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“It was a good discussion. We were quite frank,” said de Silva.
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Potential to increase economic cooperation and enhance people to people contact through education opportunities
Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath addresses members of the Colombo-based Diplomatic Corps
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In Sri Lankan political terms Mangala Samaraweera has done the unthinkable. After being a major player in the break- up ...
The Pathfinder Foundation, a think tank advising the government, wants Sri Lanka to sell more to Asia which it calls the...
The government is claiming that its efforts to regain export income for Sri Lankan products are gaining ground and earni...
Sri Lanka has dispatched urgent supplies for its citizens in the Maldives who are facing difficulties due to the shortag...
The government is saying it has had to delay the process of repatriating Sri Lankans abroad because the capacity of the ...
Sri Lanka is raising concern over a press release issued by the United Nations which alleged that the government has cla...
| 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 | - | - |
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Sri Lanka is setting strict guidelines for all diplomatic personnel entering the country with regard to the prevention o...
Foreign Relations Ministry officials are denying Social Media chatter that two Sri Lankan migrant workers in Kuwait have...
Unrest and rioting in cities throughout the United States, the world’s largest economy and one of its richest, have be...
The migrant workers recently repatriated to Sri Lanka from Kuwait were subject to medical tests at the Kuwait internatio...
Sri Lanka has designated two recently built hospitals as treatment centres for COVID 19 patients as the numbers with the...
The government will hold a meeting today to formulate a new plan to repatriate migrant workers from the middle-east afte...
There must be justice for Easter Sunday, but there must also be justice for Hejaaz and others subjected to arbitrary arr...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has vowed he will not permit officers and other ranks who fought in the separatist war to b...
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