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Former Mayor of the Dehiwela – Galakissa municipal council has joined the United People’s Freedom Alliance.
Sampath Bank has appointed three new members to its Board with effective from the 30th of August.
Mrs. Dharani Wijayatilake, Professor K. Arthanayake and Malik Kumar Ranasinghe are the newly appointed Directors of the Sampath Bank’s Board.
They will function as Non-Executive Independent Directors of the Bank.
Sampath Bank which was established in 1986 is the sixth-largest licensed [...]
Sri Lanka has added China, India and South Korea as new destinations to invest its foreign Asset.
Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka K.G.D.D. Dheerasinghe told News360.lk, investing in these countries started during this year.
He said, the move is aimed at diversifying the country’s “foreign reserve” investments.
Dheerasinghe justifying the move said “China, India [...]
Many in the local tea industry are disappointed at present owing to declining price levels of tea and lower demand experienced during the month of August.
A weekly tea market report released by John Keells Tea Brokers disclosed that, the average prices for Western teas and Low Grown teas during the past few sales have declined [...]
The picture shows a Sri Lankan Air force helicopter pouring flowers on to the Ther (Car) festival of the Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil of Jaffna.
The Ther festival is the main event of the month long Nallur Festival” which is regarded as the country’s longest religious event.
The All Share Price Index picked up 41.94 points or 0.61% while the MPI gained 0.17% to end today’s trading session on positive grounds.
Brokers say retail investors were more active during the day.
Counters such as HVA, CLND and DFCC have seen demand from investors.
Foreign investors have bought more than what they sold to record a [...]
Sri Lanka’s inflation in August slowed down to 7% from 7.5% recorded in the previous month.
The annual average inflation moved up by a basis point to stand at 7.1% compared to 7% in July.
Earlier this month, the Central Bank announced that the country’s inflation is expected to moderate in the coming months owing to the [...]
Treasury bill rates at the weekly auction held today remained flat across the board for the consecutive 8th week.
Accordingly, the 3 and the 6 month and the one year rates stood respectively at 7.11%, 7.19% and 7.25%.
Today’s auction has received bids amounting to a sum of Rs. 31.95 billion while the Bank have accepted Rs. [...]
Atomic Energy Authority warns the public, not to get their X-ray images from medical institutes who have not got a license to operate an X-ray machine.
The Authority says they have got information regarding several health firms that operates X- ray machines without their approval.
Hence, the AEA advices the public to check whether the particular organization, [...]
The newly appointed Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Britian Dr. Chris Nonis presented his credentials to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, yesterday.
Dr. Nonis is the Chairman of the Macwoods Group of Companies.
He is a Fellow of Royal Society of Medicine in London and has obtained his MBBS from the University of London.
NTB launches promotional campaign to reward customers
Sri Lankan embassy in Berlin celebrates the independence day
President Rajapaksa inspecting the “Tyson bite”
Sri Lanka host “Ayubowan China”
An Indian teacher finds $9.8bn in his bank balance
Deepawali celebrations at the Temple Trees
Cruise ship “Costa Concordia” sinks