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The Health Ministry said 20,657 patients were under medical care by 2025 hours on May 09 up from 17,985
"If the patients number continues to increase there may come a time where patients need to stay at home"
A UK variant has triggered a third wave putting pressure on hospitals
Patients in treatment centres and hospitals rose to 16,916 as authorities scrambled to add new hospital beds
Rohana’s claim comes as experts warn that the true daily caseload is bigger than what official data shows.
With the onset of the southwest monsoon, the threat of a dengue pandemic is on the rise again, the Health Promotion Bure...
Cyclonic storm ‘FANI’ is likely to move north/north-eastwards in the Bay of Bengal, which will gradually reduce its ...
Fishermen and people living near the South and Western seas have been warned of rough seas with so-called swell waves su...
Sri Lanka's fishermen are warned to stay off Northern and Eastern seas where wind speeds may exceed 100 kph from cycloni...
The "severe" cyclonic storm ‘FANI’ is moving away from Sri Lanka towards Odisha on the Indian coast, the Department ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has ordered telecommunications authorities to lift a temp...
Showers and winds will increase over the island over the following days as the severe cyclonic storm ‘FANI’ continue...
ECONOMYNEXT – Heavy rains have been forecast over parts of Sri Lanka from the influence of a cyclone in the Bay o...
The Department of Meteorology advises fishermen not to venture out to deep and swallow seas due to prevailing weather co...
Strong winds and heavy showers are expected all over the island today (29) and tomorrow as the cyclonic storm FANI (pron...
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| US Dollar | 332.5018 | 332.3603 |
| UK Pound | 440.0661 | 440.9424 |
| Euro | 367.7137 | 368.4879 |
| Yen | 2.0793 | 2.0805 |
| Aus Dollar | 226.4670 | 227.4342 |
| Latest | Last | |
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| Indian Rupee | 3.5357 | 3.5474 |
| Korean Won | 0.2494 | 0.2492 |
| Oman Rial | 863.5962 | 863.2287 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.5939 | 88.5586 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.5259 | 90.4874 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 6,293.72 | -1.13% |
| CSE All Share | 22,024.18 | -0.60% |
| Turnover Rs | 3232.70 million | 2975.05 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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Sri Lanka ranked 11th among the Asian countries
'Different', an Australian tech company with a property development app, is looking to double its team with Sri Lankan e...
Awareness of ASD is slowly rising in the country, but there is much work to be done, and critical blind spots remain.
ECONOMYNEXT - Fitch Ratings said it has confirmed the national long-term rating of Sri Lankan telecoms company Dialog Ax...
Temperatures in warned areas are expected to be between 32- 41 degrees Celsius.
ECONOMYNEXT – Biodiversity Sri Lanka has begun working with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to strengthen kno...
ECONOMYNEXT – The International Water Management Institute (IWMI), based in Colombo, will become a partner of Bio...
ECONOMYNEXT – Japan will grant waste collection trucks to the Jaffna municipality in Sri Lanka’s north to ...
LSEG Techology Sri Lanka, a unit of London Stock Exchange that develops securities trading software, ealier known as Mil...
India is giving a 250 million-rupee grant to set up an information technology incubator in Jaffna in Sri Lanka's North a...
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