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LNP – Apparels, textiles boost August exports income

LNP – Apparels, textiles boost August exports income

August merchandise exports income tops US$ 1.2bn Apparel & textile exports up 15% to US$ 565mn Jan-Aug. cumulative exports up…

3 years ago
LNP – Colombo port set to lose out from new direct container shipping service between Chattogram and Dubai

LNP – Colombo port set to lose out from new direct container shipping service between Chattogram and Dubai

A direct container shipping service is to be launched between Chattogram, Bangladesh and Dubai avoiding the Colombo Port, a Bangladeshi…

3 years ago
LNP – Power cut schedule for today announced

LNP – Power cut schedule for today announced

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has approved the request made by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to…

3 years ago
LNP – ADB plans to provide US$ 14bn to ease food crisis, promote long-term food security in APAC

LNP – ADB plans to provide US$ 14bn to ease food crisis, promote long-term food security in APAC

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday announced plans to provide at least US$ 14 billion over 2022–2025 in a comprehensive…

3 years ago
LNP – Police arrested Army Suranga with a firearm in Mulleriyawa

LNP – Police arrested Army Suranga with a firearm in Mulleriyawa

The two underworld gangsters Buddhika Prasad alias 'Army Suranga' and Chamara Chaturanga, were arrested last night in Walpola in the…

3 years ago
LNP – Tourism back on track for recovery: SLTDA Chief says on World Tourism Day

LNP – Tourism back on track for recovery: SLTDA Chief says on World Tourism Day

Tourist arrivals for the first three weeks of September have reached 21,000. Provisional data shared by the Sri Lanka Tourism…

3 years ago
LNP – Circular allowing govt employees to take 5-year no-pay leave issued

LNP – Circular allowing govt employees to take 5-year no-pay leave issued

A circular has been published granting five-year no-pay leave for public officers to be spent in or out of the…

3 years ago
LNP – Spells of showers expected in parts of the island

LNP – Spells of showers expected in parts of the island

Several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts,…

3 years ago
LNP – Actress turned activist Damitha Abeyratne arrested

LNP – Actress turned activist Damitha Abeyratne arrested

Actress and GotaGoGama activist Damitha Abeyratne had been arrested by the Colombo North Divisional Crime Detective Bureau (DCDB) for obstructing…

3 years ago
LNP – Thirty-seven State Ministers sworn-in

LNP – Thirty-seven State Ministers sworn-in

The swearing in of 37 State Ministers held before President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat this morning. Sri Lanka…

3 years ago