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This will remove existing barriers to taking immediate action to prevent unauthorized constructions
Involving the DMC, TRC and service providers including SLT Mobitel, Hutch, Dialog and Airtel.
Parliament Sectoral Oversight Committee recommends lunch sheet ban after grace period of 6 months
Gates expressed the commitment of the BMGF to support Sri Lanka in building a robust and climate-resilient nation.
Escalating crisis of plastic pollution poses a significant threat, Institute of Policy Studies says
The Gotabaya Rajapaksa administration has won the gold medal in deforestation, and the alleged destruction of the enviro...
Sri Lanka is working on a plan to power the country using entirely renewable energy sources within the next decade, Powe...
Tsunami waves up to three metres or higher may be generated along the coasts of Kermadec Islands, New Caledonia and Vanu...
Tsunami waves up to three metres high may be generated along the coasts of Kermadec Islands, New Caledonia and Vanuatu f...
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said it is starting a bio-diversity management project in the Malwathu Oya B...
A project to identify and name individual elephants augments scientific understanding of elephant lives while also pavin...
Early morning, late September, dense high-tree jungle, Willpattu National Park. We’re here in search of the Sri Lan...
Work on the second phase of the New Kelani Bridge (NKB) to Athurugiriya Elevated Highway Project will be put on hold unt...
Land-locked Nepal and the island nation of Sri Lanka are both rich in renewable resources that could be utilised for pow...
Two out of three farmers engaged in a fast-unto-death in Hambantota were admitted to hospital today (22) due to low bloo...
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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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The National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ) is calling on the government to immediately act on mitigating the human-...
At a sermon at the Katuwapitiya church, scene of the most horrific attack on Easter Sunday, the head pf the Colombo chur...
They may be intelligent, communicative and super-social in ways we can scarcely imagine
Sri Lanka Air Force said it had seed-bombed a 60 acre area in Lahugala in a reforestation bid in the fourth such operati...
Sri Lanka's MAS group said it had been recognized for advancements in female centric technology (FemTech) that improved ...
Considerations on cetacean brainpower
Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic Church is marshalling its forces to protect the Muthurajawela wetlands from a multi-use dev...
The Department of Meteorology has issued an advisory for severe lightning with thunderstorms at several places in Sabara...
Rwandan military officers conducting experimental spraying of pesticides to combat the Fall Army Worm which is threateni...
Sri Lanka's mammals are showcased in a new field guide illustrated with 300 colour photographs of nearly 130 species ran...
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