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Sri Lanka sells 2027 bonds, 2025 bids rejected

None of the offered 15 billion rupees of 15 January 2025 bonds at 22.5 percent were sold.

February 27, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo District property up 14.8-pct in 2H 2022

Residential values had grown 15.2 percent, commercial 15.7 percent and industrial 13.6 percent.

February 24, 2023 1 min read

Climate Insecurity is a Collective Challenge, South Asia Needs a Common Policy

Rising sea levels and other ecological changes are impacting the lifestyles of fishermen and farmers.

February 23, 2023 6 min read

Sri Lanka Cricket bridges gender gap in payment; raises women's match fee 

SLC raised the women team players' match fee to the same level of men's team.

February 16, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka to stop emergency procurement of drugs

Sri Lanka stops emergency procurement of drugs, Bangladesh to help with medicine shortage: Minister

Sri Lanka’s rupee closes at 324.00/324.25 to the US dollar on Monday

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 324.00/324.25 to the US dollar on Monday, dealers said.

Medical Technologists oppose private sector COVID testing

Questions are being raised as to why the government is to handover some of the testing of possible COVID 19 patients to ...

April 24, 2020 2 min read

Barber shops closed, only 2 passengers in a 3-wheeler among conditions imposed to prevent COVID 19

Sri Lanka imposed conditions on businesses that are open to ensure social distancing limiting the number of people who c...

April 22, 2020 2 min read

Colombo Central neighbourhood now has 45 confirmed COVID 19 cases

Twenty-four persons, the largest number of COVID 19 positive patients on a given day were detected today, the government...

Arjuna Ranawana
April 20, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka COVID 19 : One more death reported as fatality rates stay below global average

Sri Lanka’s total number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 rose to 185 as of the morning of April 8 after seven new cases...

April 8, 2020 1 min read

Navy brings sick passenger and Lankan crew member ashore from cruise ship

The navy has brought a Sri Lankan Chef who was aboard a cruise ship anchored off Colombo to shore as well as a German wo...

April 6, 2020 1 min read

Total infected with COVID 19 up to 175

Sri Lanka's health authorities are reporting nine new cases of COVID 19 raising the total infected since the outbreak to...

April 5, 2020 1 min read

Udayanga Weeratunge to be bailed out in MIG case

Udayanga Weeratunge the former Ambassador now charged in connection with the allegedly fraudulent purchase of MIG fighte...

April 3, 2020 1 min read

Probation Dept requests donors to Childrens' Homes to approach officials

Department of Probation and Child Care Services is seeking the assistance of the media and donors for the children who r...

March 28, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka capital to give free food to low-income families hit by COVID19

Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo will today begin distribution 50,000 parcels of dry rations free of charge to city dweller...

March 25, 2020 1 min read

Grocery shopping in the time of corona

Two conflicting narratives emerged out of the apocalyptic grocery shopping spree this morning: One was of discipline and...

March 24, 2020 5 min read
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Sri Lanka mulls releasing prisoners in Coronavirus battle

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a committee to look into way to release people who have been jail...

March 24, 2020 1 min read

First Sri Lankan COVID 19 patient likely to be discharged after recovery

The first Sri Lankan to contract the COVID19 virus may be discharged from the National Institute for Infectious Diseases...

March 23, 2020 1 min read

Why we need to practise social distancing

Statistically, every patient infected with COVID-19 could transmit the virus to 406 others in one month, Sri Lanka’s G...

March 23, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo Stock Exchange to have multiple 5-pct circuit breakers

Sri Lanka's Colombo Stock Exchange will have multiple trading halts in the future when an index hits each 5 percent leve...

March 23, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka extends curfew in Colombo, Gampaha, Puttalam to Tue, Coronavirus count 77

Sri Lanka is extending a curfew in the Colombo, Gamapaha and Puttalam districts Tuesday but rest of the areas will get ...

Imesh Ranasinghe
March 21, 2020 3 min read

All Sri Lankans barring media, essential services personnel must remain indoors during curfew: IGP

All Sri Lankans barring media and essential services personnel must remain indoors during the island-wide curfew to be i...

March 20, 2020 1 min read

Italy overtakes China in virus deaths, Trump slams Beijing

Italy surpassed China on Thursday as the country with the most deaths from coronavirus as the UN chief warned "millions...

March 20, 2020 5 min read

Deshapriya says only COVID19 can decide when we can hold the elections

Sri Lanka’s Parliamentary General elections scheduled for April 25 has been indefinitely postponed due to the COVID19 ...

Arjuna Ranawana
March 19, 2020 3 min read

Gnanasara and Rathana Theros contesting General Elections

Firebrand Buddhist Monks Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara and Athureliye Rathana are both contesting the upcoming Parliamentary...

Arjuna Ranawana
March 19, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka stock exchange closed for Coronavirus holiday on March 18

Sri Lanka's Colombo Stock Exchange said it will be closed for the second day on March 18, after the government declared ...

March 17, 2020 1 min read