EXCHANGE RATES (MIDDLE RATES)
US DOLLAR: RS. 336.04 UK POUND: RS. 452.15 EURO: RS. 386.89 JAPANESE YEN: RS. 2.09 INDIAN RUPEE: RS. 3.51 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR: RS. 235.97

BUSINESS FORUM

  • Mar- 2018 -
    1 March

    TOURISM PROSPECTS

    Commenting on how he perceives Sri Lanka’s hospitality sector to be positioned in comparison to projections for its growth a year or so ago, the Area Director

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  • 1 March

    CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

    There has been substantial capital appreciation along with reasonable rental yields for investors especially in properties within the

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  • 1 March

    FINANCIAL SERVICES

    Sri Lankans have a natural affinity for banks and financial institutions given that the country has a banking penetration of over 80 percent. What’s interesting

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  • 1 March

    SRI LANKANS OVERSEAS

    Having migrated to the US in 2001 when Sri Lanka was at the height of its ‘ethnic conflict,’ and considering developments since

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  • Feb- 2018 -
    1 February

    FDI STAKES

    Sri Lanka is ranked 111th among 190 economies when it comes to the ease of doing business, according to the World Bank’s latest annual ratings

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  • 1 February

    REAL ESTATE SECTOR

    The first half of 2017 was very good, witnessing robust buying action in the market. While the third quarter did see a mild cooling, the market has since

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  • 1 February

    CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

    There has been a huge surge in postwar construction and we need to critically consider how sustainable all of this will be in

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  • 1 February

    SRI LANKANS OVERSEAS

    It has great fundamentals – leading development and health indicators, a strategic geographical location and a wide range of

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  • Jan- 2018 -
    15 January

    BEVERAGE SECTOR  

    Being a tropical country and given the influence of certain cultural habits, Sri Lanka’s consumption of liquids is high. But due to the popularity of tea and easy

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  • 1 January

    BANKING SECTOR

    All are performing really well at this juncture, and we observe an upward trend in both private and state banks

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