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Sri Lanka's central bank is inviting members of the public who have in their hand legitimately acquired foreign currency...
Sri Lanka's credit card debt has fallen sharply since a Coronavirus pandemic hit the country in March 2020, but new card...
Sri Lanka's Colombo Port City Special Economic Zone will have offshore banks for which regulations will be made by the P...
Profits at Sri Lanka's state-run Bank of Ceylon group fell 34 percent to 6.3 billion rupees in the December 2020 quarter...
Total advanced to banks through swaps have risen to US$351mn
Minister Ali Sabry discussed the need for FOREX liquidity support for the state banks of Sri Lanka
Fitch Ratings has confirmed an 'AAA(lka)' given to Sri Lanka's Citibank branch, which has zero bad loans from 2009.
Fitch Ratings has confirmed an 'AAA(lka)' rating with a stable outlook given to the Sri Lanka branch of Standard Charter...
Fitch Ratings has confirmed an 'A+(lka)' rating of Serendib Finance Limited, a finance company controlled by 'AA(lka) ra...
Sri Lanka's central bank disputed an analysis by Moody's Investor Service, a rating agency which said price controls sla...
Sri Lanka's price controls on lending rates, which comes in the wake of a currency collapse and a spike in bad loans, wi...
Sri Lanka has lifted price controls on depositors to expropriate small depositors, in the wake of a currency collapse in...
Sri Lanka's central bank has slapped price controls on commercial banks loans, as credit contracted and bad loans soared...
Sri Lankan banks supporting biodiversity conservation efforts refused to lend money for a mini-hydro power plant after t...
Sinhaputhra Finance Plc, non-bank lender in Sri Lanka has been given time to raise capital, the central bank said.
Sri Lanka's central bank has cancelled the licence of TKS Finance Limited with insured depositors to be compensated up t...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 330.2942 | 315.1016 |
| UK Pound | 429.0139 | 401.1871 |
| Euro | 372.1704 | 343.1959 |
| Aus Dollar | 227.2526 | 211.5951 |
| Yen | 2.3820 | 2.1908 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.6453 | 3.5932 |
| Korea Won | 0.2342 | 0.2292 |
| Oman Rial | 780.3569 | 769.4973 |
| Saudi Riyal | 80.1114 | 78.9849 |
| UAE Dirham | 81.7952 | 80.6569 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,573.80 | 1.00% |
| CSE All Share | 9,073.41 | 0.65% |
| Turnover Rs million | 1,591,766,524.95 | 1,029,335,694.32 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 21.72 | 21.79 |
| 6-m bill | 19.55 | 20.31 |
| 12-m bill | 17.72 | 19.28 |
| 5-yr bond | 21.00 | 22.53 |
| 8-yr bond | 19.42 | 20.55 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 13.93 | 14.00 |
| Gilt Repo | 13.50 | 14.00 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka’s central bank has decided to call for expressions of interest to find potential investors to revive the fai...
Sri Lanka's NDB Bank Plc is planning a private placement of shares among foreign and domestic investors to raise capital...
Sri Lankan banks are vulnerable to a property market downturn given increased lending to the sector and a weak ability t...
Fitch Ratings has confirmed the 'AA(lka)' rating of Sri Lanka's Hatton National Bank saying it had adequate capital but...
Commercial Bank of Ceylon's 'AA(lka)' rating has been confirmed with a stable outlook, Fitch Rating said, though tough o...
Sri Lanka's Seylan Bank Plc, rating of 'A-(lka)' has been confirmed by Fitch with a stable outlook ahead of a capital ra...
Sri Lanka's bank credit to private sector was a negative 3.3 billion rupees in July 2019, sharply down from a 63 billion...
Sri Lanka has blamed 'structural issues' for high interest rates in the country, as large volumes of money was printed t...
Sri Lanka's Sanasa Development Bank Plc., has joined a program backed by a UN agency that seeks to transform subsistence...
Fitch Ratings said it is confirming ratings of state-run National Savings Bank, Bank of Ceylon and People's Bank with st...
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