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Newly elected Deputy Speaker Ajith Rajapaksha represents the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP).
Sri Lanka’s Hatton National Bank said profits grew 4 percent to 4.9 billion rupees in the March 2022 quarter
Markers are keenly watching what Wickremesinghe will do to bring down dollars
Curfew imposed after former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa supporters attacked unarmed, peaceful protesters on Monday
Credit to state enterprises fell by 516 billion rupees to 1,130 billion rupees in April 2023
Despite an off peak month, over 83,000 tourists visit Sri Lanka in May
Gotabaya Rajapaksa now the Presidential Candidate for the burgeoning Sri Lanka Podujana Party (SLPP) in his acceptance s...
Leader of the opposition and the Podujana Peramuna Mahinda Rajapaksa anointed his younger brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa as ...
In a speech made at Temple Trees today (9), an upbeat Wickremesinghe went on the offensive, listing out exactly what he ...
Kurunegala Mayor Thushara Sanjeewa Witharana has been remanded today (09) till 17 September.
Two Civil Society activists are pushing the police towards investigating allegations of an allegedly irregular issue of ...
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) architect Basil Rajapaksa gave a public guarantee today (8) that his brother Gotabaya...
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Chief of staff Gamini Senarath and two others were acquitted by the Colombo Perma...
er 130 days in remand custody, fiction writer Shakthika Sathkumara was released on bail by the Kurunegala High Court tod...
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has offered his condolences on the passing away of former Indian Minister of Externa...
A certain rhetoric that connects violence to the idea of the state and the nation continually legitimises and normalises...
| 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 | - | - |
A number of illicit liquor drinkers in Baduragama, Mirigama have fallen ill and at least 8 have died, the Police Media S...
The Attorney General has indicted former Colombo Chief Judicial Medical Officer, Dr. Ananda Samarasekara, for allegedly ...
President Maithripala Sirisena will pay a visit to Cambodia from today 7 Aug to 10th of August 2019.
The government has withdrawn the controversial Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Bill which would have given the Ministe...
“We cannot run away from the responsibility that there were serious lapses that led to the Easter attacks,” Prime Mi...
State Minister for Defense Ruwan Wijewardene says that the Intelligence Services did not convey prior warnings of Easter...
Minister Arjuna Ranatunga said that there should be proper policies which should be implemented and not be limited to th...
The Methodist Church has accused three Buddhist monks of attacking an evangelist student in Mahiyanganaya on Sunday (4).
Police are investigating after an unknown person threw a stone at the statue of St Sebastian at Katuwapitiya junction in...
Weighing in on the Indian government's controversial decision to repeal Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, Prime Mi...
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