An audit at Sri Lanka's National Art Gallery found that 42 invaluable ancient paintings are missing from its collection, the ...

ECONOMYNEXT – The telegraphic transfer rate for Sri Lanka’s rupee against the dollar was 343.5000 buying, 352.5000 selling, while bond yields were up, dealers said. A bond maturing on 15.12.2029 was ...

ECONOMYNEXT – The government will settle the outstanding debt of nearly 15 billion rupees owed to renewable energy developers by end of June, Sri Lanka’s Energy Minister Aruna Karunathilaka told ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields dropped across maturities at Wednesday’s auction, data from the Public Debt Management Office showed, with 67.23 billion rupees bills sold of an offered ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is keen in joining Shanghai Cooperation Organization initiatives, foreign minister Vijitha Herath told a visiting delegation. The delegation headed by SCO Secretary General ...

Sri Lanka’s services sector contracted in April 2026 due to seasonal impacts following the festive period and the increase in ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is likely to see a current account deficit this year, bucking the trend for the first time in four years, due to higher dollar outflows than inflows amid expensive global oil ...

Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved a proposal to formulate a comprehensive National Intellectual Property Policy to address ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange trended down over Wednesday trading, data from CSE showed. ASPI was down 1.54 percent, or 343.15 points, at 21,954.92. S&P SL20 was down 1.28 percent, ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange closed down on Wednesday, with analysts saying the market was reacting to the current depreciation of the rupee. The rupee buying rate was 334.50 to ...

ECONOMYNEXT – New active credit cards in Sri Lanka increased by 22,473 in March this year, central bank data showed, amid economic recovery and lower interest rates. The number of total active credit ...