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Prisoners in many jails in Sri Lanka are uneasy because of the Covid 19 spread in the institutions and the incident this...
The death toll from the Covid 19 pandemic in Sri Lanka has risen to 66 today after five more people succumbed to the ill...
A fatal trend of non-transparent decision making was set early on in the Covid crisis. At the root of the problem was th...
The government is unlikely to accede to a request made by Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake to shut down the country’s com...
Parliament will hold a memorial ceremony for former Speaker W.J.M. Lokubandara passed away yesterday afternoon while und...
The High Commission of India in Sri Lanka said it is taking anti-Covid-19 measures after one of the secretarial staff wa...
The Director-General of Health Services Dr Anil Jasinghe has informed the Secretary to the President that the COVID 19 p...
The total number of COVID 19 positive cases since the outbreak rose to 1,055 last night with 27 cases being added yester...
Counsel for the Secretary to the President submitted to the Supreme Court today that dissolution ends the term of a Parl...
The government will not provide the relief payment of Rs 5,000 per needy family for the month of June, in response to a ...
Sri Lanka’s Embassy in Abu Dhabi has been temporarily closed after five staff members were tested positive for the COV...
Sri Lanka’s Health Minister is declaring that for the past three weeks no COVID 19 positive cases have been reported f...
The total number of patients infected with the COVID 19 disease has passed the thousand mark as the total reached 1,020 ...
Holding Parliamentary General Elections at this time when the COVID 19 pandemic is claiming victims is dangerous and “...
Hearings into the Fundamental Rights applications challenging the date of the elections and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa...
Sri Lankan workers in the Middle East who play a vital role in providing foreign exchange to the country are appealing f...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka is expecting two special flights from Kuwait Airways tomorrow bringing back Sri Lankans who are availing thems...
Sri Lanka’s government is calling its citizens overseas to rethink the effect returning home will have on their jobs a...
A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, will tomorrow, May 18, examine at least six Fundamental Rights petitions challe...
For the first time the number of COVID 19 patients who have been cured and discharged from hospital has exceeded the num...
Army Commander Lt Gen Shavendra Silva said that a total of 479 Navy personnel have been infected by COVID-19 so far whil...
The COVID 19 lockdown has seen a “significant reduction in the consumption” of alcohol and tobacco the Alcohol and D...
The total number of COVID 19 patients in the country since the outbreak has now risen to 916 with the addition of 26 pat...
Chinese President Xi Jinping is suggesting that China and Sri Lanka, gradually resume practical cooperation in various f...
Electricity consumers concerned at having to pay huge amounts because charges for the past two or three months have accu...
The Sri Lanka Navy is vowing that it will not allow the COVID 19 pandemic that has caused a lockdown of the Navy’s mas...
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