More than 9,400 letters of credit (LCs) were opened to import new personal vehicles on the first day due to speculation ...

John Keells CG Auto, the distributor for BYD passenger vehicles in Sri Lanka, has rejected claims that the company had prior ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s state-owned fuel retailer Ceylon Petroleum Corporation’s (CPC) oil import bill for May this year has risen to US$521 million compared to US$152 million in December last year ...

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 – 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 – 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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Revenue collected by Sri Lanka Customs in the first 18 days of May 2026 has accounted for nearly 65 percent of the month’s target, official data showed. Customs’ May revenue target has ...

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, ...