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Y K Gunasekara, S S Dissanayake appointed High Commissioner to Australia, Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain
Activities planned to strengthen bilateral relations in commemoration of the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations
A large number of Sri Lankan expatriate workers are employed in Maldivian tourism sector.
Two sentence statement did not name aggressor
Statement will be in line with Sri Lanka's continued constructive engagement with the Council
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.
| 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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There are reportedly some 8,000 Sri Lankans working in Israel.
Malaysian Foreign Minister will meet Sri Lanka, President, PM, his counterpart
“The IMF offers this chance. We must seize it, as it is the only viable path forward,” he said.
“There is absolutely no danger of the second tranche coming in," he said.
“Before I left, the alternate proposals were given to them but they were leaving the next day,” he said.
Global forum unites leaders from business and policy in a bid to find solutions to geopolitical and economic challenges
“It was a good discussion. We were quite frank,” said de Silva.
Conflicts and tensions among big powers are complicating the policy environment for the rest
Sri Lanka's trade relations with Iran is hit by the US sanctions in 2012
Potential to increase economic cooperation and enhance people to people contact through education opportunities
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