The Colombo stock market yesterday suffered a fresh jolt with trading suspended for a half-hour following the S&P SL20 index dropping by 5% as local investor sentiment remained besieged. The setback was despite improved turnover and volume whilst foreigners continue to be net buyers. The CSE ended the day with S&P SL20 down by 4.77% and the benchmark ASPI dipping 4.88% to below 10,000 points level for the first time since October last year.
The economy in 2021 has grown by 3.7% reflecting a turnaround from a 3.6% contraction in the previous year amidst the COVID pandemic.
ආර්ථීක අර්බුදයෙන් දැඩිලෙස පීඩාවිඳින පහළ ආදායම් ලබන ජනකොටස් වෙනුවෙන් දිගු කාලීන සහන වැඩපිළිවෙළක් ක්රියාත්මක විය යුතු බව කොළඹ විශ්ව විද්යාලයේ ආර්ථික විද්යා අධ්යයන අංශයේ ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ කථිකාචාර්ය ආචාර්ය ප්රියංග දුනුසිංහ පවසනවා.
Scheduled international regional flight operations resumed from Colombo International Airport, Ratmalana (CIAR) with the arrival of the Q2 944 Dash 8 Maldivian flight from Velana International Airport, Maldives at 8:45 a.m. yesterday.
S&P circuit breaker trips twice and closes in the red as locals fret over worsening ground situation
Foreigners seize opportunity of bargains; net foreign inflow near Rs. 1.5 b mark in March
ශ්රී ලංකාව පිළිබඳ ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදලේ කාර්යය මණ්ඩල වාර්තාවේ ඇතැම් නිර්දේශ ක්රියාත්මක කිරීමේදී රටේ ආර්ථිකයට බලපෑම් එල්ල විය හැකි බව කොළඹ විශ්ව විද්යාලයේ වාණිජ අංශයේ ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ කථිකාචාර්ය ඉන්ද්රජිත් අපොන්සු පවසනවා.
Proposes new promotional campaigns targeting India, Australia, Middle East, US, Canada to overcome impact from Russia-Ukrainian conflict
Govt. expects to generate $ 2.4 b, whilst expecting 1.3 m visitors by year end
Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga believes achieving these targets will help SL overcome forex crisis
95,377 tourists arrive as of 27 March pushing cumulative figure to 274,211
India leads as top market with 45,460 travellers followed by Russia 37,355 and UK 28,637
SL Tourism Chief optimistic of achieving 1.3 m arrivals target with India as biggest market
Highlights number of initiatives to overcome power and energy shortages
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