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Food prices up 113-pct since overtly inflationary policy began Feb 2020.
"We will definitely reduce this tax," he said.
Combination of revenue increases and spending restraint seen
GFN is a key target a country under an IMF deal has to bring down
The stable outlook on the long-term local currency rating reflects improvements to the government's debt profile
Sri Lanka's Suganth Seafood (Pvt) Ltd, will start a 1.3 million US dollar factory to process sea cucumbers for exports, ...
New warehouse facilities, fuel storage tanks, and a docking bay will be among measures taken to promote Colombo Port as ...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has directed officials to implement short and long-term plans in collaboration with the pub...
Sri Lanka's gross domestic product will contract 5.5 percent in 2020 amid a Coronavirus crisis while tourism dependent M...
Sri Lanka's imports fell 24 percent from a year earlier to 1,294 million US dollars in July 2020, central bank data show...
The delegation of the European Union said it is funding fifteen agencies in Sri Lanka and two in the Maldives to build h...
Sri Lanka is stressing the need for Asian countries to come together to face the uphill task of economic recovery and re...
Sri Lanka has been given 56 million US dollars by the World Bank from existing projects for anti-Coronavirus projects, o...
Sri Lanka's merchandise exports fell 8.2 percent to 947.7 million US dollars in August 2020, from 1,033.2 million a year...
Sri Lanka's forex reserves had risen to 7,440.5 million US dollars in August 2020 from 7,095.8 million US dollars in Sep...
| 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 | - | - |
The Opposition is charging that provisions in the proposed 20th Amendment will affect development negatively because it ...
State Minister of Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection Lasantha Alagiyawanna is saying t...
Sri Lanka will introduce PayPal for people living here once some security concerns are resolved, Co-Cabinet Spokesman Ud...
Sri Lanka's government agencies would be directed to spend 25 percent of their advertising and promotional budgets in st...
Sri Lanka will offer to cap forex risks of investors in a bid to draw investors into rupee debt which will reduce the co...
Sri Lanka’s governing party Members of Parliament agreed today to bring about a ban on cattle slaughter in the country...
Leader of the National Peoples’ Power alliance (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake is asking the government to provide a se...
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered a 15 percent tax on gold to be removed to reduce the costs of the jew...
Sri Lanka's auto sector is grinding to a halt while some type of tyres are also no available in the market, with import ...
Sri Lanka's will repair 4,116 state vehicles and put them back to use Minister Ramesh Pathirana said amid import control...
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