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A 2.2 billion US dollar light rail transit project for Colombo, will ease congestion and boost economic activity, Sri La...
China’s state-owned power plant and railway equipment manufacturer Dongfang Electric International Corporation ha...
Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had given initial clearance for a cable car project in hill country town of Nuwara Eliy...
ECONOMYNEXT - Ceylon Motor Traders Association, representing agents of global automakers, said they were planning to dra...
Three-wheel drivers have been significantly affected by the fuel shortage, price hike
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government will encourage use of electric cars by reducing excise duty and givin...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s loss-making state-owned bus and railway services will be expected to be self-fin...
ECONOMYNEXT – India’s RITES Ltd. has been given a contract to supply Sri Lanka’s railway with 10 di...
ECONOMYNEXT - Car dealers were aggressively advertising discounted prices on small cars amid expectations that Thursday'...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to set up a multi-modal transport h...
ECONOMYNEXT – Ashok Leyland has won a deal to supply new engine kits for the Sri Lanka Transport Board the majori...
Over 61 percent of trains were late in 2015, with nearly 80 percent of long distance and intercity journeys were also be...
Sri Lanka is planning to issue licenses to three wheelers, introducing bureaucratic controls to a popular means of trans...
Manila-based Asian Development Bank said it was providing $24 million of technical assistance to design and study of exp...
Sri Lanka has spent Rs204 billion on a state-run rail system, and run losses of Rs30.4 billion, before accounting for an...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 332.3603 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 440.9424 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 368.4879 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0805 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 227.4342 | 231.1659 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.5474 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2492 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 863.2287 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.5586 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.4874 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 6,365.57 | +0.26% |
| CSE All Share | 22,157.40 | +0.56% |
| Turnover Rs | 2975.05 million | 1193.67 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 |
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In 2015, 161 persons had committed suicide by jumping in front of moving trains, up from 141, a year earlier, while repo...
Sri Lanka's vehicle registrations rose to 41,798 units in August from 35,775 in July, with motorcycles picking up to 29,...
Sri Lanka is to negotiate with four construction firms nominated by China to build a 73.9 kilometre expressway to Ratnap...
ECONOMYNEXT – Japan has agreed to provide concessional funding to build a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in Sri ...
ECONOMYNEXT – India has approved a fresh loan of US$318 million to Sri Lanka’s railway department to upgra...
ECONOMYNEXT – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is studying the possibility of creating an ‘economic corrido...
India is interested in building a rail track to the eastern port city of Trincomalee which may cost 300 million dollars ...
Sri Lanka's motor cycle registrations rebounded in May while small cars also recovered following a tax hike, data showed...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will go ahead with a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system for public transport in the proposed...
Sri Lanka will revise a price formula under which bus fares are revised upward annually, following representation by ope...
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