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So far 271,110 people have been affected by floods and landslides in nine districts
The DMC said 270,912 persons were hit by floods and landslides as several rivers overflowed
Pesticide regulations have contributed to one of the greatest decreases in suicide rates ever achieved in the world
Rainfall exceeding 150mm is also expected as a result of the cyclone
Steps should be taken to replace current National Environment Act with a new environmental act that suits country
The discussion also resulted in the decision to convene several online sessions to engage with other relevant parties.
The rescue by hundreds of troops was fast turning into a recovery operation as hope faded for a dozen people listed miss...
ECONOMYNEXT - Five more people died at the Colombo National Hospital overnight, raising the death toll to 11 from the Ko...
A 12-year-old boy and two girls aged 14 and 15 were among six people who died when a mountain of garbage near Sri Lanka'...
A mountain of garbage near Sri Lanka's capital Colombo caught fire and collapsed on dozens of shanties on Friday as the ...
India has handed over eight bowers to Sri Lanka and 100 metric tonnes of rice in drought relief.
Global methane emissions from agriculture and other sources have surged in recent years, threatening efforts to slow cli...
ECONOMYNEXT – A project by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to monitor water quality in ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence conglomerate has embedded disaster risk mitigation initiatives in ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka should make an effort to retain water from floods whose incidence is increasing, like in ...
Australian and US scientists have launched a hi-tech autonomous underwater vehicle that will gather undersea data during...
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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 |
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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 |
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| S&P SL20 | 5,656.91 | -0.43% |
| CSE All Share | 19,927.30 | -0.28% |
| Turnover Rs | 1457.79 million | 1193.67 million |
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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 | |
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| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
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ECONOMYNEXT - The United Nations Development Programme said it will provide US$38.1 million to strengthen water manageme...
ECONOMYNEXT – The Asian Development Bank is considering giving aid to Sri Lanka to restore a key wetland north of...
Sri Lanka’s Survey Deparment is setting up national spatial data infrastructure where spatial or location-based i...
ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government dismissed protests by fishermen against a $1.4 billion ‘Port Cityâ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Pollution levels in Sri Lanka’s Kelani River, which provides drinking water to the capital C...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved spending Rs12,550 million from the Treasury ov...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan authorities are now providing drinking water supplies to more than half a million people...
ECONOMYNEXT – The number of people affected by the drought in Sri Lanka is rising steadily, with the authorities ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Drought has affected several districts in Sri Lanka with the authorities having to provide drinking...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s main business chamber has introduced a Biodiversity Project Ranking Scheme to en...
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