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Bjerde’s trip included visits to World Bank-supported projects in the Northern and North Central Provinces.
She will open two new State Bank of India branches in Jaffna and Trincomalee
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
General Al-Budaiwi appreciated Sri Lanka’s long and trustworthy partnership with the nations of the GCC
"Reiterate our commitment to work with India to further strengthen our civilizational links...
Sri Lanka has made no decision yet to send bodies of Muslims who succumbed to COVID-19 to the Maldives for burial, co-ca...
Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, on a request from his Sri Lankan counterpart Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is looking to...
The Anglican Church in Sri Lanka is drawing the attention of the authorities to the plight of two individuals who are in...
South Korea donated real-time PCR test kits worth USD 300,000 to Sri Lanka yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (M...
Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States Ravinatha Aryasinha assumed duties on Friday, December 4, from his officia...
An Indian envoy has urged the Sri Lankan Prime Minister to initiate a discussion among countries in the region to develo...
Sri Lanka’s Embassy in the Russian capital Moscow is warning Sri Lankans not to fall victim to the fake promises of hu...
Sri Lanka explained that it had had to impose import restrictions due to the fall in foreign exchange income due to the ...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is setting up a project for Prison Inmates in Sri Lanka to interact ...
Sri Lanka has been assisted by China in its post-war reconstruction efforts but is not caught in a debt-trap President G...
| 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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The United States offers a different vision for Sri Lanka of shared democratic values and the exercise of sovereign righ...
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who arrived in Sri Lanka last night will have talks today with President Go...
The door has opened for the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the United Kingdom to be lifted by a r...
The United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s trip to Sri Lanka and three other Asian countries next week has bee...
Sri Lanka remains non-aligned in her foreign policy and has not given priority to China, but any decisions regarding bil...
COVID -19 or not, South Asia’s readymade garment sector needs to strengthen its regional ties and explore new markets ...
Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa is calling on all political parties to shed their differences and come togethe...
For the Maldives and Nepal, whose economies are heavily dependent on the tourism sector, getting their countries back on...
Sri Lanka is denying reports that a USD15mn grant announced by the Indian Prime Minister to Sri Lanka on Sunday is linke...
The Russian airman who created panic in Matara by seen shopping after testing positive for Covid 19 has had the disease ...
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