Since there will be many direct foreign investments next year the rupee will be strengthened, said Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayaka.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday called on all of the country’s citizens to put the past behind them in order to celebrate their unity and diversity and progress towards lasting peace and reconciliation.

JAIPUR: The investigation carried out by the special operation group (SOG) of Rajasthan police, which revealed that Rs 16 crore was embezzled at Alwar Urban Cooperative Bank

Senthil Thondaman, Chief Minister (in-charge) of Uva province, Sri Lanka, visited Kauvery Hospital in the city and conveyed the wishes of the President, the New Indian Express reports.

On Tuesday, Sri Lanka said it was investigating a former navy sailor convicted of attempting to assassinate India’s Rajiv Gandhi 25 years ago, on suspicion of involvement in an alleged plot to kill its president.

The Bank of Ceylon is opening the subscription list of its 8th listed Rupee debenture issue on Wednesday, 21st December.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered a reversal and a probe into the 1.3 billion rupees ($8.7 million) Seylan Bank foreign deal as it failed to follow proper procedure

Health Minister Rajitha Senarathne says that tobacco Companies can close, if they are incurring losses parallel to the cigarette price and tax increments.

An IL-18 aeroplane belonging to the Russian defence ministry has crashed in Yakutia in Siberia with at least 27 fatalities, local media report.

Ramanathapuram Town police in India have seized about 123,000 tablets, mostly pain killers and pregnancy termination tablets, and arrested a person

The Government will allow Sri Lankans holding undeclared funds in foreign banks to transfer them to Colombo, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said yesterday.

At least 10 persons were killed and several others wounded following an accident involving a van and a bus in Chavakachcheri, Jaffna.

Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) yesterday said it wouldn’t provide funds to the government outside the current tax regime under any circumstances.

Malaysia is ready to explore new investment opportunities in Sri Lanka, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said.

MDMK chief Vaiko on Thursday urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to use diplomatic channels to ensure the Sri Lankan government does not add tough penal provisions to a 1979 law that could affect the lives of Tamil fishermen crossing maritime borders.