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Sri Lanka trains more teachers for IT subjects

There are approximately 20,000 IT job openings in the public and private sectors

December 21, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka promises interest subsidies to egg farmers crippled by price controls

“Ministry officials to grant loans for the egg producers under a minimum interest rate to reduce production costs."

December 15, 2022 2 min read

Cyclone Mandous kills hundreds of livestock in Sri Lanka's northern farms

"These kinds of tragedies occur every other year due to the extreme hot climatic conditions, floods and so on.

December 10, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka's shares gain in mid market trade

"Some of the index heavy counters are dominating today," analysts said. 

December 6, 2022 1 min read
Sri Lanka rupee closes at 324.75/324.90 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 324.75/90 to the US dollar on Monday. Bond yields were up.

Sri Lanka rupee opens at 324.75/325.25 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee opened at 324.75/325.25 to the US dollar on Wednesday

False charges against MCC like Sri Lanka Suwaseriya 'Indian invasion': Mangala

False charges against grant funding by America's Millennium Challenge Corporation was similar to a campaign against a Vo...

November 7, 2019 3 min read

Sri Lanka to institutionalize 'flexible exchange rate' in new monetary law

Sri Lanka is set to institutionalize a 'flexible' exchange rate' regime instead of a floating exchange rate through a dr...

November 4, 2019 4 min read

John Keells' hotels in Sri Lanka to be as full as last year in 2019 winter season

John Keells Holdings, which operates Sri Lanka's largest leisure business Cinnamon, said its hotels have as much demand ...

November 4, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka in stagflation after flexible exchange rate collapse

Sri Lanka is going through a period of stagflation involving low growth and higher inflation for the second time in less...

November 4, 2019 4 min read

Sajith promises tax reforms, support for Sri Lanka SMEs, female empowerment

Sajith Premadasa, a front runner for the 2019 Presidential Election, launched his manifesto on Thursday, promising broad...

October 31, 2019 3 min read

Sri Lanka rupee steady, stocks 0.33-pct weaker at open

Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted at 181.55/60 to the US dollar on Wednesday, steady from Tuesday’s close, while bond yie...

October 30, 2019 1 min read

Warehousing profits prop up Sri Lankan tea broker's bottom line

Sri Lanka’s Asia Siyaka Commodities lost 4.4 million rupees in the September 2019 quarter compared with profits of nin...

October 30, 2019 1 min read

Laugfs says LPG supplies to Sri Lanka restored

Sri Lanka's Laugfs Gas said distributrion liquefied petroleum gas has been increased, ending a disruption seen last week...

October 29, 2019 1 min read

Trump says Islamic State chief Baghdadi killed in US raid

President Donald Trump on Sunday said that the elusive leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had been...

October 28, 2019 5 min read

Sri Lanka stocks rally for seventh day, retail buying in Chevron

Sri Lanka's stocks closed 0.32 percent higher on Friday, with retail investors buying Chevron Lubricants Lanka, which re...

October 25, 2019 2 min read
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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
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
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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
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
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
Source: CSE
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
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
today yesterday
Overnight Money 7.70 7.69
Gilt Repo 7.74 7.72
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Gotabaya says will abolish PAYE tax, slash Sri Lanka VAT, boost biz environment

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Presidential candidate Gotabhaya Rajapaksa promised sweeping tax cuts, employed workers and ...

October 25, 2019 3 min read

Sri Lanka's location should be boon for business, not smugglers

Logistics professionals should make better use of modernised Sri Lankan transportation infrastructure to exploit for tra...

October 25, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka to charge NBT on cigarettes, exempts large projects, some imported inputs

Sri Lanka has removed an exemption on cigarettes for National Building Tax, a non-recoverable turnover tax, while exempt...

October 24, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Laugfs Gas to list power subsidiary

Sri Lanka's Laugfs group is to list its renewable energy subsidiary Laugfs Power Limited with a reference price of 8.80 ...

October 17, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee ends weaker, bond yield lower

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed weaker 180.95/181.10 to the US dollar in the spot market on Monday while bond yields were sli...

October 14, 2019 1 min read

Mangala to revise Sri Lanka's 'feel-the-pain' illiberal carbon tax

Sri Lanka is planning to revise the basis of a 'feel-the-pain' illiberal tax proposed on European lines which critics sa...

October 11, 2019 2 min read
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Depleted Sri Lanka shock Pakistan despite Hasnain hat-trick

Danushka Gunathilaka scored a career best 57 and despite a hat-trick by teenage Pakistan paceman Mohammad Hasnain.

October 11, 2019 3 min read

US Fed members 'more concerned,' say recession risks rising: minutes

American central bankers have grown more fearful, saying a global slowdown and President Donald Trump's trade wars could...

October 10, 2019 3 min read

SriLankan Engineering certifies Singpapore Airlines B787 on Maldives run

SriLankan Engineering has certified the first Boeing 737 aircraft of Singapore Airlines operated to Male Maldives, as pa...

October 9, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Cinnamon Hotels opens Velifushi Maldives

Sri Lanka-based Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts, a unit of publicly traded John Keells Holdings, has opened a new resort ...

October 8, 2019 2 min read