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
The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka initiated a number of regulatory actions, as temporary measures, under the provisions of Finance Business Act, on The Finance Company PLC with a view to safeguard the interests of the
The Prime Minister’s Policy Development Office says that more than 300 million rupees had so far been given as entrepreneur loans under the BOC Thurunu Diriya Loan Scheme. This money had been distributed among 730 young entrepreneurs. The highest number
Deputy Minister Buddhika Pathirana says 7 billion rupees has been set aside by the budget to establish new industries island wide. The Deputy Minister made the comment when he inspected issues of the entrepreneurs who have invested in the Poon-thottam
Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva says steps have been taken to grant 1,000 million rupees without an interest to the entrepreneurs with the aim of developing small and medium rice businesses. The Minister said this while attending the function to
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe states that the government is fully committed to provide facilities for the investors. The Premier was speaking at a special conference held in Colombo. He also responded to questions raised by the investors who attended the
Minister P. Harrison says that the biggest maize harvest in the history has been reported in thisMaha season. He made this statement at a function in Anuradhapura. The Govi Jana Abhiman program to felicitate farmers who won the competition in
Director General of the Sri Lanka Tourism and Hotel Management Institute Buddhika Hewawasam says about four million tourists will arrive in Sri Lanka this year. He said this while attending a program to educate the youth about the tourism industry.About
The national carrier, SriLankan Airlines, recorded a significant improvement in its performance for the nine months ended 31st December 2018 against the corresponding period in the previous year. Notable improvements were recorded in deployment of capacity, passenger and cargo revenue,
| Country | Buying | Selling | |
 | Dollar | 174.77 | 178.72 |
| USA | |||
 | Pound | 226.80 | 234.34 |
| UK | |||
 | Euro | 194.03 | 201.07 |
| EU | |||
 | Yen | 1.55 | 1.61 |
| Japan | |||
 | Yuan | 25.63 | 26.88 |
| China | |||
 | Dollar | 121.02 | 126.32 |
| Australia | |||
| Country | Currency | Rate |
 | Dinar | 469.00 |
 | Dinar | 581.36 |
 | Riyal | 459.22 |
 | Riyal | 48.56 |
 | Riyal | 47.14 |
 | Dirham | 48.13 |
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