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Sri Lanka has built a linear park along the shore of a lake in the capital Colombo where more than 200 acres of land wil...
Sri Lanka's decision to privatize state-run plantations in the 1990s was correct, but not all of the new owners were run...
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Sri Lanka's central bank which is operating a non-credible pegged exchange rate with brief and violent swings to a float...
Sri Lanka is planning to cut the embarkation tax on tourists by 10 US dollars to boost tourism in the wake of Easter Sun...
Sri Lanka has started making detailed designs for Colombo suburban electric trains adding an extra track to existing rai...
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Seven consortia, made up of the largest shipping lines in the world including Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM, teaming up with t...
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Sri Lanka can sharply boost state revenue with a lower uniform import tariff, as evidenced from other countries also sho...
The finance ministry which runs budget deficits and the central bank which compounded fiscal debacles by printing money,...
Sri Lanka's government has made financial gains from privatising plantations and also avoided continuous bailouts from t...
Sri Lanka's 'joint opposition', made up small parties of an ousted coalition that ruled the island until 2014 and rebels...
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe addressed Chief Executives of Indian businesses in Colombo on July 12
Sri Lanka is planning to hire dozens unemployed graduates to police price controls that are expected to be imposed next ...
ECONOMYNXT - Sri Lanka has agreed not curb citizen's freedom to import goods or slap direct or hidden exchange controls ...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 305.1018 | 305.3339 |
| UK Pound | 386.9523 | 387.2371 |
| Euro | 330.8712 | 332.1141 |
| Aus Dollar | 201.0018 | 201.4980 |
| Yen | 2.0266 | 2.0278 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.6453 | 3.5932 |
| Korea Won | 0.2342 | 0.2292 |
| Oman Rial | 780.3569 | 769.4973 |
| Saudi Riyal | 80.1114 | 78.9849 |
| UAE Dirham | 81.7952 | 80.6569 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,573.80 | 1.00% |
| CSE All Share | 9,073.41 | 0.65% |
| Turnover Rs million | 1,591,766,524.95 | 1,029,335,694.32 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 21.72 | 21.79 |
| 6-m bill | 19.55 | 20.31 |
| 12-m bill | 17.72 | 19.28 |
| 5-yr bond | 21.00 | 22.53 |
| 8-yr bond | 19.42 | 20.55 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 13.93 | 14.00 |
| Gilt Repo | 13.50 | 14.00 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
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