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Private sector borrowing slows 31% in July to Rs. 169 billion
Private sector credit slows 31% in July to Rs. 169bn from Rs. 245bn; annual growth remains 26.4%.
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Range Rover's first electric SUV goes on sale in Sri Lanka
Two 260kW motors, 550PS and a 372-mile WLTP range. The battery-electric Range Rover arrives in a market whose tax structure already favours EV-first models.
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Treasury sells Rs. 120 billion in bonds across three maturities
Treasury sells Rs. 120bn across three maturities at yields 10.83%-12.08%; all bonds fully subscribed.
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Provinces to get Rs. 750mn each under ADB-funded health programme from January
An ADB-backed health programme will channel Rs. 6.7bn to Sri Lanka's nine provinces next year, with provincial plans due to the Finance Commission by November.
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Colombo firm fined Rs. 200,000 for over-stickering basmati rice and holding expired glucose
Colombo firm fined Rs. 200,000 for over-stickering basmati rice and storing expired glucose, CAA said.
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CAA raids Dehiwala workshop assembling shoes sold to retail chains as 'Made in China'
Consumer Affairs Authority seizes nearly 1,000 pairs at a Kawdana facility where imported components were assembled and labelled as Chinese-made.
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Ceylon Tea and handicrafts on show at Beijing's 'Colourful World' exhibition
Sri Lanka's embassy in Beijing joined the 11th 'Colourful World' cultural exhibition, a flagship event of the China International Fair for Trade in Services.
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Motor Traffic Department targets a two-and-a-half-hour cap on public services
Commissioner General Thushara Fernando says customers arriving at 7 a.m. have left at 2 p.m., and sets a maximum service time of two and a half hours.
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First plant under 300MW solar programme connected to the grid at Veyangoda
The 3MW ground-mounted project is the first of a planned series of land-based solar plants totalling 300MW, and is expected to generate 6.35 million kWh a year.
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Colombo–Kandy road at Lower Kadugannawa declared high-risk landslide zone, US$101.3mn mitigation project to begin
A 3km stretch of the Colombo–Kandy road is a high-risk landslide zone. A US$101.3mn project, US$80mn of it AIIB-funded, is set to begin.
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Tanker rates hit record high as oil industry braces for a years-long Iran war
Gulf-to-Asia freight has gone from $6 to $30 a barrel and insurance from 5 cents to $2.50, as traders at Singapore's APPEC conference price in a long war.
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Private fuel distributors say they are losing Rs. 170 a litre on diesel, seek return of cost-reflective pricing
Private fuel distributors losing Rs. 170/litre on diesel; seek cost-reflective pricing after July subsidy cut.
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Remittances reach US$6.13bn in eight months, but the growth rate keeps easing
Migrant worker remittances rose 19.8% to US$6.131bn in January-August 2026. August alone brought US$748.6mn — up 10% on the year, but down on July.
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First Sri Lankan owner of a long-range private jet lands at Ratmalana
Dr. Rosh Jalagge arrived at Ratmalana in his own Gulfstream G-V, the first long-range private jet owned by a Sri Lankan since Upali Wijewardene's Learjet.
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Sri Lanka and Türkiye push bilateral trade toward US$500mn goal, eye Ankara commission session in 2027
Sri Lanka's envoy to Türkiye met Deputy Trade Minister Mustafa Tuzcu to advance a US$500mn bilateral trade target and plan a 2027 Ankara session.
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Agricultural census data collection to begin next month, statistics department says
Agricultural census field data collection begins October with enumerator training. Part of the once-a-decade economic census.
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Stalled China–Sri Lanka free trade talks expected to resume, Trade Minister says
Stalled China–Sri Lanka free trade talks expected to resume following discussions on seafood, tea and gem exports.
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Motor traders say used-vehicle depreciation rule cost the Treasury Rs. 40bn last year
Motor traders say vehicle depreciation rule cost Treasury Rs. 40bn in 2025; seek age-based scale capped at 10%.
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Colombo tea auction offerings fall to 5.1 million kg as prices move both ways
Weekly offerings dropped from 5.3 million kg. Large Leaf teas held their ground while Orthodox and Rotovane grades were sluggish, with many lots withdrawn.
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No sudden fuel price increase this month, CPC says, as Brent holds above $100
CPC says no abrupt pump price rise before an end-of-month review, as private distributors restrict diesel sales over losses under the pricing formula.
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Met Department says El Niño may be strongest in 75 years; 160,000 already affected
El Niño may be strongest in 75 years. 160,000 affected, 78,000+ lost livelihoods; Agriculture switches to short-duration paddy.
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Port worker and Kurunegala businessman remanded over Hambantota smart key theft racket
Police say about 45 smart keys were stolen from imported vehicles at Hambantota port and sold on, earning the employee more than Rs. 1.5 million.
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IMF review team to question CPC, power regulators and Inland Revenue as talks begin
IMF seventh review talks underway with Finance Ministry, Central Bank; to include fuel, electricity and tax collection by September 23.
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No power cuts despite El Niño, Energy Minister tells Parliament
Hydro reservoirs hold 750 GWh, or 58.7% of capacity, and 565 MW of battery storage is being fast-tracked before March, Anura Karunathilaka said.