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China, Sri Lanka agree more investment and economic cooperation

BEIJING: China and Sri Lanka have agreed on more investment and economic cooperation, after China’s President Xi...

Published 15 Jan, 2025 06:33pm

Business & Finance

Sri Lanka central bank to focus on stronger crisis recovery in 2025

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will focus on stronger recovery this year after the island nation posted real GDP growth of 5% in...

Published 08 Jan, 2025 02:22pm

World

Sri Lanka president to visit China ahead of budget

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s president will travel to the island’s largest bilateral lender China next week ahead of his...

Published 07 Jan, 2025 05:57pm

Sports

Matt Henry, Young power New Zealand to nine-wicket ODI win over Sri Lanka

WELLINGTON: Matt Henry claimed four wickets and Will Young scored an unbeaten 90 Sunday as New Zealand coasted to a...

Published 05 Jan, 2025 11:09am

Sports

Kusal Perera hundred secures Sri Lanka’s consolation win against NZ

Top order batsman Kusal Perera smashed 101 off 46 balls to set up Sri Lanka’s consolation seven-run victory in the...

Published 02 Jan, 2025 11:20am

World

Tears, prayers as Asia mourns tsunami dead 20 years on

BANDA ACEH: Tearful mourners prayed Thursday as ceremonies began across Asia to remember the 220,000 people who died...

Published 26 Dec, 2024 12:09pm

Business & Finance

Sri Lanka’s inflation rate drops to minus 1.7% in November

Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation dropped to minus 1.7% year-on-year in November after easing to minus 0.7% in...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 03:42pm

Sports

Uncapped Jacobs in NZ squad for Sri Lanka T20s

Big-hitting batter Bevon Jacobs was the only uncapped player in the New Zealand squad for the Twenty20 and one-day...

Updated 23 Dec, 2024 01:20pm

World

Sri Lanka president to visit key lender China

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will travel to the island’s largest bilateral lender China...

Published 21 Dec, 2024 03:28pm

World

Sri Lanka navy rescues boat of 100 Rohingya refugees

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s navy said Friday it had rescued 102 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar adrift in a fishing...

Published 20 Dec, 2024 01:41pm

Business & Finance

Sri Lanka’s bondholders sign off on $12.55bn debt overhaul

LONDON: Sri Lanka’s bondholders signed off on the government’s proposal to restructure its $12.55 billion of...

Published 18 Dec, 2024 06:37am

World

Sri Lanka’s economy grew 5.5% in 3Q, strengthens crisis rebound

Sri Lanka’s economy grew 5.5% year-on-year in the third quarter, official data showed on Tuesday as the country...

Published 17 Dec, 2024 05:12pm

Markets

Sri Lanka’s bondholders sign off on $12.55bn debt overhaul

Sri Lanka’s bondholders signed off on the government’s proposal to restructure its $12.55 billion of international...

Published 17 Dec, 2024 10:34am

Business & Finance

Sri Lanka kicks off much-delayed $12.5bn bond deal

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka said Tuesday it would honour a deal secured by its predecessor to restructure $12.55 billion in...

Published 28 Nov, 2024 07:26am

World

Sri Lanka probes Adani projects after US charges

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has opened an investigation into the local investments of India’s Adani Group in the wake of US...

Published 26 Nov, 2024 02:39pm

World

IMF approves third review of Sri Lanka’s $2.9bn bailout

COLOMBO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the third review of Sri Lanka’s $2.9 billion bailout on...

Published 23 Nov, 2024 01:16pm

World

Sri Lanka’s president makes U-turn on IMF bailout

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new leader on Thursday backed a controversial IMF bailout, marking a U-turn from his election...

Published 22 Nov, 2024 03:03am

World

Sri Lanka expects IMF staff level agreement on Friday to release further bailout funds

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka expects the IMF to announce a staff level agreement on its third review of the country’s bailout...

Published 21 Nov, 2024 01:15pm

World

Landslide win for Sri Lanka president’s leftist coalition in snap polls

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake thanked voters Friday for delivering his leftist coalition a...

Updated 15 Nov, 2024 05:13pm

World

Sri Lanka’s leftist president faces first parliament test

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 12:50pm

Sports

Asalanka knock seals four-wicket Sri Lanka win over New Zealand

DAMBULLA: A captain’s knock by Charith Asalanka steered Sri Lanka to a hard-fought four-wicket victory over New...

Updated 09 Nov, 2024 11:22pm

Sports

Sri Lanka prepare for rain-soaked T20 showdown with New Zealand

DAMBULLA: Sri Lanka hope to maintain their purple patch at home with a two-match Twenty20 series against New Zealand...

Published 08 Nov, 2024 03:43pm

Sports

Evin Lewis run blitz leads West Indies to big victory over England

NORTH SOUND: Evin Lewis smashed a scintillating 94 as West Indies routed England by eight wickets in a rain-hit...

Published 01 Nov, 2024 10:34am

Pakistan

On Pakistan’s southern coast, a group of surfers chases waves and their dreams

KARACHI: Attiq Ur Rehman is determined to follow his dream to become Pakistan’s first professional surfer despite...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 10:32am

Sports

West Indies set 195 to win rain-hit Sri Lanka ODI

PALLEKELE: A dazzling 19-ball half-century from Kusal Mendis powered Sri Lanka to 156-3 in the rain-shortened third...

Updated 26 Oct, 2024 09:54pm

Sports

Asalanka stars as Sri Lanka defeat West Indies in second ODI, clinch series

PALLEKELE: Skipper Charith Asalanka struck an unbeaten half-century as Sri Lanka defeated the West Indies by five...

Updated 23 Oct, 2024 10:27pm

World

US embassy warns of attack threat in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: The US embassy in Sri Lanka issued a travel warning Wednesday to citizens visiting a popular surfing resort...

Published 23 Oct, 2024 11:52am

World

As poor nations’ default wave peaks, cash shortage could take its place

LONDON: The punishing post-COVID wave of sovereign defaults has finally crested, with the likes of Ghana, Sri Lanka...

Updated 22 Oct, 2024 04:31pm

World

Sri Lanka’s inflation at -0.2% in September

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation eased to minus 0.2% year-on-year in September from an increase of 1.1%...

Published 21 Oct, 2024 05:00pm

Sports

Sri Lanka aim to cement spin dominance in West Indies ODIs

PALLEKELE: Sri Lanka are fine-tuning their spin attack as they look to extend their winning streak at home in a...

Published 19 Oct, 2024 05:23pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
India Sensex / Jan 21	76,270.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,027.98
Hang Seng / Jan 21	20,098.89
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,529.98
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	20,988.55

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 20	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 20	242,541
Petrol/Litre / Jan 21	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	77.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,724.49
Diesel/Litre / Jan 21	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 21 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.60 ▲ 1.00 (11.63%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 21 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.54 ▲ 0.34 (10.62%)
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	11.30 ▲ 1.03 (10.03%)
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	10.98 ▲ 1.00 (10.02%)
Globe Residency / Jan 21 Globe Residency REIT(GRR)	17.36 ▲ 1.58 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 21 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	25.06 ▲ 2.28 (10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 21 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	35.65 ▲ 3.24 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 21 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	671.22 ▲ 61.02 (10.00%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 21 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	108.90 ▲ 9.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	45.21 ▼ -5.02 (-9.99%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.62 ▼ -1.62 (-8.88%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 21 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	64.32 ▼ -6.22 (-8.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9 ▼ -0.81 (-8.26%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jan 21 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	5.10 ▼ -0.43 (-7.78%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 21 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	23.05 ▼ -1.94 (-7.76%)
ZIL Limited / Jan 21 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	226.01 ▼ -18.99 (-7.75%)
Khyber Textile / Jan 21 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	526 ▼ -43.96 (-7.71%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 21 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	13 ▼ -1.03 (-7.34%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	111,866,059 ▲ 0.44
Bank Makramah / Jan 21 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,297,556 ▲ 0.05
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,182,488 ▼ -0.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,473,543 ▼ -0.94
Fauji Cement / Jan 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	51,882,881 ▲ 0.34
Hascol Petrol / Jan 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	24,273,766 ▼ -0.39
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 21 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,353,008 ▼ -1.60
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	22,896,108 ▼ -5.02
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,890,802 ▼ -1.62

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