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BusinessCEO, Dr. Kelum SenanayakeTags: Print EditionArpico Insurance PLC, a fully owned subsidiary of the blue-chip conglomerate Richard Pieris & Company PLC, reported a 19.5% growth in Gross Written Premium (GWP) in Q1 of 2023,…
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BusinessChairman Krishan BalendraTags: Print EditionJohn Keells Group reported a resilient performance during the year, amidst the unprecedented challenges in the operating environment, recording a recurring EBITDA growth of 17% to Rs.45.74…
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Instead of ferry service between TN and SL:BusinessClaude GunasekeraTags: Print EditionTwo Lankan Academics Mutukrishna Sarvananthan and Gayasha Samarakoon have proposed to discourage the proposed ferry service between Tamilnadu and…
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BusinessTags: Print EditionSeveral representing the ‘Vadda’ community also visited the recently concluded ‘Sancharaka Udawa 2023’, Sri Lanka’s largest Travel and Tourism Fair at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exposition Center at the…
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IMF Staff concludes visit to Sri Lanka:BusinessKrishna Srinivasan, Director of Asia and Pacific Department, IMF, Peter Breuer, Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka at the IMF Press conference in Colombo. Picture by Sulochana Gamage Tags: …
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BusinessTags: Print EditionThe Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) and the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) will be organizing the ‘Varsity Battles 2023’, an inter-university quiz competition, with the objective of educating…
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LocalTags: Print EditionPuttalam District Member of Parliament Ali Sabri Rahim has been taken into custody by Sri Lanka Customs for possession of undeclared gold. It is reported that the MP was caught along with 3.5 kg of gold at Katunayake…
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LocalTags: Print EditionThe Police fired tear gas to disperse a protest march of Peradeniya University students today (23 May) It is stated that the Peradeniya University Students Union started this protest march and was planning to carry…
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LocalTags: Print EditionMinister of power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera announced that the final draft of the New Electricity Act and the transition program will be submitted to the Attorney General’s department next week. The final draft…
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LocalTags: Print EditionAccording to Cabinet Spokesman Minister Bandula Gunawardena the Cabinet has approved the amendment of the Ayurveda Act at the Cabinet meeting held today (23). The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal…
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