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Law will arbitrate on the truth or otherwise of various statements published online
It is a shame that country with a 20-pct savings rate cannot maintain reserves and has to depreciate the currency
The amendment was published on the government gazette on July 17
If parliament rubber stamps a 4-6-pct inflation target, a second default is more certain
To prevent msi-use and suppressing criticism over-broad definitions must be avoided
The buffer is not foreign reserves as the IMF and macroeconomists imagine, it is the interest rate
It is mystifying that the United National Party is yet to articulate its position on the release of the Sinhala Right-Wi...
In the Buddhist belief system, “Mangala” means a ‘blessing’. In the abstract ‘Mangala’ denotes an “auspici...
Is Arm-twisting the media with advertising bans the way to control abuse?
On the importance of introspection and recognising privilege
The script of ‘Mangala’s Mistake “is simple and straightforward. It begins with a pervasive silence of our collect...
Christians turned the other cheek but some Sinhala Buddhist hardliners step up anti Muslim rhetoric
Maithripala Sirisena, the sixth executive president is the ‘title’ and the subject of this essay.
Sri Lanka's Central Bank which has printed tens of billions of rupees in 2018 to boost economic activity artificially ju...
Terrorism is not an obvious subject for economic analysis. The greatest cost comes in the form of lives lost and injured...
On the importance of constructive engagement in the face of growing hostility.
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 332.3603 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 440.9424 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 368.4879 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0805 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 227.4342 | 231.1659 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.5474 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2492 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 863.2287 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.5586 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.4874 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 6,365.57 | +0.26% |
| CSE All Share | 22,157.40 | +0.56% |
| Turnover Rs | 2975.05 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 | - | - |
Terror takes tolerance hostage. The purpose of terror is to undermine our tolerant way of life. What motivates the perpe...
In the aftermath of the Easter Sunday tragedy, there is something we all tend to overlook - something that reveals a bli...
Officials had the information but did nothing to prevent attacks because minorities don't matter
Sri Lanka is going from boom-bust to bust-bust in this credit cycle despite the injection of excess demand into the econ...
At the World Telecommunication/ICT Symposium (WTIS) held in Geneva, December 2018, there was a panel dedicated to afford...
Sri Lanka's toiling workers in the private sector who stand on their own feet are an unfortunate lot, caught between a n...
In 2018 instability generated by an inconsistent monetary policy framework not only killed a nascent economic recovery t...
Sri Lanka's United National Party has well and truly lost its reputation for economic management during three and a half...
China holds approximately 9% of Sri Lanka’s total outstanding debt as of 2017, and 14% amongst bilateral lenders ...
There are pronouncements that Sri Lanka is like Greece from both sides of the political divide, but that is not correct.
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