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Central Bank looking at proposal to permit dollar-paid vehicle imports

Duty too must be paid in hard currency The central bank is looking at a proposal to allow persons who can pay in foreign exchange to...
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Forex pressure eases – CB

By Shyam Nuwan Ganewatte The Central Bank says that pressure caused by shortage of foreign exchange is easing gradually towards better. “Earnings from exports marked a...
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Samarasinha to promote ‘Commercial Diplomacy” among German states

Nihal S. Samarasinha has been appointed as Honorary Consul of Sri Lanka for three Federal States in Germany, which includes Hessen, Rheinland Palatinate and Saarland. He...
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Policy measures if GSP+ is reversed: Cabraal

ECONOMYNEXT – Any reversal of the USD 500 million European Union GSP+ trade concession for Sri Lanka could be met and handled through policy measures if...
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Legal approval granted for number portability service – TRCSL

Legal approval has been granted for subscribers to obtain Number Portability Service among telecom service providers in Sri Lanka, says Director-General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission...
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20A root of many evils: Lakshman Kiriella

by Saman Indrajith The independence of the public service has deteriorated with the Executive Presidency becoming more powerful after the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, says...
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Lanka should be ready for Cyber-Warfare – Subramanian Swamy

Lanka may be a small island compared to China, Russia, the US or India, yet if Sri Lanka develops expertise, the country would be equal to...
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Time has come for President to delivered on his promises: Karu J

The time has come for the President to deliver on his recent promises, Mr. Karu Jayasuriya, Chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ), said...
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Lanka and Nepal underline longstanding friendship and bilateral cooperation

Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Nepal Himalee Arunatilaka called on the newly appointed Foreign Minister Dr. Narayan Khadka with a message of felicitations from the Foreign...
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National assets in the power sector

The Yugadhanavi Power Plant in Kerawalapitiya is much in the news at present. There is an allegation that 40% of the shares of this national asset...
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Vaccine hesitancy among youth: UNP blames Govt

by Ifham Nizam Majority of university students have turned down getting COVID-19 vaccination as they preferred to get Pfizer vaccines rather than Chinese vaccines, university sources...
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The Heroes who didn’t come back

By Major Dilantha Segera SLE (Retd) Today, the October 17th, marks the 28th Anniversary of Kotelawala Defence University Intake XI. Exactly twenty eight years ago, when...
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Schools to reopen this week without teachers

Other unions threaten to join teachers on strike By Norman Palihawadane Principals have informed the Secretary to the Ministry of Education that they would not report...

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Will exposés become fish wrappers?

Journalists the world over are familiar with an expression worn thin over decades and more: ‘yesterday’s news is only fit to wrap the fish in!’ That’s...

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