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Charging points require larger number of buses to recover investment
People asking that the railways be privatized
To boost utilization of the airport government approval has been received for several new activities
Fuel and car license fess to be taxed
In 2022, HIP handled a total volume of 558,188 units through 249 vessel calls, which is expected to increase.
Colombo Jaffna direct trains halted from 5 months from Jan 05
Sri Lanka has been in the process of coming out of an unprecedented economic crisis
In 2021 Sri Lanka Railways lost Rs10.3bn rupees
Hotels charge in US dollars, I do not see why we cannot
We are collecting old rails and other metal scrap to sell
Three-wheel drivers have been significantly affected by the fuel shortage, price hike
The minimum fare had gone up from 17 to 20 rupees
| Latest | Last | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | % | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | - | - |
"We can’t even be sure of the exact number of requested waivers as we have received many in a short period.’’
If the transportation sector grinds to a halt, that would have a severe impact on exports and tourism
Another Indian firm is upgrading railway tracks between on the Maho-Anuradhapura-Omanthai track.
RITES will also supply two AC diesel multiple units (DMU) to Sri Lanka Railways.
Sri Lanka rupee has fallen from 186 to around 194 to the US dollar in January 2021 as new car imports and registrations ...
Sri Lanka will drop provincial pre-fixes from vehicle numbers to end the hassle of changing plates when a person from a ...
China delayed a loan for an expressway to Kandy for 4.5 years though the building contract was awarded to a Chinese cont...
ri Lanka will lift a series of fees charged from inter-provincial private bus operators from March to December 2020 to r...
Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had approved the cancellation of a light rail project funded by Japan to ease traffic c...
Sri Lanka's vehicle registrations fell to 28,572 in July down from 32,123 with motorcycle registration at 22,419 from 25...
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