Should Central Bank ‘aggressively’ defend the Rupee?
Top economists and officials last week commended the Central Bank’s approach in tackling the present foreign exchange dilemma by keeping interventio...
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PM promises 500 sports centers islandwide
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that 500 sports centers will be setup in schools islandwide within the next three years representing all the ...
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Tourism earnings up 12.5% Jan-Aug
Tourism earnings during the first eight months as well as during the month of August this year reflected the same trend as arrivals to the country. Ac...
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Mangala claims Ranil saved Mahinda from becoming an international criminal
Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday stated that the current government salvaged Sri Lanka from its status as a drop of blood...
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Asian medalist Sriyani Kulawansa embroiled in degree dispute
Asian medalist and International acclaimed athlete Sriyani Kulawansa has been enrolled to the Health and Physical Education (BEd) degree at the Nation...
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Dr. De Silva pulls out from Investors’ Forum in London
State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs Dr Harsha de Silva has pulled out from speaking at an Investors’ Forum to be held in at the...
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Duty-free permits to MPs stopped for theatric effect
The Finance Ministry, yesterday, admitted that almost all lawmakers had imported vehicles on duty free permits issued to them following last parliamen...
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PM gains political advantage of assassination plot - SB
UPFA MP S.B. Dissanayake says that if the incumbent President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa are assassinated, t...
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Sri Lanka to raise US $ 500mn by selling Panda and Samurai bonds
Sri Lanka will soon raise US $ 500 million by selling ‘Panda’ and ‘Samurai’ bonds in China and Japan for the first time, in an effort to expan...
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World’s largest employer of Sri Lankans commits $ 300 m across many development projects
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) now stands as the largest employer of Sri Lankans outside of Sri Lanka and has committed $ 300 million for Sri Lan...
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Angelo Mathews' poor running in focus after axe from ODI squad
Poor running between the wickets, and a particular propensity to run his partners out is among the main reasons Angelo Mathews has been left out of Sr...
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MR asks whether Mangala’s statement reflects Govt’s opinion
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday denounced Minister Mangala Samaraweera’s response to Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith and asked whet...
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Knowing your blood report
Blood tests have become such an integral part of disease diagnosis and treatment process that when you go to a doctor, more often than not, you are...
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Gas price increased
The prices of Litro and Laugfs gas have been increased from midnight today. The price of a 12.5 kg cylinder of gas has been increased by Rs.195, a 5 ...
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Sri Lanka injects Rs75bn to sterilize cash short
Sri Lanka has injected 75 billion rupees through a overnight and 7-day term reverse repo auction to sterilize a liquidity shortage that has cropped up...
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MR blames free trade policies for rupee depreciation
Claims his government managed 2008 crisis without people suffering Blames current administration’s policies for depreciating rupee and not ...
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Rainmaker Worldwide delivers its first Air-to-Water unit to Sri Lanka to assist with water crisis in drought prone country
Rainmaker Worldwide (OTC:RAKR), working with its local partner, Rainmaker Water PVT Ltd., has delivered its first innovative Air-to-Water unit to Colo...
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Indian alleges plot to kill Prez, R’paksa family
CID revelation in Court: An Indian national with alleged links to a plot to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence Secretary G...
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Rs. 482 m Genetic Research Facility to diagnose NCDs: Rajitha
The Government has decided to implement a Genetic Research Facility to diagnose Non-Communicable Diseases, Minister of Health Nutrition and Indigenous...
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GOVT. TO CURTAIL IMPORTS - PM
To overcome currency crisis massive loans obtained by previous regime, main cause. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said that the g...
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Temporarily suspend IGP from post – G. L. Peiris
First thing to be done in relation to the investigations being conducted regarding the conspiracy of assassinating the President and the former Def...
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Scotland Yard training for IGP
IGP Pujith Jayasundara, who is facing an investigation over allegations levelled against him, is scheduled to leave for the UK to undergo a training p...
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Plan to legalize sale of wild boar meat
The Ministry of Agriculture intends to submit a Cabinet Paper within the coming week to legalize the sale of wild boar meat, Ministry officials said y...
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