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Sri Lanka king coconut output to crash 40-pct from white fly disease

Standard coconut palms less affected

January 3, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka will not hire state workers despite retirements amid IMF deal

Sri Lanka has over 1.4 million state workers for 22 million population.

December 31, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka's egg price controls hit two generations of chicken

Price controls leads to shortage of parent birds

December 31, 2022 4 min read

Sri Lanka service sector sees out migration

November was slightly better due to a pick-up in tourism, the central bank said.

December 30, 2022 3 min read
Sri Lanka’s Inland revenue to give tax concessions to institutions for disabled children

Tax concessions for institutions providing health and education services to disabled children.

Sri Lanka must navigate changing labour landscape: Pres

Sri Lanka must consider how it will navigate changing labour landscape; unions need to face different reality

Sri Lanka rupee opens stronger, gilt yields ease

Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted stronger at 180.30/180.50 to the US dollar, while gilt yields eased with buying seen in b...

November 28, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka tax cuts to boost economy, 5-pct of GDP deficit in 2020: Treasury Secretary

Sri Lanka's economic activity will pick up following a series of the tax cuts and the expansion of economic activity wi...

November 28, 2019 2 min read

Nivard Cabraal appointed senior advisor to Sri Lanka PM

Nivard Cabraal, has been appointed a senior advisor on economic affairs to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

November 28, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes weaker, gilt yields up

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed weaker at 181.65/95 to the US dollar on Tuesday, while gilt yields gained for the fourth cons...

November 26, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens weaker, gilt yields up

Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted weaker at 181.15/20 to the US dollar, while gilt yields gained and stocks opened 0.46 per...

November 26, 2019 1 min read

Corbyn's promises bad policies that led to UK's post WWII decline

Plans by Britain's Labour party to nationalise key industries would reverse a business trend begun by Margaret Thatcher ...

November 24, 2019 4 min read

UN envoy meets Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

November 22, 2019 1 min read
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Prima Ceylon reverses Sri Lanka wheat flour price hike

November 22, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka constitution should be changed, 19 amendment abolished: Basil

Sri Lanka constitution has to be changed and a 19th amendment should be abolished, Basil Rajapaksa, brother of President...

November 19, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka Distilleries Corp Sept quarter net profit up 11.3-pct

Profits at Distilleries Corporation of Sri Lanka Plc, the island’s largest alcohol producer, grew 11.3 percent to 1.3 ...

November 19, 2019 1 min read
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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
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UAE Dirham 90.3209 90.0766
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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
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Overnight Money 7.70 7.69
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Sri Lanka stocks close 1.7-pct higher with JKH, Cold Stores

Sri Lanka's stocks closed up 1.7 percent with gains in index heavy John Keells Holdings and Cold Stores Monday, provisio...

November 18, 2019 1 min read

Kishu Gomes leaves Sri Lanka Tourism

Sri Lanka's Tourism Promotion Bureau chairman Kishu Gomes has resigned with effect from November 15, 2019.

November 15, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee ends weaker, gilt yields unchanged

Sri Lanka’s rupee ended weaker at 180.35/45 on Thursday while bond yields remained unchanged, dealers said.

November 14, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka banks' negative outlook remains with rising bad loans: Fitch

Ratings agency Fitch said Sri Lanka's negative banking sector outlook is likely to remain in the short-term due to a con...

November 13, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka to become hub if reforms are made with South Asia in mind

Sri Lanka could become a key logistics reforms are made with South Asia in mind, an economist has said at an investment ...

November 12, 2019 3 min read

Foreign investors buy Sri Lanka rupee bonds for third week

Foreign investors have bought Sri Lanka rupee bonds for the third week in a row, official data show, after some capital ...

November 10, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka to change IMF deal in a Gotabaya administration: Cabraal

Sri Lanka will change a deal with the International Monetary Fund if a new administration under Gotabaya Rajapsaka comes...

November 8, 2019 7 min read

Sri Lanka’s Lanka Tiles Sept quarter net profit up 51-pct

Sri Lanka’s Lanka Tiles group net profits rose 51 percent to 157 million rupees in the September 2019 quarter from a y...

November 7, 2019 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines cuts losses, to fly to Sydney, Saigon

SriLankan Airlines said it managed to reduce losses in the half year to September 2019 under its business turnaround pl...

November 7, 2019 3 min read
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Sri Lanka can terminate MCC deal giving 30-days notice

SrI Lanka can terminated a Millennium Challenge Corporation agreement giving 30 days notice and so can the US and there ...

November 7, 2019 1 min read