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Sri Lanka has started making detailed designs for Colombo suburban electric trains adding an extra track to existing rai...
Many of Sri Lanka's private security firms are seeing a spike in demand which they cannot meet after Easter Sunday bombi...
ECONOMYNEXT- Chinese youth are acquiring a taste for Sri Lanka’s black tea, with shipments to China, mainly a gre...
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...
Bad loan in Sri Lanka banking system grew to 4.8 percent of gross loans by June 2019, from 4.2 percent in March, though ...
Sri Lanka is planning to cut the embarkation tax on tourists by 10 US dollars to boost tourism in the wake of Easter Sun...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka unveiled an industrial zone for Chinese investors amid protests from opposition politicians, mon...
Sri Lanka is in a period of dangerous policy drift with mediocre governance which is inherently unstable with the danger...
Sri Lanka's power regulator has warned of risks of power shortfalls in early 2017 amid weak rainfall and urged the state...
Profits at Sri Lanka's publicly traded companies rose 11 percent to Rs225 billion in the 12 months ending September 2016...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa launched an attack on India on Tuesday, ahead of his visit ...
Seven consortia, made up of the largest shipping lines in the world including Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM, teaming up with t...
Sri Lanka's budget deficit narrowed 18 percent in absolute Rs328.8 billion in in the first half of 2016 from a year earl...
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...
| 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 | - | - |
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 ...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka has increased government spending to boost 'aggregate demand' after coming to power in 2015, Pri...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is planning to enact a law to force banks to lend back an unspecified share of deposits to the s...
ECONOMYNEXT - Monetary policy cannot solve problems of long term growth and 'aggressive' money printing to reverse defla...
ECONOMYNEXT - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed countries that follow 'beggar thy neighbour policies' and all...
ECONOMYNEXT - The Hong Kong dollar, backed by complementary monetary and exchange rate policy of its currency board will...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe slammed protectionist businessmen and trade unions who are...
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