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Sri Lanka's tax-to-GDP ratio is one of the lowest in the world
Top losers at 1130 hours were Commercial Bank, Aitken Spence and Expolanka.
Shares had seen a broad base pick up after assurances from India and China over the ending of the week.
“I can tell this assembly that the talks are successful,” President Wickremesinghe told parliament.
Project to relocate squatters living on Sri Lanka Railways lands along Kelanivalley line, and improve railway efficiency
Sex workers face fundamental rights violations including unlawful detention and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment
The National Police Commission has transferred three Senior Superintendents out of the Ministerial Security Division, Po...
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa left for a four-day official visit to India today and is due to hold bilateral talks wi...
The 33 Sri Lankan university students quarantined at the Diyathalawa Army camp have not shown any symptoms of the corona...
Chinese equities plunged almost nine percent Monday as nervous traders returned from their extended Lunar New Year break...
Sri Lanka's central bank has cut policy rate 50 basis points, to lower market interest rates and boost credit amid an up...
Several Media workers and activists organisations gathered yesterday to call for a united effort to safeguard journalist...
The Government has not decided to close schools or postpone sports meets due to novel coronavirus ((2019-nCoV) which is ...
Sri Lanka’s health sector needs to improve current standards of Long Term Care (LTC) in order to treat increasing num...
Fulfilling a long held dream, noted academic Razeen Sally has swapped academic rigour for the fluidity of the travel wri...
Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted steady at 181.50/60 to the US dollar in the spot market on Wednesday, while bond yields w...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 United National Party (UNP) today (24) blamed the Government for failing to control the rice mafia in the country.
A SARS-like virus has claimed 17 lives since emerging on December 31 in a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
Sri Lanka’s stocks closed 0.45 percent lower on Monday, dragged down by food, beverage and tobacco industries, provisi...
Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted marginally weaker at 181.30/40 to the US dollar in the spot market on Monday, while bond ...
Sri Lanka is aiming to increase bilateral trade with Russia by 700 million US dollars, and continue policies set by the ...
Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board is in a deep financial crisis, the power ministry has said as the utility...
Sri Lanka stocks closed 0.11 percent lower on Monday, dragged down by Ceylinco Insurance and generated one billion in tu...
Sri Lanka could face power cuts by March in the driest year of the years of the month after a coal plant which was abou...
Sri Lanka's Treasuries yields edged up at the weekly auction where more bids than offered at the longest term, where the...
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