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219.7233 hectare land given as grant to Sustainable Energy Authority for Siyambalanduwa 100 MW solar power project
Passing budget, eliminating losses at CEB key to passing next review
Several countries have offered to support Sri Lanka on nuclear energy
Not all dealers are involved in the proces - CPC Chairman says
Windforce will provide engineering design, procurement, and commissioning at a project cost of 321,000 US dollars.
"We hope to reduce it by 8-10 percent and will be applied from tomorrow."
CPC trade unions have been powerful and challenged successive governments in the past
Protesters demanded the abolishment of
Price revision date advanced on President's advice - Minister
Union leaders sent on compulsory leave CPC says
The protest has disrupted fuel distribution
There were on-going discussions on "bringing an oil pipeline from India to Trincomalee
Sinopec has been eying Sri Lankan market for a long time, government officials say
Fuel prices have been more than tripled in the last 12 months after the country faced shortage
| Latest | Last | |
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| US Dollar | 332.5018 | 332.3603 |
| UK Pound | 440.0661 | 440.9424 |
| Euro | 367.7137 | 368.4879 |
| Yen | 2.0793 | 2.0805 |
| Aus Dollar | 226.4670 | 227.4342 |
| Latest | Last | |
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| Indian Rupee | 3.5357 | 3.5474 |
| Korean Won | 0.2494 | 0.2492 |
| Oman Rial | 863.5962 | 863.2287 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.5939 | 88.5586 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.5259 | 90.4874 |
| pts | % | |
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| S&P SL20 | 6,293.72 | -1.13% |
| CSE All Share | 22,024.18 | -0.60% |
| Turnover Rs | 3232.70 million | 2975.05 million |
| Latest | Last | |
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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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Currently the highest percentage of the power to the main grid is being generated by the coal power plant.
The project will be piloted with a 6.83bn won grant
Sri Lanka has urged India to develop the energy hub of South Asia in Eastern Trincomalee.
“If the government still doesn’t get it, at midnight on March 14 all trains will stop, as will power supply."
CM Ports is already running Hambantota Port
A roadmap and timeline will be submitted to the cabinet of ministers on the matter, said Wijesekara.
The CEB move has mainly burdened lower unit consuming users, the official CEB data showed.
"I have instructed Secretary to the Min of Power & Energy to commence the process to terminate them," he said.
Records show a reduction of about 50 percent in auto diesel, about 30 pertol in petrol, and about 70 percent in kerosene
People have started street protests against high electricity tariff
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