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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
Sri Lanka’s nationalist and leftist politicians have often used anti-Indian sentiment to win votes at electiions
The Russian Embassy in Colombo asked Russian citizens in Sri Lanka to avoid large crowds.
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Service is getting an overhaul with the planned termination of the postings of heads of missions w...
Sri Lanka is planning its legal strategy to sue the owners of the Supertanker that caught fire off its shores and is cur...
The Sri Lanka Navy is reporting that the fire that re-ignited on board the Supertanker MT New Diamond last evening is un...
Two teams of scientists and experts from the Sri Lankan Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) are currently dep...
The stricken supertanker MT New Diamond is being towed away from Sri Lankan waters as the fire onboard continues to burn...
An oil tanker carrying more than 200,000 of crude oil is on fire 38 kilometers off Sri Lanka’s East coast and about ha...
Sri Lanka will use two of its international airports at Katunayake and Mattala for the repatriation of Lankans abroad wh...
Sri Lanka resumed flights to bring back migrant workers from Kuwait today, but returnees say many Sri Lankans remain stu...
The Centre for Environment and Nature Studies (CENS) in Sri Lanka, is protesting against the construction of a road in t...
By relegating the subject of women and children to a State Ministry without even a stand-alone status, it seems that for...
| 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 | - | - |
The government has appointed a new Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Relations, as well as several other ministries t...
This week’s nomination of Democratic Senator Kamala Harris as US presidential candidate Joe Biden’s running mate is ...
The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka has replied to reports about the google map image that had emerged in social media show...
Sri Lanka is in talks with Myanmar Airways International (MAI), a private carrier based in Myanmar to establish direct a...
Ten Sri Lankans were injured in the devastating explosion that shook Beirut earlier this week, the Sri Lankan Embassy in...
Sri Lanka’s Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission, internationally renowned Human Rights Defender Dr Deepika Udag...
The government is talking tough about the Port Authority workers whose strike has crippled the Colombo Port causing huge...
Sri Lanka will fly home some 600 migrant workers from Abu Dhabi and Dubai on July 31 and August 1, but begin full repatr...
Jordanian police fired tear gas to help rescue three staffers of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Jordan who were being held ho...
A two-thirds majority will give the ruling party a monopoly on power. It will serve another more salutary purpose. It wi...
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