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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 now in a quagmire of stagflation with inflation at 7.0 percent and growth at 4.0 percent, due to policy err...
Sri Lanka has started making detailed designs for Colombo suburban electric trains adding an extra track to existing rai...
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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
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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...
| 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 | - | - |
ECONOMYNEXT - Profits at Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tobacco Company Plc, fell 8 percent to 1.84 billion rupees in the December 2...
ECONOMYNEXT - UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein showed enthusiastic interest in professional cameras ahead of ...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka celebrated independece day on February 04, 2016 where the national anthem was sung in both Sinha...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka destroyed 1.5 tonnes of ivory from elephants slaughtered by poachers in seveal African countries...
ECONOMYNEXT – A proposal to shift the shipping route around Sri Lanka's south coast is being considered given inc...
ECONOMYNEXT - Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya visited Colombo on its maiden overseas call.
ECONOMYNEXT - Local and international riders will cycle 1,400 kilometres around Sri Lanka in April in an initiative bran...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will make an international call for proposals to operate its new deep-water container ter...
ECONOMYNEXT, Sri Lanka's law makers are entitled to duty free cars and heavily subsidised five-star meals in addition to...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake has proposed to cut protectionist taxes on steel and sanita...
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