Notable
Gross profits down with cost of sales rising faster than revenues
New govt was heavily criticized for reports of cancelling competitive bidding process
Under previous govt, decision was made for CEB to follow open tender process in buying fuel
We will not take any decision in the interim period
Alleges Iran gas was delivered to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
Acquired a 51 percent equity stake in Safe Power International (Pvt) Ltd
Money transmitted from May to December 2022 is eligible for the incentive scheme.
He said on Tuesday August 30 that the purchase of fuel-run vehicles for state services will be stopped.
Coal plant repair has reduced power cuts
It costs 32 rupees to generate one unit of electricity.
"As the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, we propose that a direct cash transfer is made to these groups."
"As Minister of Power & Energy, I will fully support the setting up of such a committee."
Fuel shortages drive power cuts despite coal plant
Requests the public not to distress unnecessarily
Coal plant re-connected amid low demand Sunday
Companies from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, USA, China, India, Russia, UK, Malaysia, Norway and the Philippines
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Power cuts to depend on hydro and other fuel
Motorists see queues again as many filling stations have run out of fuel stocks.
Sri Lanka has one state employee for 14 people
Queries raised on awardee
Weekend to have 3 hours power cuts
"Our endeavour is to prevent any untoward incident involving Indians outside India."
Power cuts of 1 hours and 40 minutes between 01.00 pm and 06.00 pm and 1 hour 20 minutes from 06.00pm to 10.00 pm.
As of August 23 more than six million vehicles have signed up for the QR system.
Power cuts worsened by coal plant outages
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