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LocalTags: Print EditionMUMBAI: The RBI on Thursday allowed settlement of trade transactions in Indian rupee outside the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) mechanism in view of difficulties being faced by exporters in getting payments from Sri…

LocalTags: Print Edition  Friday, May 20, 2022 (All day)

LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionThe Police Homicide and Organized Crimes Prevention Division has arrested another three suspects in connection with the assassination of MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala in Nittambuwa on Wednesday (18).…

Special arrangements in flood prone districtsLocalDisna MudaligeTags: Print EditionThe Examination Department in coordination with the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), Police and the Tri-Forces has put in place special arrangements to…

LocalLahiru FernandoSome of the victims in Beira Lake that day.Tags: Print EditionAn individual who had been severely beaten following the tense situation at Galle Face on May 9 reported dead while receiving treatment at the National…

LocalTags: Print EditionFormer Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was present in Parliament yesterday. He was seen sitting next to MP Chamal Rajapaksa in the ruling Party’s fourth front seat. Following the unrest in the country on May 9,…

Motion of Displeasure against the President vote LocalShiromi AbeysingheTags: Print EditionThe vote to suspend Parliament Standing Orders to debate the Motion of Displeasure against the President was defeated as it lacked a better…

President ordered SDIG to intervene and stop attackLocal Sandasen Marasinghe and Camelia NathanielTags: Print EditionParliamentarian Ramesh Pathirana informed Parliament yesterday that the IGP and the Secretary to the Public Security…

‘Former PM should have stepped down peacefully’LocalTags: Print Edition Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament that if the members of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) were involved in violent activities, they will be…

LocalTags: Print EditionA total of 664 persons have been arrested in connection with the attacks on protesters at Temple Trees and Galle Face and subsequent violent acts around the country, Police Media Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa…