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Rupee down 45 percent since March 8 while market saw yields in treasury bills rising to around 12 percent
Analysts see some investors switching to fixed assets with return on government securities up
"Corporate and other taxes are expected to rise with Sri Lanka going to IMF"
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Sri Lanka rupee closed at 319/323 rupees against the US dollar
All maturities were down by more than 100 basis points
The Private Member's Bill to be presented in Parliament by Galle District MP Bandula Lal Bandarigoda proposing the aboli...
Police have been instructed to immediately arrest two senior officials charged in the Avant Garde illegal floating Armou...
The All Ceylon Bakery Owners' Association (ACBOA) has decided to increase the price of a loaf of bread by Rs. 5 with eff...
President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday likened calls to abolish the death penalty to attempts to pardon the Easter Sun...
Four people are in custody for allegedly having 290 electric detonators in a house in Hedigama, Piliyandala.
Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith says that it is the right time to defeat any religious ideology that dest...
The officer-in-charge (OIC) of the Panadura (North) police station Prabath Paranavithana has been interdicted with effec...
Saroja Sirisena presented Letters of Credence to President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen last Wednesday (10 July),...
The Office of Reparations (OR), established to compensate the Easter Sunday Attack victims says that a total of Rs.262, ...
Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara says that a special operation to arrest drunk drivers is being carried out islandwide.
| 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 | - | - |
President Maithripala Sirisena says that if a Bill to abolish the death penalty is presented in the parliament, he would...
A father and his 11-year-old daughter were after the motorcycle they were riding collided with a Colombo Fort-bound trai...
The railway trade unions will be forced to carry out another train strike if the jobs of the current informal workers of...
A Bangladeshi national accused of financial fraud to the tune of Rs. 2 million was taken into police custody in Narammal...
The Supreme Court has fixed July 25 and 26 to hear 12 Fundamental Rights petitions filed by several hundred citizens agg...
The Navy seized an unidentified fishing vessel in the Southern seas yesterday (11 July) with 60 kilograms of narcotics o...
The Detention Order under which the Kurunegala doctor accused of making thousands of women infertile has been lifted his...
A mixed generation plan that uses both thermal and renewable energy will be implemented to meet the growing electricity ...
Wanting to bring relief to drought-affected Dry Zone farmers President Maithripala Sirisena is calling for accelerating...
During the first quarter of 2019, the total number of employed persons in Sri Lanka is estimated at about 8.2 million. O...
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