Notable
Hambantota port had allowed INSEE to bring larger ships lowering costs
Six parties have bid the contract
The cabinet had approved the award after evaluating three bids
Ports agency has around 2000 hectares which could be developed
PM seeks employment opportunities for Sri Lankans with shipping companies.
India to reduce charges and costs by Rs25mn a month
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Shipping Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe announced in parliament Tuesday that President Maithrip...
ECONOMYNEXT – The Chinese-operated Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) in Sri Lanka’s Colombo...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard said its net loss narrowed to Rs79 million in the September 201...
ECONOMYNEXT – China Merchants Port Holdings (CM Port) has agreed to increase its first instalment payment for lea...
Sri Lanka has proposed the removal of ban on foreign ownership of shipping and freight forwarding firms which was preven...
ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government will remove restrictions on foreign ownership of ship agency and freight ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo port expects to handle six million containers this year, most of which w...
Sri Lanka's Colombo Port has moved up two places to become the 25th busiest container port, next to Vietnam's Ho Chi Min...
Keppel Telecommunications and Transportation Ltd (KT&T), a Singapore listed company said it will sell a 25 percent stake...
Container volumes handled at Sri Lanka's Colombo port rose 6.3 percent in the eight months to August 2017, with tranship...
| 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 Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena had asked Qatar to partner with the island's troubled national ...
Sri Lanka's Navy said it had rescued seven crew members of an Indian merchant vessel which sank on route to the Maldives...
MV Maersk Milan, a Denmark flagged vessel owned by Maersk has called at Colombo Port in Sri Lanka, making it the biggest...
ECONOMYNEXT – Changing attitudes towards global integration and removing barriers to trade are important if Sri L...
ECONOMYNEXT – The Asian Development bank (ADB) has approved a US$4 million loan to Walkers Colombo Shipyard (Pvt)...
Sri Lanka will recall expressions of interest to set up a ferry service between Colombo port and Tuticorin in India, Inf...
Sri Lankan logistics companies need to embrace disruptive digital technologies to remain competitive and gain an edge, t...
ECONOMYNEXT – Walkers Colombo Shipyard (Pvt) Ltd, a subsidiary of Sri Lanka’s MTD Walkers PLC group, said ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Colombo Dockyard has begun building a cable-laying vessel for Kokusai Cable Ship Co. Ltd., the Sri ...
RCS Logistics, a New Jersey USA based firm said it had sued a New York based unit of Sri Lanka-based Expolanka Holdings ...
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