Travel publisher Lonely Planet says Sri Lanka is continuing to be the top destination for 2019 despite the Easter Sunday terror attacks. The travel publication, one of the most popular in the world, maintained Sri Lanka as number one, while
Assistant Director of the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage Mihiran Medawala says that the number of local and foreign tourists visiting the orphanage is increasing daily. The government has taken steps immediately to strengthen the security of the country following the Easter
Deputy Minister Buddhika Pathirana says that an insurance scheme for local craftsmen will be introduced this year. The Deputy Minister mentioned this while attending the ceremony to open the Palmyrah products village at Vavuniya, Thandikulama area. A large number of
The Government has decided to grant financial facilities for eight new schemes further expanding the Enterprise Sri Lanka. This follows the receipt of the Cabinet approval for a proposal submitted by Minister Mangala Samaraweera to expand this loan scheme under
An agreement related to the construction of a Fruit Export Factory in the Bingiriya new Export Processing zone has been signed. The inking of the agreement took place under the patronage of Deputy Minister Nalin Bandara. Board of Investment Chairman
Minister P. Harrison has said that the import of green gram will be totally halted in the future. The Minister claimed that it is expected to cultivate green gram on an extent of 15,000 acres in the Hmbanthota District. He
The container handling the capacity of the Colombo Harbour has been increased by 9.1 percent last month.The Colombo Port has handled 441,437 containers in April last year. It was 482,910 last month. It has been possible due to the contribution
Sri Lanka’s High Commission in Pakistan has refuted reports that trade activities between Sri Lanka and Pakistan have come to a halt. A news release issued by the High Commission said that trading between the two countries is proceedings as
The new sugar cane crushing season at the Hingurana Sugar Factory has commenced. The crushing season began under the patronage of Director of the Galoya Plantations Company and Ampara District Secretary D.M.L. Bandaranayake. It was the eighth sugarcane crushing season
Secretary General of the UNWTO called on the global community to offer its unwavering support to Sri Lanka through Tourism at this critical moment noting that hotels, beaches and other sites of interests are open as usual. In a video
| Country | Buying | Selling | |
 | Dollar | 174.31 | 178.06 |
| USA | |||
 | Pound | 219.38 | 226.29 |
| UK | |||
 | Euro | 195.48 | 202.19 |
| EU | |||
 | Yen | 1.59 | 1.65 |
| Japan | |||
 | Yuan | 25.11 | 26.28 |
| China | |||
 | Dollar | 120.42 | 125.45 |
| Australia | |||
| Country | Currency | Rate |
 | Dinar | 467.71 |
 | Dinar | 580.41 |
 | Riyal | 457.99 |
 | Riyal | 48.42 |
 | Riyal | 47.01 |
 | Dirham | 48.00 |
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