Sri Lanka’s Keells Foods net grows 34-pct in June, revenues up
Sri Lanka’s Keells Food Products said profits grew 34 percent from a year earlier to 56.3 million rupees in the
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Month: July 2018
ICC verdict a slur on the image of the country
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has finally delivered its verdict on the ball tampering and transgression of the spirit of
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MR violated country’s sovereignty by accepting bribe from China: Kabir
Minister of Highways Kabir Hashim yesterday charged that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had not only accepted a bribe from China
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Govt. launches landmark five-year National Export Strategy
SL eyes $ 28 b export revenue by 2022 PM says NES catalyst to link to global value chains, increase exports
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Dayasiri warns of constitutional coup to oust President
Former Minister and UPFA MP Dayasiri Jayasekera yesterday informed parliament that a plot was being hatched to remove the President through constitutional
Read moreSC awards Rs. 100,000 compensation for wrongful arrest and detention
The Supreme Court directed the state to pay a total of Rs. 100,000 to a mother and her daughter who
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SL lost economic independence due to corrupt development projects: JVP
The JVP in Parliament yesterday said that the country had no economic independence as a direct result of the unfeasible
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NDB secures loan up to $75 m with Commerzbank Germany
National Development Bank (NDB) has successfully negotiated a loan up to $75 million, from Commerzbank Aktikengsellschaft Germany recently. Dubai-based Alpen
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Hansika gets Asian Games boost
Sri Lanka’s boxing ambitions at next month’s Asian Games, received another shot in the arm, with Keshani Hansika winning a
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CPC loses Rs. 5.4 b from kerosene sales
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) incurred a loss of Rs. 5.4 billion from the sale of kerosene oil in 2017,
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