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Sri Lanka’s decision to indefinitely postpone Provincial Council (PC) elections controversially was made due to sustai...
The annual Sri Pada season when thousands of pilgrims climb Adam’s Peak each year begins today under strict guidelines...
Health officials working in the Kegalle-Warakapola area where a local Shaman is touting a cure for Covid 19 are warning ...
Sri Lanka has ended Coronavirus isolation in several areas in the capital Colombo from Monday December 28, and designate...
Sri Lanka has effectively shut the door for the Chinese-made Sinopharm jab despite Beijing’s vaccine diplomacy of maki...
Sri Lanka will start giving the second dose of a Coronavirus vaccine to over 900,000 recipients of the first does from ...
The government has appointed a new Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Relations, as well as several other ministries t...
Sri Lanka has identified a total of 9 new COVID-19 patients as at 6 am this morning August 12, the National Operations C...
Sri Lanka is in talks with Myanmar Airways International (MAI), a private carrier based in Myanmar to establish direct a...
The result of the election has shown that the people have heeded President Rajapaksa’s call and strengthened his hand ...
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is saying that by holding an election successfully during the Covid pandemic Sri Lankan...
Five new COVID-19 patients were reported in Sri Lanka as at 6 am today, the government said.
Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya said that roughly about 70% of the eligible voters have cast their votes at the...
Despite Corona fears, nearly a third of Sri Lankans had voted in the Parliamentary General elections by 11:00 am today.
Sri Lanka’s National Elections Commission Chairman, Mahinda Deshapriya stepped forward to cast his vote today at the L...
The final result of tomorrow’s Parliamentary General should be known by midnight on Thursday, August 6, the Chairman o...
| Latest | Last | |
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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 |
| Latest | Last | |
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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 | % | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
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Several thousand Sri Lankans who will be in quarantine for COVID 19 on Election Day will not be able to vote as previous...
Sri Lanka is planning random Coronavirus tests island-wide a top official said as health authorities are tracing and qua...
A group of eminent personalities are questioning the call for handing over more powers to the Presidency by abolishing t...
Sri Lanka will fly home some 600 migrant workers from Abu Dhabi and Dubai on July 31 and August 1, but begin full repatr...
Sri Lankan citizens who are eligible to vote in the Parliamentary General Elections and are quarantined due to COVID 19 ...
Jordanian police fired tear gas to help rescue three staffers of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Jordan who were being held ho...
Sri Lanka’s youth, many of them first-time voters, who gave Gotabaya Rajapaksa a huge majority at the Presidential ele...
Sri Lanka has passed the 150,000 mark for PCR tests with 1,380 tests done yesterday, the National Operations Centre for ...
Vietnam has found a second Covid-19 patient in the central city of Da Nang, the Health Ministry said on July 26, with th...
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