end of February 2017, after it was first cu...
Prime Minister Theresa may had appointed Ranil Jayawardena, whose father is of Sri Lankan origin, a tory parliamentarian...
ECONOMYNEXT - A top Japanese business delegation, including executives from the largest and best known companies like Ho...
Robert Z. Lawrence Faculty Chair of The Practice of Trade Policy executive program at Harvard University's Kennedy Schoo...
ECONOMYNEXT – Issues affecting trade between Sri Lankan and Pakistan, including a slump in betel exports from the...
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