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YTD US proceeds up by 15.3 % to US$ 1,905.02 mn: Returns from the Netherlands and Canada increased by over 50%: Sri Lanka’s merchandise exports in August 2021 recorded an increase of 14.4 % to US$ 1,083.56 million as compared to…
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The Electoral Register should be further expanded to include information about the voter’s occupation, permanent residence, source of income, telephone number, marital status, vehicles, housing, etc., said the General Secretary of the…
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The loan and leasing concession package granted by the Government to those engaged in the tourism sector affected by the COVID-19 pandemic will be extended by a further nine months, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said. The…
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A meeting between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the President of the Republic of Latvia Egils Levits took place on Tuesday afternoon on the sidelines of the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly. The two leaders were of the…
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As an experienced diplomat, Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid would not have missed out on the challenges ahead of his one-year term at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) as the ‘Presidency of Hope’. Yet, between the time he coined…
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Two suspects allegedly involved in the shooting to death of a 14-year-old boy at Gajanayakagama in the Weeraketiya Police Division on September 19 have been arrested by the Weeraketiya Police Tuesday night (21) with a firearm. The…
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The Immigrants & Emigrants (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to encourage foreign investors to extend the validity of visas to five years was considered by the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Defence yesterday (22).…
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Small and medium scale entrepreneurs are going through a very challenging period with the loss of income due to the inability to carry out their daily business activities for nearly two years. This has also caused severe hardships and…
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A heated exchange of words took place between Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Vadivel Suresh and UNP MP Ranil Wickremesinghe in Parliament yesterday. Raising an issue of privileges and threat to his life, Vadivel Suresh alleged…
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The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal submitted by the Minister of Finance to increase the credit limit of Rs. 2,997 billion approved by the Appropriation Act No.7 of 2020 by another Rs.400 billion to Rs.3,397 billion and to…
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