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Economic activity slows in April after surge in March
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Bilateral trade minimal despite various agreements
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Ban has led to skyrocketing second had car prices
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His career spanned over 70-years
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"In the face of the danger that has arisen, the GSP+ must not be politicised."
CB is also working on measures
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 impo...
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Sri Lanka will ban the import of chemical fertilizer in the 'near future' as pollution of waterways and suspected kidney...
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Sri Lanka's exporters and importers are working against multiple global and domestic disruptions in logistics in the pos...
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Sri Lanka's rupee has plunged to 199 to the US dollar in March as vehicle imports collapsed to almost nothing, official ...
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Sri Lanka's imports were down 2.5 percent from a year ago to 1,524 million US dollars while exports were down 3.7 percen...
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Sri Lanka has cut a requirement to covert export proceeds into rupees to 10 percent from an earlier 25 percent in new r...
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Sri Lanka is in talks with oil supplying countries to extend payments terms for up to one year, Treasury Secretary S R A...
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| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 199.8265 | 199.8643 |
| UK Pound | 278.4682 | 279.8000 |
| Euro | 238.1133 | 239.8771 |
| Aus Dollar | 150.8590 | 152.4765 |
| Yen | 1.8136 | 1.8065 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 2.6932 | 2.7276 |
| Korea Won | 0.1765 | 0.1772 |
| Oman Rial | 519.0434 | 519.1415 |
| Saudi Riyal | 53.2842 | 53.2943 |
| UAE Dirham | 54.4019 | 54.4122 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 3,079.59 | 0.23% |
| CSE All Share | 7,659.00 | 0.23% |
| Turnover Rs million. | 3,955,091 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 5.08 | 5.06 |
| 6-m bill | 5.12 | 5.11 |
| 12-m bill | 5.17 | 5.16 |
| 5-yr bond | 7.30 | 7.31 |
| 8-yr bond | 7.86 | 7.85 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 4.67 | 4.67 |
| Gilt Repo | 4.68 | 4.68 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
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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