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241 MPs, 19 vacancies, 4 prorogations and 390 sitting days in Ninth Parliament.
Due to the cancellation of parliamentary seats of legislators Manusha Nanayakkara and Harin Fernando
Northern fishermen have chosen Chinese assisted sea cucumber farming after their livelihood hit by bottom trawling
Opposition said clauses in online safety act to police social media were against constitution
The objective of the visit was to observe and learn from the best practices followed by the Sri Lankan Parliament
The Parliamentary Committee On Public Enterprises (COPE) has ordered the removal of unauthorised constructions on both s...
Sri Lankans will get the vaccination against Covid 19 as soon as the World Health Organisation-approved vaccine is made ...
Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya Member of Parliament Imthiaz Bakeer Markar is accusing the government of targeting med...
Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa is urging the government to take steps to obtain newly developed COVID-19 vacc...
Opposition Member of Parliament M A Sumanthiran is accusing the government of “blatantly violating the Constitution”...
The government chose to use an emergency tender process to import the Rapid Antigen test kits to Sri Lanka to cover the ...
Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella is urging the government not to blame the public for the second wave of Covid 19...
The government presented a budget for the year 2020 today in Parliament in a historic first where Parliament will have t...
The United National Party is demanding that the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress reveal the deal it struck with Prime Minister ...
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has called for an explanation from the four of their Members of Parliament who vote...
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Sri Lanka is a leader in battling the Coronavirus compared to many other countries Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachch...
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Hesha Withanage wants party leaders Rishad Bathiudeen and Rauff Hakeem expelled from the...
Sri Lanka should decide whether to keep the country running in a new normal situation where the Covid 19 pandemic is acc...
Leader of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Rauff Hakeem is urging the members of his party not to vote in favour of the ...
Faced with a pandemic the government’s priority should be enacting laws to deal with the health crisis and not bring i...
Parliament saw raucous scenes this morning as before the scheduled debate on the controversial 20th Amendment to the Con...
Opposition Parliamentarians are warning that the death of alleged drug kingpin known as Makandure Madush in a purported ...
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene is due to officially reveal the determination of the Supreme Court with regards to the ...
Sri Lanka’s Parliamentary Opposition is demanding that sittings of the Legislature be conducted according to Regulatio...
In an unprecedented event a document purporting to be the determination of the Supreme Court on the proposed 20th Amendm...
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