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The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) announced an automated hotline, +94112208208, for the public to contact the council from 8.30am to 4.30pm on weekd...
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Eliana Apicella, is among the many tourists in Sri Lanka who is stranded in Sri Lanka because of Covid. And adding to the woes of the 4...
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The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka has replied to reports about the google map image that had emerged in social media showing multiple buildings in Hamb...
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Two senior Sri Lankan military men have applied for the Guiness Book of World Records, the Sri Lanka Army said.
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A recent study into prehistoric cave dwellers in Pahiyangala found that 48,000 years ago these ancient humans adapted to a different environment away ...
Cave dwellers in Sri Lanka used bow-and-arrow technology 48,000-years ago, the earliest such evidence found outside Africa, a study published Friday ...
Sri Lanka's Tourism Development and Wildlife Minister John Amaratunga said that he has demanded action against those res...
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A skeletal 70-year-old elephant has been withdrawn from a high-profile annual Buddhist pageant in Sri Lanka following a ...
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A nation’s budget is one of the most important policies for the country’s children. It is through the budg...
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Epica Awards, an international program to recognise creativity in advertising, design, public relations and digital medi...
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Sri Lanka will study the feasibility of setting up an emergency rescue service with eight helicopters and high tech vehi...
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Senior police officers were scrambling to learn sign language following disclosures that the Inspector General of Police...
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ECONOMYNEXT, Sri Lanka's government Tuesday slapped severe restrictions on the country's first on-line workers -- the to...
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Sri Lanka's newly started medical technicians (paramedics) have transferred over 40,000 patients to hospital emergency u...
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Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga who is facing a suspended ban for comparing the country's sports minister to a mon...
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Pallbearers jumped into a grave in Sri Lanka's tea-growing central region to escape a wasp attack, but were stung badly ...
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| Latest | Last | |
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| US Dollar | 199.5000 | 199.5695 |
| UK Pound | 280.6067 | 281.7522 |
| Euro | 241.0758 | 242.1377 |
| Aus Dollar | 154.3033 | 155.9436 |
| Yen | 1.8202 | 1.8334 |
| Latest | Last | |
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| Indian Rupee | 2.7086 | 2.7185 |
| Korea Won | 0.1766 | 0.1778 |
| Oman Rial | 518.1953 | 518.3758 |
| Saudi Riyal | 53.1957 | 53.2143 |
| UAE Dirham | 53.1957 | 54.3320 |
| pts | % | |
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| S&P SL20 | 2,869.52 | 0.67% |
| CSE All Share | 7,228.23 | 0.93% |
| Turnover Rs million. | 1,279,238 |
| Latest | Last | |
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| 3-m bill | 5.07 | 5.04 |
| 6-m bill | 5.11 | 5.09 |
| 12-m bill | 5.16 | 5.15 |
| 5-yr bond | 7.38 | 7.12 |
| 8-yr bond | 7.87 | 7.71 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 4.65 | 4.65 |
| Gilt Repo | 4.68 | 4.67 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Student monks and nuns from Vietnam in Sri Lanka have built a stall abloom with floral decorations to showcase Buddhist ...
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A Sri Lankan lingerie shop on Monday stepped into help prospective buyers with a promise of door-to-door deliveries to b...
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ECONOMYNEXT - A colourful pageant involving elephants, dancers and other performers are held in Sri Lanka's capital Colo...
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Sri Lanka's Museaus College had ignored warning of fire hazards and did not have trained staff to deal with emergencies ...
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ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake's account on facebook.com, a social media site, has been co...
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Politician and convicted murderer Duminda Silva is widely expected to follow in the footsteps of a Sinhala legend Maddum...
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Sri Lanka's President and Prime Minister are known to mingle freely with crowds with minimal security at former war zone...
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ECONOMYNEXT - A Sri Lankan teenage girl who was severely burnt as a baby when she was set on fire by her own father, has...
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ECONOMYNEXT - After failing to implement basic lane discipline, Sri Lanka's police has come up with a unique way to redu...
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ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's latest budget has scrapped unfair privileges accorded to elite state employees that widened th...
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