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US dollar backing of the Sri Lanka rupee improved to 25.4 in March 2025 percent from 19.9 percent in February helped by ...
Departures for foreign employment during the first four months of 2025 was estimated at 89,132, which is down from 9.1 ...
ECONOMYNEXT – New active credit cards in Sri Lanka increased by 11,881 in March this year, the central bank data showed, amid ...
US President Donald Trump said he will halt American pharmaceutical companies from selling drugs at high prices at home and ...
Tariff wars that disrupt trade has led to real wars throughout history, including in Sri Lanka top economist W A Wijewardene ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s office announced the second batch of bidding for the sale of 7 ...
Sri Lanka has collected tax revenues of 970.58 billion rupees in the first quarter of 2025, while current spending was ...
Sri Lanka's Dialog Finance Plc, a unit of Dialog Axiata said it had been hit by 'external financial fraud' for which 29.9 ...
India has slammed the International Monetary Fund over its latest loan to Pakistan as hostilities broke out following a ...
The Asia Pacific region’s high trade exposure to US demand makes it susceptible to US tariff risks, Fitch Ratings says in a ...
Sri Lanka has sold 122.7 billion rupees of Treasury bills of an offered 130 billion, with yields flat across maturities, data ...
Sri Lanka's gross official foreign exchange reserves dropped 205 million US dollars to 6,326 million US dollars April 2025 ...