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Sri Lanka to get US$1.5bn in ACU deferments over next six months
The Prime Minister's office was targeted by the protesters for the first time.
Police has discovered hoarding of fuel worth 20.5 million rupees in the past few days.
Sri Lanka's DFCC Bank and the USAID, inked a partnership to internationally develop women entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka
The Parliamentary Budget Office shall be an independent body and accountable to Parliament
A formal military and dignified ceremony were held at the Army Headquarters premises this morning (20 Aug) where the for...
Veteran Director/Producer and founder of the Workshop Players theatre group Jerome L. de Silva was awarded the “Kala K...
Outgoing Army Commander Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake has been promoted to the rank of General by President Maith...
Senior Japanese diplomat and Japan’s peace envoy to Sri Lanka Yasushi Akashi was presented the Sri Lanka Rathna award ...
President Maithripala Sirisena stated that the fact that all three newly appointed envoys to Norway, United Kingdom and ...
The Johannesburg based International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) is condemning the appointment of Lt Gen Shavendra ...
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) formally threw its hat into the ring yesterday as it announced the candidacy of lead...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna leader who is the latest entrant to the Presidential race is taki...
The Government has done everything possible to stop holding provincial council elections for two years and it now goes t...
President Maithripala Sirisena has decided to appoint Major General Shavendra Silva as the country’s new Army Commande...
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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 |
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| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
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There is still uncertainty as to who the final candidates will be in the forthcoming Presidential Elections, although on...
Tikiri, the skeletal 70-year-old female elephant which paraded in the Kandy Esala Perahara and whose poor health conditi...
Three persons have been killed and another two have sustained injuries following a van – tipper collision yesterday (1...
Police have arrested three suspects in connection with the murders of two underworld figures, who were killed at Madampi...
Two gang members died earlier today (15 August) near the Madamptiya-Grandpass cemetery in an underworld clash, police s...
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe is promising government financial assistance to develop all religious p...
The Attorney General Dappula de Livera has asked the Police to take “serious note” in respect of five “emblematic�...
The General Secretary of United People’s Freedom Alliance Mahinda Amaraweera is saying that the only thing preventing ...
Six accidents occurred across the island claimed seven lives yesterday (14).
The European Commission (EC) has allocated 8.5 million euros to support Sri Lanka to prevent extremism, build community ...
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