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Fresh rounds of buying at the beginning of the week boosted the Colombo stock market yesterday with both indices up over 1% whilst turnover was strong along with net foreign inflow.

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ඒක පුද්ගල ණය රු. මිලියනය ඉක්මවයි

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Says conversion rule does not apply to service export proceeds on or after Aug. 12
Says the decision taken to encourage service exporters to repatriate their export proceeds
However, mandatory requirement to receive services exports proceeds within 180 days remains unchanged
Sri Lanka has received little over Rs.1.5bn as services exports in first half; US$ 406mn converted to rupees

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මහ බැංකු අධිපතිගෙන් යෝජනාවක්

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ජාත්‍යන්තර මුල්‍ය අරමුදල හරහා ණය ලබා ගැනීමට සම්පූර්ණ කළ යුතු අවශ්‍යතා සකසමින් සිටින බව මහබැංකු අධිපති ආචාර්ය නන්දලාල් වීරසිංහ පවසනවා. ණය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගත කිරීම සඳහා ඊට අදාල රටවලින් ණය සහන ඉල්ලීමට සිදු වන බවයි මහ බැංකු අධිපතිවරයා සදහන් කළේ.

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සේවා අපනයන ලැබීම් හා ඉපැයීම් රුපියල් බවට පරිවර්තනය කිරීමේ අනිවාර්ය අවශ්‍යතාව ඉවත් කර තිබෙනවා. ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව මෙම අනිවාර්යය අවශ්‍යතාව පනවනු ලැබුවේ සේවා අපනයනකරුවන්ගේ අපනයන ඉපැයීම් රට තුළට ගෙන ඒම සඳහා ඔවුන් ව දිරිමත් කිරීමේ අරමුණින්.

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July shipments valued at $ 522 m, up 22.6% YoY and come hot on the heels of record $ 537 m achieved in June
First seven months’ exports cross $ 3 b mark up 20% YoY

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විදෙස් මුදල් ළග තබාගෙන ඉන්න අයට පණිවිඩයක්

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Foreigners step up selling; Rs. 1 b outflow so far in August

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Says Treasury is expected to issue a circular in this regard soon
Points out banking system has enough forex to fund essential imports
Claims recent decline of commodity prices not because of open account imports
Effective date for clearance of essential food commodities under open accounts extended until Aug. 31

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SLAITO President says move will help tourism industry
France relaxes travel advisory; industry expects other countries to follow

Economic

Calls on Govt. to safeguard industry from groups targeting to destroy industry

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2021 වසරට පෙර ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහබැංකුව විසින් නිකුත් කර ඇති වාර්තාවල “විදේශ ශ්‍රමිකයින්ගේ ප්‍රේෂණ” වශයෙන් සටහන්ව ඇති අගයයන් වැරදි බව මහබැංකු අධිපති නන්දලාල් වීරසිංහ මහතා ප්‍රකාශ කර තිබේ.

Economic

The Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilisation and National Policies has prepared a presentation to update Sri Lanka’s creditors on the current financial situation.

Economic

Sets up Stakeholder Engagement Committee replacing Monetary Policy Consultative Committee and the Financial System Stability Consultative Committee
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), with a view to broadening its engagement with key stakeholders of the economy, established the Stakeholder Engagement Committee (SEC) by replacing the Monetary Policy Consultative Committee (MPCC) and the Financial System Stability Consultative Committee (FSSCC) of the CBSL that were in operation previously.

Economic

All main categories show negative variance
Iraq, UAE and Russia rank as top three importers of Ceylon Tea for Jan.-Jul. 2022 period

Economic

The Government yesterday assured to introduce a new relief package through the interim Budget proposal to assist the public battered by the economic crisis.

Economic

Monday, 15 August 2022 02:06 - - 249
Total Operating income doubles to Rs. 63.3 b
Impairment for 1H exceeds Rs. 40 b
Net Stage III loan ratio improves to 2.46%
Tier I capital ratio at 11.39% and total capital ratio at 14.54%
Liquid Coverage ratio at 210% well above statutory minimum of 90%