Notable
Withholding tax may be lifted on interest below Rs100,000 a month
Th irrigation and hydropower project was designed and built by Iran's Farab engineering group.
State Minister believes the 2024 revenue target is achievable
Six parties bid for SriLankan stake
A Fiscal Management Responsibility Act, which has been repeatedly breached in the past will be repealed
We are confident that second round of discussions will help us reach a solution
Sri Lanka had an Rs80 per kilo protectionist tax on large onions
SCL is imposed overnight as people are sleeping, without any discussion in parliament
Sri Lanka trying to reach deal on China Development Bank debt
RDA expressways, land and related local debt to go the SOE
Publicly guaranteed debt went up with a new Treasury guarantee for central bank borrowings from India
Some reforms are still ongoing
Many Sri Lankan political parties want to renegotiate the IMF deal amid public grumbling over higher taxes
I expect to complete all these matters by June-July
The committee should come up with a transparent system for deciding salaries in the future
Good stuck at port due to delayed clearing will be processed from early morning.
| 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 | - | - |
ADB will consider supporting properly structured PPP
The rice handout will be given for two months
There has been a lot of discussion on improving governance and zero-tolerance of corruption
The program requires 'progress' to be made particularly among private creditors
Firms based in Singapore, Malaysia, UAE, Thailand, Sri Lanka
Controversially, the law also exempts key expat workers from income tax for a period
A $175 mn bond remains in the balance sheet
In Sri Lanka a 20-pct corporate tax rate is considered a concession
"We did not ask a meeting with the IMF."
Euro Exim Bank Limited, Fairfirst Insurance, LIC, Union Assurance, Asiri
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