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Cash strapped Sri Lanka raised tobacco taxes three times since mid last year
"Jeeps are being excluded because they are well known for being used in police work."
Measures are also being taken under provisions of the Act to destroy ice and other dangerous drugs, he said.
Most Sri Lankan men are gender insensitive, not serious about violence against women
Tennakoon is appointed as the 36th IGP of Sri Lanka
India has already given 450 million Indian rupees to Sri Lanka for Unique ID project
Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara will submit to parliament a proposal to provide m...
SJB Parliamentarian asks for protection after he says President Rajapaksa said he could be “killed like a dog.”
Lawyer Hijaz Hisbullah had spoken with the Easter Sunday attackers on three occasions by phone, Minister of Public Secur...
Police are ruling out any extremism or terrorism associated with the minor attack on a Buddha statue in Hingula, Mawanel...
Sri Lanka’s continuing anti-Muslim policies are shameful as we as heirs to a civilization that goes back millennia are...
The government is assuring the public that no court records have been damaged in yesterday’s fire at the Supreme Court...
The Anglican Church in Sri Lanka is drawing the attention of the authorities to the plight of two individuals who are in...
Human Rights activists are demanding a full and impartial investigation into the death of eleven prisoners at the Mahara...
Nine out the 11 prison inmates who died during the Mahara prison riots have tested positive for COVID-19 following the p...
The government takes full responsibility for the violence that erupted at the Mahara prison on Sunday (Nov 29), Media Mi...
| Latest | Last | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
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Justice Minister Ali Sabry appointed a five-member committee on Monday (Nov 30) to investigate the riots and violence th...
The government suspects that an “invisible hand” was behind the riots that broke out at the Mahara prison last eveni...
Former President Maithripala Sirisena is rejecting the notion that tensions within the Yahapalanaya administration led t...
Sri Lanka’s President is expanding his Cabinet of Ministers by creating two new portfolios that of Public Security and...
Sri Lanka’s Embassy in the Russian capital Moscow is warning Sri Lankans not to fall victim to the fake promises of hu...
Opposition Member of Parliament, former Minister Eran Wickremeratne is claiming that he was summoned to the Criminal Inv...
Opposition MP Lakshman Kiriella is charging that said that the Prison turned quarantine centre in Bogambara Prison is po...
Sri Lanka’s police have issued a stern warning to Social Media users who create and share fake news about the Covid 19...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is probing the instances where there were postings on social media showing p...
Seven inmates of a transit centre for transferring prisoners in Bogambara in have tested positive for the Covid 19 virus...
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