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Some hotels are operating as Covid treatment centres
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Kate Schneider from Ireland has been named Mrs World 2020 after Caroline Jurie resigned following a controversial de-crowning of a Mrs...
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The reigning Mrs. World, Caroline Jurie, had strongly defended her action in yanking the crown off the latest Mrs. Sri Lanka in what the organisers sa...
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Police Thursday arrested the reigning Mrs. World Caroline Jurie on charges of using “criminal force” against the latest winner of the Mrs. Sri Lan...
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Sri Lanka’s police Thursday arrested the reigning Mrs World Caroline Jurie over her role in de-crowning Mrs. Sri Lanka in front of a stunned audienc...
The de-crowned Mrs. Sri Lanka 2021, Pushpika de Silva has regained her title, but is set to sue her predecessor Caroline Jurie for instigating a ghast...
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Ranitha Gnanarajah of Sri Lanka has received an award as an 'international woman of courage' from US First Lady Jill Bid...
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Sri Lanka classical music director and pianist Soundarie David Rodrigo, is launching her first mainstream music video wi...
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Sri Lanka's central bank said C P J Siriwardana, a former Deputy Governor had passed way at the age of 62 on February 2...
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Vinod Hirdaramani, from Sri Lanka based multinational Hirdramani group has been appointed a director of Sampath Bank Plc...
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England player Moeen Ali had tested positive for a Coronavirus test conducted on Sunday January 03, after landing in Sri...
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The annual Sri Pada season when thousands of pilgrims climb Adam’s Peak each year begins today under strict guidelines...
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The government is taking a tough stance against those promoting the legalization of Marijuana with Prime Minister Mahind...
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A Canadian Social Media influencer who raised tens of thousands of dollars for victims of the Easter Sunday attacks is s...
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A series of three test matches between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh planned over the next several weeks has been abandoned o...
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The proposed Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka hangs in the balance as the two countries’ cricket boards continue to be at ...
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| US Dollar | 199.5887 | 199.5872 |
| UK Pound | 277.5680 | 277.5659 |
| Euro | 239.7459 | 239.9437 |
| Aus Dollar | 154.6214 | 154.3607 |
| Yen | 1.8259 | 1.8267 |
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| Indian Rupee | 2.7040 | 2.7036 |
| Korea Won | 0.1775 | 0.1776 |
| Oman Rial | 518.4257 | 518.4218 |
| Saudi Riyal | 53.2194 | 53.2076 |
| UAE Dirham | 54.3372 | 54.3368 |
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| S&P SL20 | 2,836.50 | 0.73% |
| CSE All Share | 7,157.30 | 0.64% |
| Turnover Rs million. | 890,294,188 |
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| 3-m bill | 5.04 | 5.03 |
| 6-m bill | 5.09 | 5.09 |
| 12-m bill | 5.15 | 5.15 |
| 5-yr bond | 7.12 | 7.08 |
| 8-yr bond | 7.71 | 7.70 |
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| Overnight Money | 4.65 | 4.65 |
| Gilt Repo | 4.68 | 4.67 |
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Sri Lanka is to open up theatres for stage dramas and other concerts for on July 15, the health ministry said in a press...
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High-profile Philippine journalist Maria Ressa has been found guilty of libel in the Philippines' in a case seen as a te...
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Cave dwellers in Sri Lanka used bow-and-arrow technology 48,000-years ago, the earliest such evidence found outside Afri...
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Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa says that Sri Lanka’s famed hydrological civilization owes its growth to the advent o...
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Cosmo introduced its first special edition for the year: The 35 Under 35 Issue, featuring a list of 35 incredible young...
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The Funeral of the late Minister Arumugam Thondaman held over the weekend is raising many questions about the quarantine...
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Sri Lankan police have detained international cricketer Shehan Madushanka on a charge of possessing heroin, officials sa...
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Sri Lanka lifted a ban on wedding receptions as part of an easing of coronavirus restrictions, but grooms may not kiss t...
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The coronavirus may have struck shortly before the English cricket season was due to start but it threatens to have majo...
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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has provided relief to the affected segments of Sri Lanka’s Cricketing community with the ‘G...
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