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Sri Lanka thanks India for sending 140 tonnes of oxygen quickly
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Matters related to cooperation in the fishery sector were also discussed
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Credit for large import items
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Last increase given when the rupee was 196 Health Minister says
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Nadu rice should be sold at 97 rupees, he says
Ceylon Sugar, Paddy Marketing Board included
There are goods that can be made in the country that is better than the foreign ones
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Exports maintain 2019 level just as a third wave hits
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Analysts had warned that imports will rise as credit picked up and import controls were a Mercantilist policy error
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In a gazette notice a one month license for Rs100,000 was introduced
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The new rules apply to bills of lading and airway bills dated May 06 or after.
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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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| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 200.0000 | 200.0063 |
| UK Pound | 275.8000 | 276.7787 |
| Euro | 235.2700 | 236.3574 |
| Aus Dollar | 145.7600 | 146.5546 |
| Yen | 1.8202 | 1.8301 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 2.7197 | 2.7215 |
| Korea Won | 0.1699 | 0.1710 |
| Oman Rial | 519.4940 | 519.5104 |
| Saudi Riyal | 53.3177 | 53.3286 |
| UAE Dirham | 54.4492 | 54.4509 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 3,309.99 | 0.67% |
| CSE All Share | 8,848.04 | -0.93% |
| Turnover Rs million. | 2,191,558,044.10 | 3,956,871 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 5.85 | 5.77 |
| 6-m bill | 5.90 | 5.82 |
| 12-m bill | 5.97 | 5.89 |
| 5-yr bond | 8.69 | 8.47 |
| 8-yr bond | 9.18 | 9.05 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 5.11 | 5.11 |
| Gilt Repo | 5.14 | 5.14 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
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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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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