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A bill to set up a Commission to govern a Colombo Port City has given it too much discretion, denied equal opportunity to Sri Lankans who did not have...
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Sri Lanka's China-backed Colombo Port City will be a driver of growth and knowledge transfer but the draft bill for a Commission direct...
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The Bar Association of Sri Lanka said it is challenging a law to set up a commission to run Colombo Port City, a China-backed project which is exempt ...
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Sri Lanka's Colombo Port City Economic Commission will give its own tax breaks running up to 40 years and exempt businesses from a number of laws incl...
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Sri Lanka's opposition Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna has questioned the 10-year of a government shopping arcade to a private firm for management, asking t...
Sri Lanka will set up a commission to take-over 'underutilized' condominiums, under-utilized lands and assets of state ventures, according to a propos...
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An association representing manager of commercial tea and rubber plantations have asked of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajap...
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Sri Lanka's Attorney General has framed charges against ex-Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake, ex-Central Bank Governor ...
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A top political scientist is warning that the Judiciary will face a crisis of confidence if recommendations made by a Pr...
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The United Nations Commissioner of Human Rights has called for Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers to be investigated and pro...
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Sri Lanka has allowed Coronavirus hit firms to pay lower salaries till March 2021, provided workers are kept in employme...
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Sri Lanka's Attorney General has ordered police to take the statements and bring to court several directors of Sri Lanka...
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The daughter of slain editor Lasantha Wickrematunge has petitioned the United Nations asking it to investigate his assas...
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Sri Lanka's Cabinet of Ministers had approved the drafting of a law to set up a Commission to oversee activities at Colo...
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Hambantota International Port, run by China's CM Ports group as a joint venture with Sri Lanka Ports Authority said it h...
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Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has placed the police department under a new cabinet ministry, removing the law...
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| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,836.50 | 0.73% |
| CSE All Share | 7,157.30 | 0.64% |
| Turnover Rs million. | 890,294,188 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 4.65 | 4.65 |
| Gilt Repo | 4.68 | 4.67 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka will remove isolation from Colombo Fort, Borella, Slave Island, Wellampitiya, Ja-Ela and Kadawatha from 0500 h...
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Environmentalists, Conservationists and the political opposition are strenuously objecting to the decision by the govern...
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Opposition Member of Parliament M A Sumanthiran is accusing the government of “blatantly violating the Constitution”...
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Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority is still hopeful that the government will lift the order for the mandatory cremation of th...
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Sri Lanka has slammed a price control on sugar at 90 rupees a kilogram for packeted sugar and 85 rupees when sold loose.
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Sri Lanka has extended curfews in the Western province and key areas to contain the spread of Coronavirus after as the d...
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Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had given the nod to draft a new Securities and Exchange Commission law, the state in...
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Tamil Opposition Parliamentarians signed a petition to the President to pardon and release convicted politician Duminda ...
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An member of Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's advanced security detail had been infected with Coronavirus, ...
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Sri Lanka's parliament erupted in heated debate over bringing last minute changes to bills in the so-called committee st...
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