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We see great potential for enhanced investments from Thailand coming into Sri Lanka
Minister met Ambassador of the Korean Government Miyon Lee to discuss investment and increasing exports.
Trade, Commerce and Food Security Minister met Singapore's Non-Resident High Commissioner to discuss increasing trade
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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...
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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...
| 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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ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s export earnings rose 16% to US$941 million in November 2017 from a year ago, par...
An association of spice exporters have welcomed a call by President Maithripala Sirisena to ban the re-export of pepper ...
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A Singapore Sri Lanka free trade agreement (SLSFTA) will be positive for both countries and protections against expropri...
Sri Lanka’s banking regulator has given the go-ahead for transactions with Iranian banks for tea shipments, enabl...
Sri Lanka and Indonesia had agreed to study a free trade agreement during a state visit of President Joko Widodo to Colo...
Visiting Singapore Prime Mini Lee Hsien Loong has urged Sri Lanka to engage with the Association of East Asian Nations a...
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