Notable
Taking measures to avoid Sunny Sunday blackouts
The evaluation is ongoing so we cannot give an exact price
Could connect close to 1,000MW by year end
RFPs will be called after EOI responses are evaluated
Sri Lanka’s Sapugaskanda oil refinery has been modified to refine Murban since 2012
To allow for an "impartial and independent investigation to be conducted to examine the process related to coal
Disconnected customers are re-connected within days
Already the government has not fulfilled 4,000 CEB cadre positions arose from retirements
Sri Lanka rupee was close to 400 rupees during the economic crises and interest rates were 36 percent
For 26-pct of users, the bill will be less than one US dollar
It reduced the prices for hotels and industrial sector by 33 percent.
Will acquire 36,500,000 ordinary voting shares of Solar Universe held by HiEnergy Services (Private) Ltd
The price per liter is 793 rupees.
CPC oil imports fell to US$647mn to April 2024 from US$828.4mn last year
| Latest | Last | |
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| US Dollar | 332.3603 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 440.9424 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 368.4879 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0805 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 227.4342 | 231.1659 |
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| Indian Rupee | 3.5474 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2492 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 863.2287 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.5586 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.4874 | 90.0766 |
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| S&P SL20 | 6,365.57 | +0.26% |
| CSE All Share | 22,157.40 | +0.56% |
| Turnover Rs | 2975.05 million | 1193.67 million |
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| 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 | |
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| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
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Octane 95 petrol cuts by Rs41 to Rs355, standard diesel, kerosene, unchanged
"A new salary structure, a performance based incentive system & a promotion system will be introduced to CEB employees
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Wind and Rs30 a unit and ground mounted solar at Rs33 compared to Rs14.80 and Rs15.0 under competition
The 165MW small renewable tender has bids between Rs15 a unit Rs29 a unit
Bids opened on June 26
The plant to come on stream in 2026, as several plants are due to be retired
For the operation and maintenance of its Thambapavani wind farm in Mannar
Real GDP was estimated to grow 5.3-pct in the first quarter of 2023 and power generation 9.6-pct
Sri Lanka has seen some rise in anti-Indian sentiments recently
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