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This week saw 53 protestors arrested, 44 of whom have been released on bail so far.
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The Free Media Movement (FMM) is calling on the Media Community to take concerted action to prevent the enactment of law...
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The Young Journalists Association (YJA) is renewing its appeal to the authorities to intervene in the case of young Poet...
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The result of the passing of a resolution concerning Sri Lanka in Geneva at the United Nations Human Rights Commission (...
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The member countries of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) from the Global South sent a message by voting against or ab...
A Resolution against Sri Lanka has passed in the United Nations Human Rights Council, but Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister...
Sri Lanka lost the vote at the United Nations Human Rights Council with 21 members voting for the Resolution calling for...
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Sri Lanka has ramped up contacts with Islamic countries as the vote on the Resolution against the island nation at the U...
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Former Governor of the Western Province Azath Salley has been arrested on the orders of the Attorney General, the AG’s...
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Ten women, academics, professionals, activists and sportswomen were invited to speak for ten minutes at a March 8 event ...
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The Free Media Movement (FMM) is calling for the abolishing of the Press Council and has vehemently opposed the governme...
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On March 8, International Women’s Day the Friedrich Nauman Foundation for Freedom invited ten selected women to say w...
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Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has become the newest villain for Myanmarese fighting for democracy in...
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Justice is central to the Christian faith and I hope that at least now, Sinhalese and Tamil Catholics can support each o...
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The United Nations and world leaders have strongly criticised the Military junta ruling Myanmar for using “lethal forc...
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Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena rejected the assertions of the High Commissioner warning member states that this int...
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| US Dollar | 203.0000 | 201.9836 |
| UK Pound | 279.4295 | 278.1314 |
| Euro | 235.5105 | 235.1897 |
| Aus Dollar | 152.3312 | 150.2614 |
| Yen | 1.7827 | 1.7770 |
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| Indian Rupee | 2.7067 | 2.6932 |
| Korea Won | 0.1743 | 0.1720 |
| Oman Rial | 527.2864 | 524.6464 |
| Saudi Riyal | 54.1218 | 53.8508 |
| UAE Dirham | 55.2659 | 54.9892 |
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| S&P SL20 | 3,644.73 | 1.08% |
| CSE All Share | 10,046.80 | 1.33% |
| Turnover Rs million. | 2,191,558,044.10 | 6,853,653 |
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| 3-m bill | 7.69 | 7.19 |
| 6-m bill | 7.87 | 7.31 |
| 12-m bill | 8.13 | 7.46 |
| 5-yr bond | 10.99 | 10.52 |
| 8-yr bond | 11.31 | 11.37 |
| today | yesterday | |
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| Overnight Money | 5.11 | 5.11 |
| Gilt Repo | 5.14 | 5.14 |
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At the Human Rights Council in Geneva Sri Lanka is faced with a hostile resolution to ensure the prompt, thorough and im...
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Muslims and even Christians wait with bated breath to see if Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit would result in...
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A new constitution cannot be created through an ineffectual legislature as the legitimacy of such a Constitution will no...
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Eleven leading Buddhist Monks have written to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa asking him to take action regarding a stateme...
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This week the UN Human Rights Commission will examine the “deteriorating Human Rights situation in Sri Lanka,” but m...
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If the government and opposition leaderships are united in their resolve to address the grievances of the ethnic and rel...
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The Co-Cabinet spokesman Minister Udaya Gammanpila says Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was only indicating his private...
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TNA veteran and lawyer M A Sumanthiran says he is under threat and should not have had his Commando guards removed
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Batticaloa Member of Parliament from the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi Rasamanickam Shanakyan, one of the leaders of the ma...
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Sri Lanka’s Free Media Movement (FMM) is strongly condemning the military coup in Myanmar calling it an “outrageous ...
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