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The interest on 61.5% of China’s loans to Sri Lanka is far below the international market rate, according to Prof. Huang Yunsong, Associate Dean at the China Center for South Asian Studies in Sichuan University. Huang told the Colombo…
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Industry sector suffers most with 1.9% growth compared to 5.3% a year earlierAgriculture recovers to grow by 3.3% reversing 3% contractionServices sector improves growth to 3.9% from 2.8% The country’s economic growth in the third…
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Internationally acclaimed Sri Lankan poet and author, and Holocaust survivor Anne Ranasinghe passed away at the age of 91 last Saturday, 17th December, 2016 at her home in Rosmead Place, Colombo. Born as Annelize Katz in Essen, Germany,…
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Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, has pledged its support to HelpAge Sri Lanka (HASL) to carry out its on-going Free Cataract Surgery program via their loyalty program-Star Points, Sri Lanka’s first and largest…
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Firebrand parliamentarian Vasudeva Nanayakkara, who commented on the exchange of words between him and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said it would have been better if the Prime Minister described him a rotten 'labu gediya’…
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US-based Sri Lankan Marathoner Hiruni Wijayaratne qualified for the forthcoming IAAF World Championship 2019 after finishing second in the Düsseldorf Marathon 2019 held in Germany on Sunday. Hiruni clocked 2 hours 34 minutes and 10…
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VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has donated $500,000 (£387,000) to help migrants stranded in Mexico as they try to reach the US border, the Vatican said. The money comes from the Catholic Church’s Peter’s Pence fund, from church collections…
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- UNP Govt. ministers group pass resolution during yesterday’s meeting - The matter to be discussed at today’s Cabinet meeting The United National Party (UNP) is set to discuss appointing Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka to the…
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Internationally recognized new auditing methodologies would be adopted at the National Audit Office in the future, new Auditor General Chulantha Wickramaratne said. After receiving his appointment from President Maithripala Sirisena,…
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Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara has been sent on Compulsory Leave over the investigations on the Easter Sunday attacks. Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said Senior DIG C.D.Wickramaratne has been appointed as…
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