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Sri Lanka to reimpose selective lockdown after virus cases spike
Sri Lanka will reimpose selective lockdown restrictions from Sunday to restrict large gatherings after recording its biggest daily...
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Trade Unions complain of neglecting workers stranded in the Middle East
More than twenty trade unions in Sri Lanka have heavily criticized the government for neglecting its duty by not bringing back ten...
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Preparations underway for a new Vote on Account: Treasury Secretary
The Finance Ministry is now preparing another 3-month Vote on Account commencing from June 2020, the third for the year, to raise...
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President seeks USD 1.1 billion currency swap from India amidst depleting forex reserves
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested India to provide a special USD 1.1 billion currency swap facility to boost the country'...
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Avant Garde's vocational training programme to continue despite Covid-19
The vocational training program targeting 5,000 prison inmates that was launched in February at the Welikada Prison will be carrie...
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Fitch recalibrates Sri Lanka National Rating Scale
Fitch Ratings says today that it has recalibrated its Sri Lanka National Rating scale to reflect changes in the relative creditwor...
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Aitken Spence records a profit of Rs 4.2 billion for 2019-2020
Evan after experiencing two black swan events with their distinctive and severe impacts within the space of one year, Aitken Spenc...
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South Korea fears second wave of Covid-19
South Korea has reported its biggest spike in coronavirus cases in nearly two months, as officials scramble to tackle fresh cluste...
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Plans to build mega stadium scrapped after former cricketers' intervention
Plans to build a new 40-000-seater cricket stadium in Colombo have been abandoned after ex-players warned Sri Lanka's Prime Minist...
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Achini Kulasuriya cleared of serious injury after shocking blow to the head
Sri Lankan women’s cricket star Achini Kulasuriya was taken to hospital and her team’s match against South Africa was called off o...
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Sri Lankan netballers crowned as South Asian champs
Sri Lanka Netball team emerged champions at the inaugural South Asian under 16 Netball Championship concluded yesterday at the Arm...
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'Sapiens - A day in the Life' at Crimson Spaces Gallery
"Sapiens| a day in the life" presents an individual’s life in the 21st Century from a social and cultural context, portraying the...
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Former Beijing temple named world's best restaurant
It's located in a centuries-old former temple with contemporary sculpture in the central courtyard, and serves European dishes mad...
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Disney to remake Home Alone
Disney has announced it's going to remake Home Alone for its new streaming service. The studio's chief exec Bob Iger said there wi...
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