The Economic Intelligence Unit of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) expects Sri Lanka to grow by about 3.5% in 2019 buoyed by increased rainfall an ..
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SriLankan Airlines yesterday said an Airbus A330-200 that was acquired in 2016 was grounded and its engine fixed to another aircraft after it was foun
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Officially taking up duties as Opposition Leader yesterday, Parliamentarian Mahinda Rajapaksa said he would drive the Government to prioritise the res
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines says that the Parliament of the Philippines will extend fullest support to implement th
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A total of 152 luxury ambulances worth Rs. 2,850 million were distributed to hospitals island-wide by Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Minist
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British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka James Dauris on Thursday assured local exporters the UK would extend the same preferential tariff rates to coun
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It has been reported to the Central Bank that a phishing attempt has been initiated, targeting mainly the financial institutions of Sri Lanka, it said
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Reuters: The rupee closed firmer for a second straight session on Friday, helped by dollar selling by banks and after the IMF said it would resume dis
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Reuters: Human rights groups expressed alarm at Sri Lanka’s leader on Friday for praising Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his bloody war on
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The guest speaker of this month’s ‘Poya Day (Sunday 20 January) 4 p.m. at Walpola Rahula Institute (WRI), Parliament Road, Sri Jayewardenepura, Ko
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President Maithripala Sirisena says that he will take the necessary future steps to increase the welfare of Sri Lankans living in the Philippines whil
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On 17 January, Ambassador Dayan Jayatilleka paid a courtesy call on Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa Nomasonto Maria Sibanda-Thusi, a senior
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The 10th Gaidar Forum 2019, which has been held since 2010 in memory of Yegor Gaidar, leading Russian economist and ideologue of the reforms of the ea
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The revived Russia-Sri Lanka Friendship Society (RSLFS), which was founded back in 1959, invited Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Sanja Jayatilleka to a meet
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Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, Minister of Ports and Shipping and Southern Development, Matara District Parliamentarian Sagala Ratnayaka met th
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Accusing the Government of delaying the Provincial Councils polls, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party yesterday called on the Government to hold elections br
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The Special High Court Trial at Bar yesterday decided to hear the case against former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on the misappropriation of
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Expressing regret over the violent incident that occurred in the Angunukulapallesse Prison, Justice Minister Thalatha Atukorala said that two Committe
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Newly appointed Northern Province Governor Dr. Suren Raghavan met former Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Vigneswaran at the official residence o
Saturday, 19 January 2019
The recent week-long mass protests by garment workers in Bangladesh came to an end after an upward revision of wages for six classes of workers. But e
Friday, 18 January 2019
In an age of stark contradictions, we live in a world where the exclusive 1% enjoy access to an abundance of wealth and resources but also a world whe
Friday, 18 January 2019
The Yahapalana Government completed four years on 8 January this year. The four-year journey was a rough ride with a clear rift between the President
Friday, 18 January 2019
Bribery and corruption can be regarded as a malicious cancer that has penetrated into almost every strata of Sri Lankan state. It can be considered a
Friday, 18 January 2019
Newspapers of 16 January report Indian poachers turning on our Navy. An earlier incident of 23 December where poachers really used violence was hardly
