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Sri Lanka records 70 percent drop in dengue cases in 2020 amid pandemic

Dengue cases in Sri Lanka plunged by 70.67 percent in 2020 compared to the previous year with movements being restricted...

February 18, 2021 3 min read

Ramesh Shanmugathan made director of Nations Trust Bank

Sri Lanka's Nations Trust Bank said Ramesh Shanmuganthan has been appointed as Non-Executive Director with effect from ...

February 10, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee ends weaker around 194.00/196.50 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka rupee ends weaker around 194.00/196.50 levels in the spot market on Tuesday, while bond yields edged up in dul...

February 10, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka's First Capital Rs2bn debenture issue in Feb

Listed investment bank First Capital Holdings Plc, a member of the Janashakthi Group, said it will raise one billion rup...

January 26, 2021 2 min read
Sri Lanka scraps 'semi-luxury' buses on Colombo-Kataragama run

"From today onwards there will be no such buses in the Kataragama – Colombo route via Galle road."

Sri Lanka 3-month T-bill yield down 61 bps

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“We are a civilized people, capable of restraint ” - RRG

Religions for Responsible Governance says it is deeply worried about the spread of anti-Muslim communal violence

May 14, 2019 2 min read

Wayamba calm after two days of violence

The regions of the North Western or Wayamba province where communal violence spread rapidly over the last two days is ca...

May 14, 2019 2 min read

Indian intelligence monitored software engineer linked to Easter bombers three years ago

A Sri Lankan software engineer suspected to have provided technical and logistical assistance to the Easter Sunday suici...

May 14, 2019 3 min read

Nine arrested and remanded for violence in Minuwangoda

The police have arrested and remanded nine suspects in connection with the communal violence in the Minuwangoda area yes...

May 14, 2019 1 min read

Political agenda behind communal violence - Methodist Bishop

Certain politicians are encouraging communal violence, seeking votes from sections of the population, Methodist Church P...

May 14, 2019 1 min read

Army will not hesitate to use force if violence continues – Commander

Army Commander Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake says that the armed forces would not hesitate to use minimum or maxi...

May 14, 2019 1 min read

Security checks must be culturally sensitive - HRC

May 14, 2019 1 min read

Police on the lookout for one more terror suspect

Police requests public assistance in finding the whereabouts of a suspect linked to the Easter bombings.

May 14, 2019 1 min read

New gazette proscribing Islamist outfits

A fresh gazette notification was issued yesterday, proscribing three Islamist organisations implicated in the Easter Sun...

May 14, 2019 1 min read

Mob violence attempt to destabilise country - PM

Calling today's reports of mob violence in the North Western province an attempt to destabilise the country, Prime Minis...

May 13, 2019 2 min read
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Wayamba under curfew as violence spreads

Muslim leaders are condemning police indifference which they say has led to the spread of communal violence in several a...

May 13, 2019 2 min read

Curfew re-imposed in Kuliyapitiya

Army troops are deployed in the troubled Kuliyapitiya area after fresh violence forced the authorities to re-impose a cu...

May 13, 2019 1 min read

Weapons found buried in Wellawaya

The Army found a stock of firearms and ammunition buried in a plot of land in Kuda Oya in Wellawaya today (13).

May 13, 2019 1 min read

Catholic Bishops' Conference calls for single set of laws for all Sri Lankans

Noting what it called a serious lapse in security and calling for an impartial inquiry into the Easter Sunday bombings, ...

May 13, 2019 2 min read

ACJU calls for responsible social media use by Muslims

Expressing its shock over the incident reported from Chilaw yesterday, the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) today cal...

May 13, 2019 1 min read

President off to China to attend Asian Civilisations conference, expected to meet Xi

President Maithripala Sirisena flew to Beijing this morning to attend an international conference titled Dialogue of Asi...

May 13, 2019 1 min read

Curfew lifted in Chillaw, social media temporarily blocked

The police lifted the curfew imposed to the city limits of Chillaw, Kuliyapitiya, Bingiriya and Dummalasuriya at 4 am to...

May 13, 2019 1 min read

Muslim Council issues recommendations for improved cultural assimilation

The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka (MCSL) has compiled a list of recommendations to be followed by the country's Islamic po...

May 12, 2019 2 min read

Is the harvest of the carnage a Candidate?

Of what purpose are courts, judges and the law.

Sarath de Alwis
May 12, 2019 7 min read

Curfew in Chilaw

A Police curfew has been declared in Chilaw with immediate effect after tension erupted in the North Western town until ...

May 12, 2019 1 min read