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By becoming 69th party to the treaty Sri Lanka reaffirmed its commitment towards nuclear disarmament in favor of harmony
Bangladesh Prime Minister said she had not expected Sri Lanka to pay back the loan so fast
Sri Lanka is open to collaboration with any global partners willing to respect its autonomy, the president said.
Brain drain from the South to the North and the resulting loss of educated manpower was a threat to development
"Business travel is not only back on track, but it is recovering much faster than expected."
Dissanayake's new govt has promised to address rights abuses, but has rejected UN resolution
Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena says that the arriving US diplomat who was controversially allowed to exit...
The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is expressing deep concern about the two Presidential Task Forces established t...
Sri Lanka is setting strict guidelines for all diplomatic personnel entering the country with regard to the prevention o...
Foreign Relations Ministry officials are denying Social Media chatter that two Sri Lankan migrant workers in Kuwait have...
Unrest and rioting in cities throughout the United States, the world’s largest economy and one of its richest, have be...
The migrant workers recently repatriated to Sri Lanka from Kuwait were subject to medical tests at the Kuwait internatio...
Sri Lanka has designated two recently built hospitals as treatment centres for COVID 19 patients as the numbers with the...
The government will hold a meeting today to formulate a new plan to repatriate migrant workers from the middle-east afte...
There must be justice for Easter Sunday, but there must also be justice for Hejaaz and others subjected to arbitrary arr...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has vowed he will not permit officers and other ranks who fought in the separatist war to b...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lankan workers in the Middle East who play a vital role in providing foreign exchange to the country are appealing f...
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...
Chinese President Xi Jinping is suggesting that China and Sri Lanka, gradually resume practical cooperation in various f...
Sri Lanka is looking to repatriate citizens currently overseas by prioritizing them in an objective way, and this week a...
The Sri Lankan government says it has brought home 1065 Sri Lankan students based in the South Asian region, over the la...
Former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya is warning the government that creating a constitutional crisis at this time would danger...
Sri Lanka is facing international pressure to safeguard the rights of religious minorities in battling the COVID 19 thre...
Sri Lanka’s Muslim community is continuing to question the country’s insistence on cremating the remains of COVID 19...
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has handed over prepositioned maternity and dignity kits worth more than 3 mi...
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