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Six protesters arrested by police while army personnel have tried to disrupt a protest demanding Rajapaksa step down
Protesters and police trade charges of instigating violence first
US Ambassador to Colombo Julie Chung has discussed with the Human Rights Council of Sri Lankan for an investigation
Demonstrations continued into Sunday night as they occupied Galle Face Green
The two-day festival intends to educate content creators on the latest trends
"There is nothing about accountability or amnesty"
Sri Lanka’s system of devolved power provided by the Provincial Councils should be enhanced and activated to create a ...
Sri Lanka needs to look at issues in a rational manner if it is to build a multi-ethnic and multi-religious nation and e...
Sri Lanka’s continuing anti-Muslim policies are shameful as we as heirs to a civilization that goes back millennia are...
Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic Church does not oppose the cremation of the remains of the dead of any of its faithful who ...
The Anglican Church in Sri Lanka is drawing the attention of the authorities to the plight of two individuals who are in...
Sri Lanka’s Muslims are not abandoning the remains of their relatives who died of Covid 19 but are not cooperating wit...
The former Director of the Criminal Investigation Department SSP Shani Abeysekara is being transferred to the Infectious...
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) is asking the government to amend the regulations governing the disposa...
Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya Member of Parliament Imthiaz Bakeer Markar is accusing the government of targeting med...
A fatal trend of non-transparent decision making was set early on in the Covid crisis. At the root of the problem was th...
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| US Dollar | 331.7485 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 443.7468 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 372.5204 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0969 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 233.0533 | 231.1659 |
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| Indian Rupee | 3.4948 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2499 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 861.6397 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.4403 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.3209 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
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| S&P SL20 | 5,656.91 | -0.43% |
| CSE All Share | 19,927.30 | -0.28% |
| Turnover Rs | 1457.79 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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Opposition Member of Parliament, former Minister Eran Wickremeratne is claiming that he was summoned to the Criminal Inv...
Prof Rohan Samarajiva is saying that process of making a new constitution to the country is not something that is owned ...
Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi says that a “Specialists Committee” is to meet this week to discuss the conte...
Sri Lanka has been assisted by China in its post-war reconstruction efforts but is not caught in a debt-trap President G...
The United States offers a different vision for Sri Lanka of shared democratic values and the exercise of sovereign righ...
The United National Party is demanding that the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress reveal the deal it struck with Prime Minister ...
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who arrived in Sri Lanka last night will have talks today with President Go...
Leader of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Rauff Hakeem is urging the members of his party not to vote in favour of the ...
A group of government Members of Parliament who opposed the proposal to disallow dual-citizens to hold political office ...
Faced with a pandemic the government’s priority should be enacting laws to deal with the health crisis and not bring i...
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