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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 EditionAbout 9,000 MT rice, 50 MT of milk powder and more than 25 MT of drugs, medical supplies, a large humanitarian grant assistance consignment worth more than SLR 2 billion from the people of India is scheduled to…

LocalThe distribution of LP Gas has begun in some urban areas. Here the Army officers helping out at a distribution point in Maradana yesterday. Picture by Sulochana Gamage.Tags: Print EditionThe distribution of LP Gas has begun in…

LocalTags: Print EditionParliamentarian Geetha Kumarasinghe broke down in tears during the debate on the recent violence in the country, narrating the ordeal she had to go through when mobs attacked her home. She said that having the…

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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…