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With continuous heavy rain, landslide warnings have been issued for residencies in eight districts so far.
The shift to organic fertilizer should be carried out in stages over a number of years, critics have said.
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Naval and fishing communities have been advised to exercise caution.
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The prevailing showery conditions are expected to increase to an extent in parts of the country over the next few days, ...
Cyclonic storm ‘FANI’ is likely to move north/north-eastwards in the Bay of Bengal, which will gradually reduce its ...
Fishermen and people living near the South and Western seas have been warned of rough seas with so-called swell waves su...
Sri Lanka's fishermen are warned to stay off Northern and Eastern seas where wind speeds may exceed 100 kph from cycloni...
The "severe" cyclonic storm ‘FANI’ is moving away from Sri Lanka towards Odisha on the Indian coast, the Department ...
Showers and winds will increase over the island over the following days as the severe cyclonic storm ‘FANI’ continue...
ECONOMYNEXT – Heavy rains have been forecast over parts of Sri Lanka from the influence of a cyclone in the Bay o...
The Department of Meteorology advises fishermen not to venture out to deep and swallow seas due to prevailing weather co...
Strong winds and heavy showers are expected all over the island today (29) and tomorrow as the cyclonic storm FANI (pron...
ECONOMYNEXT – Biodiversity Sri Lanka has begun working with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to strengthen kno...
| Latest | Last | |
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| US Dollar | 331.7485 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 443.7468 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 372.5204 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0969 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 233.0533 | 231.1659 |
| Latest | Last | |
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| Indian Rupee | 3.4948 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2499 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 861.6397 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.4403 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.3209 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 5,656.91 | -0.43% |
| CSE All Share | 19,927.30 | -0.28% |
| Turnover Rs | 1457.79 million | 1193.67 million |
| Latest | Last | |
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| 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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ECONOMYNEXT – The International Water Management Institute (IWMI), based in Colombo, will become a partner of Bio...
ECONOMYNEXT – Japan will grant waste collection trucks to the Jaffna municipality in Sri Lanka’s north to ...
Sri Lanka's tourism and wildlife minister reaffirmed to protect wildlife and end illegal trade of endangered species ahe...
Sustainability reporting, in which companies communicate their impacts on issues like climate change, can help Sri Lanka...
Researchers have found the highest level of pollution by microplastic particles in the coastal waters off Sri Lanka's No...
New species of marine and new records of marine fish including rays and skates may have been discovered by researchers f...
Flash floods in northern Sri Lanka which claimed one life and left more than 11,000 homeless, damaged crops, have subsid...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka needs to have a recycling industry policy as one of its next priorities to cope with grow...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka may have to use financial instruments to encourage water saving and even resort to rationing as ...
ECONOMYNEXT – A Sri Lankan government agency is to do geotechnical studies on a proposed flood barrier on the Kel...
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