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The Sri Lankan Rupee ( Sinhala: රුපියල්, Tamil: ரூபாய்; symbol: රු (plural) in English, රු in Sinhala, ௹ in Tamil; ISO code: LKR) is the currency of Sri Lanka. It is subdivided into 100 cents ( Sinhala: සත, Tamil: சதம் ), but cents are rarely seen in circulation due to its low value. It is issued ...
Sri Lanka earned $1.5 billion from tourism in the first six months of 2023, up from $875 million dollars during the same period last year, according to the central bank. (Reporting by Uditha ...
The Sri Lankan economic crisis[ 8] is an ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka that started in 2019. [ 9] It is the country's worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. [ 9] It has led to unprecedented levels of inflation, near-depletion of foreign exchange reserves, shortages of medical supplies, and an increase in prices of basic commodities ...
These 50 companies alone account for about 75% of the total market capitalisation of the Colombo Stock Exchange. [1] On January 4, 2021, total market capitalisation crossed three trillion rupees mark for the first time. [2]
Rank Name Financial statistics in millions LKR Industry Revenue Profit Assets Market Cap. 1 Hayleys PLC: 241,276 14,046 279,383 45,600 Conglomerate
Company Name Symbol B P P L Holdings: CSE: BPPL.N0000: Bairaha Farms: CSE: BFL.N0000: Balangoda Plantations: CSE: BALA.N0000: Bansei Royal Resorts Hikkaduwa: CSE: BRR ...
Services accounted for 58.2% of Sri Lanka's economy in 2019 up from 54.6% in 2010, industry 27.4% up from 26.4% a decade earlier and agriculture 7.4%. [42] Though there is a competitive export agricultural sector, technological advances have been slow to enter the protected domestic sector. [43]
Sri Lanka has seen external instability from around late 2014 suffering two currency crises and low growth with the rupee falling from 131 to 182 to the US dollar by 2018. [6] Foreign debt rose from 30% of gross domestic product in 2014 to 41.3% in 2019 while total debt went up from 76% to 86% as growth slowed amid [ 7 ] Sovereign bond ...