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The disturbed investor confidence amidst the sluggishness in some illiquid stocks further hampered the ASPI movement for the third consecutive day and commenced the new month on a negative note. Thus, the All Share Price Index…
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United National Party General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara yesterday said the Party can make a strong comeback soon. This is with a number of local authority members who left the Party in the recent past returning to the fold…
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The Jaffna District Development Committee (DDC) has rejected the allegation made by Tamil National Alliance, Jaffna District MP M.A.Sumanthiran that Chinese nationals are engaged in road projects in the North. Jaffna District…
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Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday inaugurated the development of 500 Villages islandwide as “Saubhagya Production Villages”. The first three villages under the programme,namely Mandaramnuwara in Nuwara Eliya, Uduiriyagolla in…
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The Government has taken a firm decision to fine Rs.100,000 from traders selling rice above the stipulated prices mentioned by the Government effective from July 1. Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said the Gazette…
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Sri Lanka has updated the European Union on ongoing efforts to amend a Prevention of Terrorism Law after arrests of a minority poet, a top police detective among other incidents prompted warnings that GSP+ trade preferences may be…
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Sri Lanka’s rupee is being quoted in the kerb market at 225.00/226.50 to the US dollar as unusual demand for currency notes emerged over the past two weeks amid forex trading curbs in the formal market, participants said as money printing…
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Sri Lanka’s bakers are planning to increase the price of bread by 10 rupees (around 16 per cent for a 60 rupee one pound loaf) after wheat flour prices were raised by a key milling group, a media report said. Sri Lanka’s Aruna Newspaper…
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A total of 1,864 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka today, stated the Epidemiology Unit. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 259,089 and 225,952 of them have made…
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47 deaths reported due to COVID-19 within 24-hours, stated the Department of Government Information
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