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Key mill has said wheat prices would be raised by 18 rupees
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Rice price spike not due to fertilizer ban
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The EU as a region bought 210 million US dollars of goods, just behind the US.
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Japanese businesses have also donated to Vietnam's vaccine fund
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Investment and intermediate goods 'permitted' by bureaucrats surge
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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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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| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 199.9033 | 199.9000 |
| UK Pound | 278.1954 | 277.5112 |
| Euro | 236.8554 | 236.3318 |
| Aus Dollar | 147.2188 | 147.1464 |
| Yen | 1.8214 | 1.8210 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 2.6863 | 2.6830 |
| Korea Won | 0.1738 | 0.1732 |
| Oman Rial | 519.2428 | 519.2343 |
| Saudi Riyal | 53.3004 | 53.2910 |
| UAE Dirham | 54.4229 | 54.4220 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 3,072.72 | 0.71% |
| CSE All Share | 8,134.75 | 0.47% |
| Turnover Rs million. | 2,191,558,044.10 | 1,806,549,564.70 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 5.14 | 5.13 |
| 6-m bill | 5.17 | 5.16 |
| 12-m bill | 5.22 | 5.21 |
| 5-yr bond | 7.35 | 7.34 |
| 8-yr bond | 7.89 | 7.88 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 5.11 | 5.11 |
| Gilt Repo | 5.14 | 5.14 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
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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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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