Notable
Port activity is increasing
MSC to sail 15 away from usual route
Imports and transshipment both down
Has 32,000MT of fuel
High-end and heavy vehicles rise
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...
| 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 | - | - |
Sri Lanka can will regain a majority stake in the terminal company at Hambantota port from China after 80-years for one ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Key segments of Sri Lanka’s shipping community have agreed on an anti-corruption and zero to...
ECONOMYNEXT – Container transshipment volumes at Sri Lanka’s Colombo port grew 19.8% to 2.7 million contai...
ECONOMYNEXT – Corrupt practices are is still prevalent in the shipping sector which, along with government polici...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government is committed to further opening up the economy and industry must be r...
Danish shipping line Maersk plans to offer its new ‘store-to-door’ service in Sri Lanka, under a global str...
ECONOMYNEXT – Danish shipping line Maersk has said it is waiting for Sri Lanka’s government to implement p...
ECONOMYNEXT – A pay hike demanded by stevedores unions at Colombo port after the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA)...
China has rejected charges of creating a debt trap in Sri Lanka despite gaining a 99-year lease on a port, which is much...
The Sri Lankan government has started to turn around Hambantota port, a white elepant that was draining a state port age...
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