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Previous government has approved to acquire 4 widebody aircrafts
SriLankan now has 23 Airbus fleet
New government has allocated 29 bln rupees from 2025 budget for loss-making SriLankan
Passenger revenues down and so are fuel costs
The amphibian aircraft is involved in carrying tourists
Sri Lanka's vehicle registration system has been in crisis for months, with delays in providing plates
Also attempting to re-start suspended Japanese funded terminal.
"We hope to reduce it by 8-10 percent and will be applied from tomorrow."
From 2003 – 2021, Sri Lanka has encountered around 2,700 aircraft accidents and incidents.
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“If the government still doesn’t get it, at midnight on March 14 all trains will stop, as will power supply."
CM Ports is already running Hambantota Port
"The result of the protests will be the strengthening of those ports and the collapse of ours," he said
The acquisition will enable EFL to extend its brokerage services across North America
It will allow for flights between Katunayake and Amsterdam and beyond to third countries
Most illegal spare parts that need a license are imported by mixing them with legal spare parts
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| UK Pound | 443.7468 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 372.5204 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0969 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 233.0533 | 231.1659 |
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| Indian Rupee | 3.4948 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2499 | 0.2479 |
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| Saudi Riyal | 88.4403 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.3209 | 90.0766 |
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| S&P SL20 | 5,656.91 | -0.43% |
| CSE All Share | 19,927.30 | -0.28% |
| Turnover Rs | 1457.79 million | 1193.67 million |
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| 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 | |
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| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
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Also burdened with higher income tax and rising utility prices
Sri Lanka and Indonesia to facilitate SAR in their flight information regions
Tortoises were packed in 6 Styrofoam boxes labelled as 'Dried Sea Foods'
For several months we have not had the money to fix the engines
The airline had serviced the previous coupon out of its own revenues
Thrice a week flight to Beijing and Shanghai, extra flight to Guangzhou
Salvage had been delayed due to bad weather
Both air and sea freight see contraction as global trade volumes fall
It will be developed with a 150 million US dollar investment
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