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Sri Lanka's exporters and importers are working against multiple global and domestic disruptions in logistics in the post Covid-19 period to keep expo...
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A ship loaded with Uranium bound for China which had docked at Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port for emergency repairs had left after authori...
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A ship blocking Suez canal has been refloated helped by rising tides after several days of work with tugs and dredgers, reports said.
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Sri Lanka's exporters and importers are braced for a spike in already high freight rates and delays amid rising fears that Suez Canal will be closed u...
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Ship traffic across the Suez canal has been suspended as efforts are made to dislodge an Evergreen container ship that is blocking the way, its operat...
Sri Lanka's China-run Hambantota Port has discussed fertilizer transshipment with Russian billionaire Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko during a visit to t...
Sri Lanka's China-run Hambantota Port said it is supporting a vessel lay-up business expanding the island's role as a ma...
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Sri Lanka Port Authority can raise capital from the Colombo Stock Exchange to build East Container Terminal if there is ...
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Sri Lanka had direct talks with Adani Ports group over giving a concession to build and operate Colombo Port's West Cont...
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Sri Lanka's China-run Hambantota port, which is emerging as a RO-RO transshipment hub said it seeing rapid growth in veh...
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The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka has disassociated itself with Colombo’s announcement suggesting that New Delhi...
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Sri Lanka will join hands with a giant Indian conglomerate in a Build, Operate and Transfer deal to develop the West Con...
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Sinopec Fuel Oil Lanka Limited (SFOL), a unit of China's Sinopec group located in Hambantota port, is making Sri Lanka's...
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Sri Lanka withdrew from an agreement to jointly complete East Container Terminal in Colombo port with India and Japan du...
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Sri Lanka port development will be the focus of a forum conducted by Advocata Institute on February 12 amid attempts to ...
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Sri Lankan government is yet to officially tell India and Japan that it is withdrawing from the trilateral agreement tha...
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| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 199.5817 | 199.5062 |
| UK Pound | 281.8593 | 279.7875 |
| Euro | 242.3121 | 242.4798 |
| Aus Dollar | 156.4721 | 156.4428 |
| Yen | 1.8328 | 1.8326 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 2.7143 | 2.7235 |
| Korea Won | 0.1784 | 0.1788 |
| Oman Rial | 518.4142 | 518.2114 |
| Saudi Riyal | 53.2175 | 53.1861 |
| UAE Dirham | 54.3353 | 54.3147 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,838.19 | -1.30% |
| CSE All Share | 7,135.80 | -1.47% |
| Turnover Rs million. | 2,474,386, |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 5.07 | 5.04 |
| 6-m bill | 5.11 | 5.09 |
| 12-m bill | 5.16 | 5.15 |
| 5-yr bond | 7.38 | 7.12 |
| 8-yr bond | 7.87 | 7.71 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 4.65 | 4.65 |
| Gilt Repo | 4.68 | 4.67 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka will invite interested parties to develop a greenfield container terminal in Colombo port while a partially bu...
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“The commitment of Government of Sri Lanka in this regard has been conveyed several times in the recent past, includin...
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The coalition of Trades Unions protesting against the handing over of the East Container Terminal to a foreign company h...
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Sri Lanka will not sell or lease the East Container Terminal Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said as trade union opposi...
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Profits at Sri Lanka's Expolanka Holdings Plc soared to 4.5 billion rupees in the December 2020 quarter, up from 15 fold...
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Sri Lanka's Minister of Ports and Shipping was given the go ahead to call investors to build a warehouse in the capital ...
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Several companies from India, Sri Lanka and Japan will invest in the East Container Terminal of Colombo Port President G...
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MV Eurosun, a Liberian flagged vessel, which ran aground in shallows 5.5 nautical miles (10 kilometres) off Sri Lanka's ...
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State-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority said payments for imports could now be made electronically through the internet.
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Sri Lanka Navy said it had not found a breach in the hull of MV Eurosun, a Liberian flagged 33,000 dead weight tonne bul...
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