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WCT was given after former Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa unilaterally cancelled ECT deal
Hawala/Undiyal transactions amid Sri Lanka's forex shortage forced central bank to ban open accounts
The fees may be revised every six months based on Sri Lanka's inflation index
The clearing of the containers will reduce congestion in the container yards at Colombo Port.
Public feedback invited on environmental impact assessment report on land reclamation for Galle habour development proje
The port has spent 41 million dollars on 4 new quay cranes and 13 rubber tyred gantry cranes
ECONOMYNEXT – Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) said it was buying more cranes that will enhance d...
ECONOMYNEXT – Further delays in adding container handling capacity at Sri Lanka’s Colombo port, which is n...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s logistics businesses offer attractive investment opportunities both among specia...
ECONOMYNEXT – Calls by cruise ships have grown strongly at Sri Lanka’s main port of Colombo this year with...
China Harbhour Engineering Company has been selected to expand the deep water anchorage capacity at a container terminal...
ECONOMYNEXT - Container volumes at Sri Lanka's Colombo Port rose 14.9 percent to 5,223,292 twenty foot equivalent units ...
Sri Lanka is looking to raise charges and get more revenue from port services, Ports and Shipping Minister Mahinda Samar...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Chinese-run Hambantota port on the south coast has got new equipment designed to...
ECONOMYNEXT – The modernisation of Indian ports and liberalisation of regulations could threaten the container tr...
ECONOMYNEXT – Liberalising Sri Lanka’s ship agency sector will attract foreign investment, improve efficie...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 331.7485 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 443.7468 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 372.5204 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0969 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 233.0533 | 231.1659 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.4948 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2499 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 861.6397 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.4403 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.3209 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 5,656.91 | -0.43% |
| CSE All Share | 19,927.30 | -0.28% |
| Turnover Rs | 1457.79 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 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lankan government plans to liberalise shipping by removing foreign ownership controls will be discusse...
ECONOMYNEXT - Japan’s aid agency said it is in talks with Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG), a China - ...
Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port said it has signed a terminal service agreement with Japan's K-Line, which will lead to more...
Auditors have given a qualified opinion on the accounts of Sri Lanka’s Mercantile Shipping Company with the group...
Container handling at Sri Lanka's Colombo Port grew 15.6 percent in the first half of 2018, which was the fastest in the...
Sri Lanka's freedom of navigation initiative is to create a rules based mechanism where Indian Ocean littoral states and...
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and India's Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj had discussed the need to fas...
Sri Lanka is committed to the freedom of navigation in the Indian Ocean, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had said du...
ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government is to start a passenger boat service on canals in the capital Colombo wit...
A delegation of senior Japanese diplomats and military officials had visited Sri Lanka's Hambantota port, which is now o...
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