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Formal training will be given to selected 700 teachers at a cost of 51 million rupees
High dropout rates could be tackled by allowing employed, mature students attend courses online
Sri Lanka's free education is under increasing threat after unprecedented economic crisis
21 complaints of ragging in state universities since the establishment of a special hotline two months ago
Wickremesinghe proposed smart classrooms in 2016 under his previous government
"We must re-look at the NVQ qualification and bring it in line with the Australian one,
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Susil Premajayantha as a State Minister, the Presidential Secretariat announc...
Some Universities in Sri Lanka opened this morning and new university entrants walked into campus taking their first ste...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is promising to overhaul the education system, solve issues in schools, increase the capaci...
The government has granted conditional permission for schools throughout the country to re-open even if they have more t...
The threat of Covid-19 still haunts us even though Sri Lanka is one of the few countries in the world, keeping it at bay...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has instructed all heads of Universities, to forward all complaints of ragging an...
Dr Harini Amarasuriya will be appointed as a National List Member of Parliament by the National People’s Power allianc...
The Homagama Base Hospital and the Nagoda General Hospital are to be developed as National and Teaching hospitals in to ...
Sri Lanka’s schools will stay closed for another week although the Health Authorities are convinced that there is no c...
Australia and the World Food Programme (WFP) have donated Rs74mn to fund take-home rations for children covered by the n...
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| US Dollar | 331.7485 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 443.7468 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 372.5204 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0969 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 233.0533 | 231.1659 |
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| Indian Rupee | 3.4948 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2499 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 861.6397 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.4403 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.3209 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
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| S&P SL20 | 5,656.91 | -0.43% |
| CSE All Share | 19,927.30 | -0.28% |
| Turnover Rs | 1457.79 million | 1193.67 million |
| Latest | Last | |
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| 3-m bill | 7.61 | 7.84 |
| 6-m bill | 7.91 | 8.26 |
| 12-m bill | 8.23 | 8.3 |
| 3-yr bond | 9.24 | 9.25 |
| 5-yr bond | 9.82 | 9.56 |
| 8-yr bond | 10.50 | 10.48 |
| today | yesterday | |
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| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
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Sri Lanka’s state universities will recommence their academic activities starting today, subject to 11 conditions, Uni...
Sri Lanka's central bank has explained the details of a credit scheme for Coronavirus hit businesses in the form of a fr...
Sri Lanka is amending its University Act to permit more foreign universities to set up shop on the island, President Got...
Successive governments including the previous Yahapalana coalition failed to lay the technological groundwork needed for...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has slammed Sri Lanka’s University system saying there must be something wrong with it if...
The Educational Forum of Sri Lanka says with poor internet penetration and unwieldy systems on-line teaching for Sri Lan...
A group of renowned educators and school administrators is urging the government to refrain from re-opening schools on M...
Cambridge Assessment International Education has introduced a new grading system for students, in view of the COVID-19 p...
Sri Lanka’s Federation of University Teachers' Associations (FUTA) urged the University Grants Commission (UGC) yester...
All government schools and Pirivenas will close from tomorrow and reopen for the next term on April 20, Minister of Educ...
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