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Sri Lanka earned $169.9 mn from tourism in Feb
Colombo: Sri Lanka earned $169.9 million from tourism in February, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said on Monday. Fernando told the media that the figure represented an increase from the $169.4 million a…
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Sri Lanka plans stop fuel rationing based on QR code
Colombo: Sri Lanka is planning to do away with the rationing of fuel using a QR code ahead of the National New Year, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) announced on Monday. The…
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SL celebrates I-Day amid boycott by Oppn, public protests
COLOMBO: Highlighting the gravity of the financial crisis Sri Lanka has been undergoing, President Ranil Wickremesinghe, while addressing the nation on the eve of 75th Independence, said “we have reached the point…
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Sri Lanka receives over 100K tourists in January
Colombo: Sri Lanka received more than 100,000 tourists in January 2023, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said. Fernando told the media on Wednesday that 82,327 tourists arrived in January last year and the…
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Over 200 drug suspects arrested in special operation in Sri Lanka
Colombo: Police in Sri Lanka announced the arrest of over 200 drug suspects in a special operation conducted in parts of the island country. Police spokesperson Nihal Thalduwa said the operation was…
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Sri Lankan election commission ready for local elections
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Election Commission has said that applications for postal voting from eligible voters for the 2023 local elections would be accepted on January 5-23. Chairman of the Election Commission Nimal…
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Sri Lanka’s central bank chief to reduce interest rates in 2023
Colombo: Steps will be taken in 2023 to reduce key interest rates in Sri Lanka, said Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Nandalal Weerasinghe. Weerasinghe told media on Sunday that inflation…
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Sri Lanka’s GDP contracts 11.8% in Q3
Colombo: Amid the ongoing economic crisis, Sri Lanka’s Department of Census and Statistics said that the island nation’s estimated gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 11.8 per cent year-on-year in the third…
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Sri Lanka discusses nuclear energy cooperation with Russia
Colombo: Sri Lankan Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said on Thursday that the South Asian country is discussing nuclear energy cooperation with Russia. The minister said he met with the…
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India’s Chief of Naval Staff in Sri Lanka on 4-day visit
Colombo: India’s Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral R. Hari Kumar is on a four-day official visit to Sri Lanka during which he is scheduled to call on President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime…
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Sri Lanka plans to end power cuts next year
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera on Saturday said that he will take all possible measures to ensure uninterrupted power supply by January next year. Sri Lanka has been…
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Fire in Colombo destroys 80 houses
Colombo: At least 80 houses were destroyed due to a fire that broke out in a highly populous area in Colombo, with around 220 people displaced, Sri Lankan police said on Wednesday.…
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Sri Lanka’s former president Sirisena named suspect in Easter Sunday attacks
Colombo: A Sri Lankan court on Friday named former president Maithripala Sirisena as a suspect in the 2019 Easter bombings in which 270 people, including 11 Indians, were killed. The Colombo Fort…
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Over 200,000 Sri Lankans leave for foreign jobs in 2022
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara said that more than 200,000 Sri Lankans have left for foreign jobs in 2022 so far. He said that these are…
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Sri Lanka won’t extend state of emergency
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will not extend a state of emergency declared during the anti-government protests, his office announced on Wednesday. After the improvement of the situation Wickremesinghe sees no…
