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Sri Lanka services exports fall 6.8-pct in August

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s services exports fell 6.82 percent from a year ago to 312.75 million US dollars in August 2025, led ...
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Sri Lanka stocks close up, driven by financials, banks and capital goods

Top contributors to the ASPI were Hayleys, LOLC Holdings (up 17.50 rupees at 582.25), Browns Investments (up 40 cents at 8.10 ...
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Sri Lanka’s Mercantile Investments and Finance to offer share subdivision

Sri Lanka's Mercantile Investments and Finance PLC said it will seek shareholder approval for a share sub-division which will ...
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Sri Lanka seeks investors for caustic soda, chlorine production at Paranthan Chemicals

Sri Lanka will call for expressions of interest from local and foreign investors to produce caustic soda and chlorine as a ...
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Proparco of France interested in looking at Sri Lanka build-operate-transfer BESS projects

Proparco the private sector arm of the Frech official lending agency, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is interested ...
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Sri Lanka’s national inflation rises to 1.5-pct in August

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s national-wide inflation price inflation rises to 1.5 percent in 12-months to August July 2025, ...
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Indian Navy chief visits Sri Lanka, due to meet government and defence officials

India's Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, has arrived in Sri Lanka on a four-day official visit, and is ...
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Sri Lanka to use Rs1bn of OPEC fund loan to improve Embilipitiya road

Sri Lanka will use part of the monies of a 40 million dollar loan from the OPEC Fund for International Development to improve a 9.62 km section of the Embilipitiya-Panamura-Buluthota road (B115), ...