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His speech came a week after the UN Human Rights Chief raised fresh concerns over alleged human rights violations.
“We are waiting for the EU delegation. We are not scared. There is nothing to hide. We are quite open to them,” he s...
“This will polarise our society, as we experienced with Resolution 30/1,” the foreign minister said.
She also criticised recently passed emergency regulations on essential food supply.
The Anti-Terrorism Bill, which was published on March 22, 2023, is intended to replace the “notorious” PTA, HRW said...
Sri Lanka has fulfill some key international conventions to be eligible for GSP+ renewal
There must be justice for Easter Sunday, but there must also be justice for Hejaaz and others subjected to arbitrary arr...
The deaths of three elderly women caused by a stampede during an aid distribution event on Thursday in Colombo central i...
It was a quiet Avurudu, then Vesak and now it's going to be a muted Eid celebrations as well this year as the usual larg...
Counsel for the Secretary to the President submitted to the Supreme Court today that dissolution ends the term of a Parl...
The government will not provide the relief payment of Rs 5,000 per needy family for the month of June, in response to a ...
The bombshell dropped in the ornate and vast Ceremonial Court of Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court today by the National Elect...
Holding Parliamentary General Elections at this time when the COVID 19 pandemic is claiming victims is dangerous and “...
"Instead of trying to ride the wave of nationalism to win the next general election in a big way, the government needs t...
Hearings into the Fundamental Rights applications challenging the date of the elections and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa...
Sri Lankan workers in the Middle East who play a vital role in providing foreign exchange to the country are appealing f...
| Latest | Last | |
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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 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
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Sri Lanka is expecting two special flights from Kuwait Airways tomorrow bringing back Sri Lankans who are availing thems...
Sri Lanka’s government is calling its citizens overseas to rethink the effect returning home will have on their jobs a...
A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, will tomorrow, May 18, examine at least six Fundamental Rights petitions challe...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has slammed Sri Lanka’s University system saying there must be something wrong with it if...
Sri Lanka will provide vocational training to remand as well as short and long-term prisoners under the supervision of t...
To date in Sri Lanka 9 persons are said to have died of Covid-19 and out of these 4 are Muslims. At least 02 of these vi...
Facebook’s own investigations have revealed that its lack of a serious response to complaints of platform-abuse in Sri...
The Supreme Court will next Monday examine seven Fundamental Rights petitions challenging the holding of the Parliamenta...
Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is calling on the government to increase community testing of people for the ...
As of today more than half of the patients infected by COVID 19 in Sri Lanka since the outbreak are from the so-called N...
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