EPF to be listed and brought under CBSL supervision

2018-10-04   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka's largest retirement fund, the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF),with Rs. 2 trillion in assets will be  listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange ...

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CV’s vehicle shot down by Cabinet

2018-10-04   |   Uncategorized

Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran’s request for approval to import a super luxury vehicle at a cost of US$ 60,000 (Rs. 102,00,000 ap...

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Cabinet heats up over IGP

2018-10-03   |   Uncategorized

The Cabinet meeting yesterday heated up as President Maithripala Sirisena raised concerns over the conduct of the current Inspector General of Police ...

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Sri Lanka down Pakistan to reach semis

2018-10-03   |   Uncategorized

The Sri Lanka under-19 team continued their winning streak defeating the Pakistan under-19 team by 23 runs in their Asia Cup match in Chittagong, Ba...

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Time to accelerate structural, regulatory reform in Sri Lanka: EU Ambassador

2018-10-03   |   Uncategorized

EU Ambassador to Sri Lanka Tung-Lai Margue declared yesterday that the time was ripe for Sri Lanka to accelerate structural and regulatory reforms to ...

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Should Central Bank ‘aggressively’ defend the Rupee?

2018-10-02   |   Uncategorized

Top economists and officials last week commended the Central Bank’s approach in tackling the present foreign exchange dilemma by keeping interventio...

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PM promises 500 sports centers islandwide

2018-10-02   |   Uncategorized

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that 500 sports centers will be setup in schools islandwide within the next three years representing all the ...

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Duty-free permits to MPs stopped for theatric effect

2018-10-01   |   Uncategorized

The Finance Ministry, yesterday, admitted that almost all lawmakers had imported vehicles on duty free permits issued to them following last parliamen...

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MR asks whether Mangala’s statement reflects Govt’s opinion

2018-09-27   |   Uncategorized

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday denounced Minister Mangala Samaraweera’s response to Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith and asked whet...

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Sri Lanka injects Rs75bn to sterilize cash short

2018-09-26   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka has injected 75 billion rupees through a overnight and 7-day term reverse repo auction to sterilize a liquidity shortage that has cropped up...

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