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His speeches in parliament to be removed from the Hansard
Y K Gunasekara, S S Dissanayake appointed High Commissioner to Australia, Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain
Bench held Bill read as a whole and in particularly Clauses 2 and 3 is inconsistent with Article 12(1) of Constitution
Harshana Suriyapperuma to chair Sri Lanka parliament's ways and means committee
The visit was facilitated by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) and funded by UK International Development.
A Sri Lanka Cabinet 'reshuffle' has seen Anura Karunathilaka appointed Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation
Speaker says he needs three weeks to study the issue before Ramanayake who is serving a 4-year prison term, can be broug...
The Opposition in Parliament will contest efforts to disqualify MP Ranjan Ramanayake and have already informed the Speak...
Nishantha becomes the fourth Member of Parliament to get Covid and was seen with President Rajapaksa last week
The Committee on Parliamentary business has decided to convene Parliament on January 19 and 20 at 10 a.m. following the ...
“Many will regard this as an ominous sign of an on-coming authoritarian regime,” the United National Party observed ...
Parliamentary Committee orders a CID investigation into large scare corruption at Mahapola lottery
MP Vasudeva Nanayakkara has been one of the first contacts of infected MP Rauff Hakeem
Members of Parliament Rauff Hakeem and Dayasiri Jayasekara are Covid positive but officials say no disruption of duties ...
SJB Parliamentarian asks for protection after he says President Rajapaksa said he could be “killed like a dog.”
The government is seriously considering the re-opening of tuition classes throughout the country on January 25th when sc...
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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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Lawyer Hijaz Hisbullah had spoken with the Easter Sunday attackers on three occasions by phone, Minister of Public Secur...
Athureliye Rathana Thero’s rocky journey to claim the sole National seat the Our People’s Power Party (OPPP) won at ...
Dr Sudarshini Fernandopulle has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the tiny Women Parliamentarians Caucus an...
In Parliament today the Opposition demanded Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene reveal who is responsible for tweeting from...
The government’s lead Information Technology Agency came under the microscope at the Parliamentary Committee on Public...
The government’s Excise Department has an outstanding LKR2.3bn to collect over the past five years, Parliament’s Com...
Sri Lanka’s Minister tasked with dealing with the Covid 19 pandemic Dr Sudharshini Fernandopulle believes that staff a...
Sri Lanka will admit tourists from countries which will begin to vaccinate their populations using a WHO-approved plan t...
Sri Lanka’s tax collection for the year 2018 is showing a deficit of LKR1.3 trillion, the Parliamentary Committee on P...
Kushani Rohanadheera has been appointed as the Deputy Secretary-General and Chief of Staff of Parliament, the House anno...
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