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"Financing SDGs has become the biggest challenge for Sri Lanka"
There is a concept of inclusive nationalism, in which everyone born within the boundaries of the country (regardless of ...
The task of untangling the island from its woes has now been handed over to a male-led Parliament to uphold the true val...
By relegating the subject of women and children to a State Ministry without even a stand-alone status, it seems that for...
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The results of Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election held on Wednesday show a seismic shift in the country’s electoral ...
Though it is eighty-nine years since the first Sri Lankan woman, Adeline Molamure entered the State Legislature, then kn...
Sri Lanka is nearing the end of the Parliamentary General Election campaign, and the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna ...
A two-thirds majority will give the ruling party a monopoly on power. It will serve another more salutary purpose. It wi...
After a long day in Colombo, I take an Uber home at 8.30 in the evening. A policeman stops the car at a checkpoint in fr...
A government formed out of a parliament with a fresh mandate from the people will have the legitimacy and be adequately ...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 305.1018 | 305.3339 |
| UK Pound | 386.9523 | 387.2371 |
| Euro | 330.8712 | 332.1141 |
| Aus Dollar | 201.0018 | 201.4980 |
| Yen | 2.0266 | 2.0278 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.6453 | 3.5932 |
| Korea Won | 0.2342 | 0.2292 |
| Oman Rial | 780.3569 | 769.4973 |
| Saudi Riyal | 80.1114 | 78.9849 |
| UAE Dirham | 81.7952 | 80.6569 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,573.80 | 1.00% |
| CSE All Share | 9,073.41 | 0.65% |
| Turnover Rs million | 1,591,766,524.95 | 1,029,335,694.32 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 21.72 | 21.79 |
| 6-m bill | 19.55 | 20.31 |
| 12-m bill | 17.72 | 19.28 |
| 5-yr bond | 21.00 | 22.53 |
| 8-yr bond | 19.42 | 20.55 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 13.93 | 14.00 |
| Gilt Repo | 13.50 | 14.00 |
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While there have been many been appreciations and remembrances of Deepak in India, UK and the United states, one missi...
Unrest and rioting in cities throughout the United States, the world’s largest economy and one of its richest, have be...
There must be justice for Easter Sunday, but there must also be justice for Hejaaz and others subjected to arbitrary arr...
"Instead of trying to ride the wave of nationalism to win the next general election in a big way, the government needs t...
To date in Sri Lanka 9 persons are said to have died of Covid-19 and out of these 4 are Muslims. At least 02 of these vi...
Contact tracing combined with isolation and quick testing has been use to stop the progress of Coronavirus in several co...
No event in modern history has caused implications as severe as that of the Covid-19 outbreak, which is in danger of tea...
This provides grants to our poorest and most vulnerable members to cover their IMF debt obligations for an initial phase...
Over a quarter of the world’s population is currently under movement restrictions. For the first time in recent human ...
This scenario analysis is by Ganeshan Wignaraja is the Executive Director of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of Intern...
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