Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation will be operating on the weekend to complete all fuel deliveries to end vehicle queues forming outside fuel stations in the aftermath of the price revision earlier in the week
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A new draft on Sri Lanka’s Truth Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has failed to meet minimum expectations in addressing the concerns of ethnic minority Tamils whose loved ones were “forcibly disappeared” in the final stage of the war, Tamil…
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Dozens are feared dead and at least 200 people have been injured in a multiple train collision in eastern India's Odisha state, local media and officials said Friday (2)
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Sri Lanka's central bank is likely to continue to ease monetary policy, following a 250 basis points rate cut on Thursday (June 1), as it tries to boost economic growth and lower borrowing costs for the government in the crisis-hit economy
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1953 - Queen Elizabeth II is crowned
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After weeks of political impasse, tense negotiations and mounting economic anxiety, the Senate on Thursday (June 1) night gave final approval to bipartisan legislation suspending the debt limit and imposing new spending caps, sending it to…
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Tuesday (May 30) gifted the Sri Lankan Police a Toyota Hi Ace to be utilized for work supporting the Human Trafficking, Smuggling and Maritime Division and Criminal Investigations Division. The gift…
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When social media was inundated with rumours that Sri Lanka's holiest tree was being harmed by 5G mobile signals, Colombo's cash-strapped government pulled out all the stops
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Cash-strapped Sri Lanka's economy showed "tentative signs of improvement" but recovery remains challenging and Colombo must pursue painful reforms, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Friday (2)
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