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"You brought Sri Lanka glory' Mr. Sajith Premadasa, the leader of the opposition, said and congratulated the two actors, Sarath Kothalawala and Kumara Thirimadura, who achieved a feat for Sri Lanka at the Russian Kazan Film Festival. The note that...

Sri Lanka's central bank said that the guidance peg for interbank transactions fell 17 cents, while yields on Sri Lanka Treasury Bills went down and T-bonds stayed the same after a weekly bill auction on Wednesday. A bond with a...

A report on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka urges the newly elected government to implement democratic reforms and combat impunity to prevent the recurrence of human rights violations. The report was submitted Monday to the U.N. Human Rights...

Sri Lanka’s economy likely shrank the most in two years amid a debt crisis that triggered a default and widespread protests that brought the nation to a standstill, leading to the ouster of the president. Gross domestic product probably fell...

The inheritance of occupation from father to son is said to be a feature of feudal society. The feudal society of Ceylon, which was closely tied to traditional social characteristics such as traditional jobs and caste division, began to change...

The Supreme Court has reserved its decision on the Fundamental Rights petition filed against the Cabinet of Ministers' decision to allow former President Maithripala Sirisena to use the residence at Paget Road. As a result, the Supreme Court will issue...

According to Cabinet Spokesman and Plantation Industries Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana, a Fundamental Rights petition filed in the Supreme Court has hampered the procurement of coal for the Lakvijaya Coal Power Plant (LCPP) in Norochcholai. Minister Pathirana admitted at the...

The Right to Information Commission (RTI), which heard an appeal by journalists requesting information about the expiry dates of tear gas canisters used by police in recent protests, warned the Police Chief yesterday that he would be summoned if he...

The "Lawyers of the Aragalaya" claimed that two more people should be added to the list of "Economy Killers" and emphasised that it was because of them that the nation's economy had reached its current state. Attorney-at-Law Manoj Nanayakkara, the...

Sakvithi Ranasinghe received a 22-year prison term with a five-year suspension for operating an illegal finance company without the Central Bank of Sri Lanka's consent. Judge Amal Ranarajah of the Colombo High Court handed down the decision after Sakvithi Ranasinghe...