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Working closely to further strengthen bilateral relations in economic, trade, education, and technological sectors
Mahinda Dasa Ratnayake, Pivithuru Janak Kumarasinghe, Nimal Upali Senadheera and Jayantha Jayasuriya appointed
Discussions will focus on trade, investment, renewable energy, fisheries, agriculture sector cooperation, defence
Remi Lambert (France), Ihab I M Khalil (Palestine) and Purna Bahadur Nepali (Nepal)
40th board meeting of the India-Sri Lanka Foundation held in Colombo
Priority was given to agriculture
The southern part of the island nation started experiencing a series of strong monsoon rains in early October.
CARAT is a bilateral exercise between Sri Lanka and the United States to promote regional security cooperation
Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy aims to engage in region not only for trade and investment, but also defense cooperation
The World Bank says that China has reduced its number of people with incomes below $1.90 by 800 million persons so far.
"Transparency from every party involved is crucial,” she said.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe does not approve of the victimization of the Palestinians in the Gaza strip.
“India’s electricity system and Sri Lanka’s electricity system will be connected. This will be across Mannar,” h...
The discussion also resulted in the decision to convene several online sessions to engage with other relevant parties.
Sri Lanka appoints three retired military personnel as high commissioners and ambassador to Pakistan, Cuba and Nepal.
“The SLA will enhance confidence in our economy and help fast-track the debt restructuring resolution."
| 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 |
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President Xi assured China would provide friendly, practical, timely support for Sri Lanka's debt optimization program
“It’s worth noting that there are 150 tropical countries, with 88 of them participating in the Belt & Road initiativ...
The UN food agencies (FAO, IFAD, and WFP) highlighted the urgent need for Sri Lanka to “transform its agrifood systems...
Depleting fish resources have forced fishermen to go for Chinese funded sea cucumber farming
The New York Times reported quoting Gazan officials that an explosion killed hundreds of people on Tuesday October 17.
"We’re ready to bring them back anytime they like,” he said.
Rajapaksa visited the Ambassador for Palestine in Sri Lanka to offer his condolences over the death of civilians in Gaza
UNHRC has already adopted resolution to collect, consolidate, analyse and preserve” war crime evidence
Sri Lankan minister meets with officials of global lending bodies at IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings 2023 in Morocco
“The fighting and violence must be brought to an end immediately," he said.
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