LNP - CB sets record straight on year-end reserve target
The Central Bank set the record straight this week on where they have to end up in the external reserves by the end of the year as reports circulating...
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LNP - President Dissanayake meets UN Secretary-General António Gutierrez
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is in New York to attend the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, met with UN Secretary-Genera...
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LNP - Controversial number plate tender to incur over Rs.516mn loss to Govt.
A multi-billion rupee government tender to supply vehicle number plates is mired in controversy after the two lowest bidders were disqualified on tech...
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LNP - NTB announces Rs. 18 b deal for HSBC Sri Lanka’s retail banking business
Nations Trust Bank PLC (NTB) yesterday entered into a binding Sale and Purchase Agreement with Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), acti...
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LNP - Breast cancer claims three lives daily in SL- health officials
Sri Lanka sees approximately 15 new breast cancer cases daily, with around three women dying from the disease each day, health authorities revealed ye...
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LNP - Private bus ticketing to be mandatory from next month
The Western Provincial Road Passenger Transport Authority (WPRPTA) has announced that issuing and obtaining tickets on private buses will become manda...
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LNP - President urges world leaders to commit themselves to building a safe world
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, urged world leaders to commit themselves whole...
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LNP - Minister Vijitha Herath holds talks with Maldives, Finland and Germany FMs
Minister of Foreign Affairs Vijitha Herath has held bilateral talks with Ministers of several countries on the sideline of the 80th session of the Uni...
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LNP - Three dead and four injured in head-on collision between lorry and van in Thalawa
Three individuals have died and four others have been injured in a head-on collision between a lorry and a van in the Thalawa–Mirigama junction alon...
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LNP - Is cryptocurrency legal in Sri Lanka? Central Bank Governor explains
Although Sri Lankans cannot use cryptocurrency for transactions in the country, investing in cryptocurrency or virtual currency has no legal impedimen...
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LNP - President meets UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in New York
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is in the United States to attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, met with UN High Co...
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LNP - ’I’m waiting in the street’: Blocked by presidential convoy in NY, Macron phones Trump
France 24 - "How are you? Guess what!' It was not the most usual beginning to a telephone call between two heads of state but neither were the ci...
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LNP - Majority drug addicts in Sri Lanka are not O/L passed
A recent study has revealed that most drug addicts including ICE addicts in Sri Lanka have education levels below the Ordinary Level (O/L) and have no...
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LNP - Another tragic accident kills schoolgirl
A 17-year-old schoolgirl died today after sustaining serious injuries in a road accident near Meerigama National School on the Pasiyala–Giriulla Roa...
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LNP - Former umpire 'Dickie' Bird dies aged 92
Former Test umpire Harold "Dickie" Bird, one of the most famous officials of his era, has died at the age of 92, Yorkshire County Cricket Club announc...
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LNP - Indian market growth momentum drives 31% spike in Sept. tourist arrivals
Sri Lanka’s tourism sector has kicked off the autumn season with a 31 percent surge in arrivals, welcoming 111,823 tourists in the first three week...
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LNP - Sampath Manamperi remanded
Sampath Manamperi, who was detained for interrogation by the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB), has been ordered remanded in custody by the Walasmulla Mag...
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LNP - CEB workers’ to continue work-to-rule campaign until midnight today
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Technicians’ Union announced that the ongoing ‘work-to-rule’ trade union action will continue as scheduled un...
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LNP - CBSL decides to keep policy rate unchanged
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has decided to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 7.75%, following its latest Monetary Policy Board meet...
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LNP - Afghan boy flies from Kabul to Delhi hiding in plane’s landing gear
A 13-year-old Afghan boy made a dangerous journey from Kabul to Delhi, hiding in the landing gear compartment of a Kam Air passenger plane. Officials ...
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LNP - Two persons linked to yesterday’s Tangalle drugs seizure arrested
Police have arrested two sons of an individual who died after being hospitalised from a house in Seenimodara, Tangalle, yesterday (22), where a large ...
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LNP - New Zealand loosens path to residency for some migrants
The New Zealand government said on Tuesday it was introducing two new pathways for migrants to gain residency as part of their efforts to boost the co...
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LNP - Popular tele-drama actor Nalin Pradeep Udawela passes away aged 56
Popular tele-drama actor Nalin Pradeep Udawela passed away this morning (23) at the age of 56, while receiving treatment at the Maharagama Apeksha Hos...
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