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LNP – One in eight girls and women raped or sexually assaulted before age 18, UNICEF says

October 10, 2024October 10, 2024 Tyronne Jayamanne 3 Comments girlssrape, rape, unicef, unicefreport

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 9 (Reuters) – More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight

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LNP – Sri Lanka’s economy stabilises with growth expected to reach 4.4 % in 2024: WB

October 10, 2024 Tyronne Jayamanne 1 Comment srilanka, srilankaeconomy, worldbank

The Sri Lankan economy has stabilised with growth expected to reach 4.4 percent in 2024, surpassing earlier forecasts, the World

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LNP – Indian tycoon Ratan Tata dies

October 10, 2024October 10, 2024 Tyronne Jayamanne 3 Comments RATANTATA, TATA, TATADEATH

The Indian tycoon Ratan Tata, who is credited with transforming the Tata Group into a globally renowned conglomerate, has died

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LNP – Farmers to receive fertilizer subsidy from Monday

October 8, 2024October 8, 2024 Tyronne Jayamanne 3 Comments fertilizer subsidy, Sri Lanka

Cabinet Spokesman Minister Vijitha Herath says that the fertilizer subsidy of Rs. 25,000 for paddy farmers will commence from Ampara

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LNP – Govt launches probe into missing sections of Easter attacks investigation report – Minister

October 8, 2024October 8, 2024 Tyronne Jayamanne 3 Comments easterattacks, eastersundayattacks

Cabinet Spokesman Minister Vijitha Herath assured that legal action will be taken against those involved in orchestrating and leading the

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LNP – SLC confirms Sanath Jayasuriya as national team’s head coach

October 8, 2024October 8, 2024 Tyronne Jayamanne 5 Comments SANATH, SANATHJAYASURIYA, srilanka, srilankacricket

Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed the appointment of Sanath Jayasuriya as the head coach of the national team. The Executive

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LNP – Sri Lanka Credit card debt tad higher in August in tandem with overall private credit

October 7, 2024October 7, 2024 Tyronne Jayamanne 6 Comments Creditcardsrilanka, hsbc, srilanka, srilankacreditcards

Consumer spending made via credit cards appear to be increasing as the total outstanding credit card debt in licensed commercial

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LNP – Sri Lanka Tourism earnings reach US$ 2.35bn

October 7, 2024October 7, 2024 Tyronne Jayamanne 1 Comment srilanka, srilankanews, srilankatourism, tourism, tourismearnings

Sri Lanka is seeing continuous headway in its tourism trade through September as both the arrivals and earnings made progress

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LNP – President assures justice for Easter Sunday victims

October 7, 2024October 7, 2024 Tyronne Jayamanne 1 Comment AKD, ANURAKUMARA, EASTERSUNDAY, srilanka

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced that the investigations into the Easter Sunday bomb attacks will be expedited, and steps will

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LNP – RW denies seeking Presidential immunity in bond scam case – Spokesman

October 4, 2024October 4, 2024 Tyronne Jayamanne 10 Comments BONDSCAM, Ranil, RW

A spokesman for former President Ranil Wickremesinghe today refuted claims made by Cabinet Spokesman Vijitha Herath, stating that Wickremesinghe never