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US DOLLAR: RS. 309.30 UK POUND: RS. 415.70 EURO: RS. 363.65 JAPANESE YEN: RS. 1.99 INDIAN RUPEE: RS. 3.41 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR: RS. 217.25

BUSINESS FORUM

  • May- 2023 -
    4 May

    TOURISM INDUSTRY

    I have seen Sri Lanka’s tourism industry’s journey from the early 1970s to 2015 and beyond. In the 1970s and early ’80s, until the 1983 riots and the civil war

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  • 4 May

    FMCG SECTOR

    The FMCG sector has faced numerous challenges due to the depreciation of the rupee, the shortage of foreign currency and restrictions on raw material

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  • 3 May

    INSURANCE SECTOR

    Lasitha Wimalaratne IS THERE A SILVER LINING? How the successive vicissitudes of life are making the uninsured vulnerable Progress of the insurance sector Both the life and general insurance sectors…

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  • Mar- 2023 -
    30 March

    BANKING SECTOR

    Sri Lanka’s banking sector, arguably a nerve centre of the national economy, presently shoulders unprecedented challenges as it grapples with soaring

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  • 29 March

    FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY

    Sri Lanka’s financial services have witnessed a challenging period since the onset of the COVID-19

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  • 25 March

    ADVERTISING INDUSTRY

    The sequence of unfortunate events since the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks has changed people’s lifestyles and behaviour; and in turn, had an impact on established

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  • 24 March

    AGRICULTURE SECTOR

    The economic crisis we are experiencing is the cumulative result of a long period of low productivity across all business sectors and industries

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  • 2 March

    ALCOBEV SECTOR

    Many of the world’s most significant agricultural commodities are produced by smallholder farmers. On 24 percent of the planet’s gross agricultural land

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  • 2 March

    AD INDUSTRY

    Over-saturated markets with brands vying for a limited range of positions have resulted in creative stagnation for ad campaigns

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  • 2 March

    FMCG SECTOR

    As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, FMCG businesses initially faced distribution challenges. However, these were soon overcome as both these concerns

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