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Around 26,000 military personnel have been absent from the services: Minister
Collaboration on initiatives to enhance maritime domain awareness, bolstering anti-drug trafficking measures
Political leaders have been reluctant to slash the size of military fearing repercussions in elections
We have already spoken to the Russian Ambassador regarding this
Top defence officials of the two South Asian nations are meeting for three-day defence dialogue
Both countries signed seven MoUs including on Defence during the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The former government signed two agreements connected to the Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC) and was granted USD10 mi...
Denying any prior knowledge of last year’s Easter Sunday attacks, Sri Lanka’s former President Maithripala Sirisena ...
Sri Lanka’s defence authorities are expressing confidence that they have the largest cluster of COVID 19 patients, whi...
The Secretary to the Ministry of Defense Major General Kamal Guneratne is claiming that the combination of the Security ...
Civil Society organisations are expressing grave concern regarding the establishment of a spate of Presidential Task For...
Security Forces in the Vanni region have been warned to be wary of handling parcels left near their camps after one of t...
Most residents of the town of Minuwangoda remember the night of May 13, 2019 vividly as that was when mobs rampaged thro...
The opposition is accusing the government of collecting personal data that can be used to threaten or intimidate citizen...
The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is expressing deep concern about the two Presidential Task Forces established t...
The Police are investigating the alleged assault of an autistic 14-year old boy at Dharga Town, Aluthgama, by Policemen ...
| Latest | Last | |
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| US Dollar | 332.3603 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 440.9424 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 368.4879 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0805 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 227.4342 | 231.1659 |
| Latest | Last | |
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| Indian Rupee | 3.5474 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2492 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 863.2287 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.5586 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.4874 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
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| S&P SL20 | 6,365.57 | +0.26% |
| CSE All Share | 22,157.40 | +0.56% |
| Turnover Rs | 2975.05 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 Disaster Management Centre has laid out detailed plans and is ready to face any challenges in the upcoming mon...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a Task Force entrusted with creating “a virtuous, disciplined and lawful so...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa wants to put a stop to criminal activities operated by underworld kingpins from within pris...
Questions are being raised over a door-to-door survey being conducted by Police in the City of Colombo and its suburbs o...
Curfew hours are further relaxed from tomorrow but travel restrictions remain in place for the Colombo and Gampaha distr...
There must be justice for Easter Sunday, but there must also be justice for Hejaaz and others subjected to arbitrary arr...
The island-wide curfew will be lifted at 4 am and reimposed at 10 pm from Tuesday, May 26, the Presidential Secretaria...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has vowed he will not permit officers and other ranks who fought in the separatist war to b...
Sri Lanka is taking thousands of sailors out of a Naval complex in Welisara to contain an outbreak of Coronavirus, which...
The annual remembrance ceremony for the fallen servicemen in the Armed Forces, Police and Civil Security Department will...
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