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Sri Lanka rupee has fallen from 186 to around 194 to the US dollar in January 2021 as new car imports and registrations ...
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Sri Lanka will drop provincial pre-fixes from vehicle numbers to end the hassle of changing plates when a person from a ...
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China delayed a loan for an expressway to Kandy for 4.5 years though the building contract was awarded to a Chinese cont...
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ri Lanka will lift a series of fees charged from inter-provincial private bus operators from March to December 2020 to r...
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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...
Sri Lanka plans to request proposals to fund a 2.2 billion US dollar light rail transit project after cancelling a Japan...
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Sri Lanka has approved a billion US dollar mixed development tower block project in Colombo Port City, where the sea ha...
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Sri Lanka has halted a Japan funded light rail project for the capital Colombo as it was too costly and brought low retu...
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Sri Lanka is looking at mortgaging route licenses of private buses to raise cash with operators saying revenues had halv...
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Sri Lanka's Ceylon Chamber of Commerce had given proposal on how to reduce risks in public transport after Coronavirus cont...
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Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had cleared the award of a contract valued at over 500 million US dollar expand Sri Lan...
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The construction of a 600 million rupee climate-controlled warehouse in Dambulla which would contribute to stabilizing v...
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Sri Lanka's National Transport Commission, which issues route licenses to buses, will set up and regulate network of roa...
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Sri Lanka's vehicle registrations fell to 24,472 units in November 2019, the lowest since the June 2013 amid a collapsed...
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Sri Lanka will end a so-called 'semi-luxury' bus service which is fleecing passengers without giving extra facilities to...
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| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 199.9000 | 199.9019 |
| UK Pound | 273.9929 | 273.5957 |
| Euro | 235.8120 | 235.9142 |
| Aus Dollar | 147.0165 | 146.9979 |
| Yen | 1.8150 | 1.8253 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 2.6842 | 2.6681 |
| Korea Won | 0.1736 | 0.1740 |
| Oman Rial | 519.2343 | 519.2392 |
| Saudi Riyal | 53.2910 | 53.2972 |
| UAE Dirham | 54.4220 | 54.4232 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 3,095.09 | 0.43% |
| CSE All Share | 8,068.33 | 0.57% |
| Turnover Rs million. | 4,885,333,805.80 | 3,078,656,097.55 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 5.13 | 5.11 |
| 6-m bill | 5.16 | 5.15 |
| 12-m bill | 5.21 | 5.20 |
| 5-yr bond | 7.34 | 7.33 |
| 8-yr bond | 7.88 | 7.86 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Gilt Repo | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka has removed the requirement of a permit for transporting sand, clay and gravel, the cabinet office said.
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The Ceylon Motor Traders Association, representing Sri Lankan agents of international automotive manufactures, has warne...
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Sri Lanka has is getting 150 million US dollars from the Asian Development Bank as part of an overall program to upgrade...
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Sri Lanka's parliament must approve a proposed grant of 480 million dollars by the United States government's Millennium...
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Sri Lanka's state-run railways had been cleared to call competitive bids to operate luxury train coaches on four routes ...
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Sri Lanka's finance minister Mangala Samaraweera proposed to lift the requirement for a minimum 50,000 square feet (abou...
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Vehicle registration in Sri Lanka has grown in July from a month earlier, as the country recovers after the Easter Sunda...
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Sri Lanka is starting to upgrade its ageing railway network loan to win back passengers as congestion and delays hits ro...
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Sri Lanka's first Light Rail Transit (LRT) system which runs a 16 kilometre stretch from the suburb Malabe to the commer...
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Sri Lanka has imported a train from China for the upcountry line at the cost 10.3 million US dollar (1.83 billion rupees...
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