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May 02 2023 May 2, 2023 April 6, 2026 NoComment 6:20 pm
Dialog and Airtel to combine operations in Sri Lanka

Dialog and Airtel to combine operations in Sri Lanka

May 2, 2023 - 6:20 pm

Dialog Axiata PLC and its Malaysian Parent Axiata Group Berhad and India’s Bharti Airtel Limited have entered into a binding term sheet to combine operations of Bharti Airtel Lanka, Airtel’s wholly-owned subsidiary, with Dialog Axiata.

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May 02 2023 May 2, 2023 April 6, 2026 NoComment 12:16 pm
Litro gas Sri Lanka

Litro to reduce domestic LP gas prices from tomorrow (May 03)

May 2, 2023 - 12:16 pm

The prices of Litro domestic LP gas cylinders are set to be further reduced tomorrow (May 03).

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May 02 2023 May 2, 2023 April 6, 2026 NoComment 9:38 am
China Sri Lanka flags

Chinese state-owned firm to build major Sri Lanka port complex

May 2, 2023 - 9:38 am

A Chinese state-owned firm said on Monday it plans to take its investment in Sri Lanka to $2 billion by building a major logistics hub.

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May 02 2023 May 2, 2023 April 6, 2026 NoComment 9:32 am
Ranil Wickremesinghe - President of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka President says Let 2048 be the year of development for Sri Lanka

May 2, 2023 - 9:32 am

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressed the United National Party (UNP) May Day celebrations held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo yesterday (May 01) through video technology.

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May 02 2023 May 2, 2023 April 6, 2026 NoComment 8:56 am
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

Janet Yellen warns United States could run out of cash by June 1

May 2, 2023 - 8:56 am

The United States could run out of money to pay its financial obligations – risking a catastrophic default – as early as the start of June, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday (May 1), as policymakers tussle over raising the debt ceiling.

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May 01 2023 May 1, 2023 April 6, 2026 NoComment 11:35 pm
Gun shooting

Eight persons injured in shooting incident near Colombo Harbour

May 1, 2023 - 11:35 pm

Eight persons including three women have been injured and admitted to the Colombo National Hospital due to a shooting by a security guard near Gate 06 of the Colombo harbour today (May 01), police said.

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May 01 2023 May 1, 2023 April 6, 2026 NoComment 10:00 pm
JVP Sri Lanka logo - People's liberation front

JVP’s message for International Workers’ Day 2023

May 1, 2023 - 10:00 pm

Sri Lankan political party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has released an official message for International Workers’ Day 2023.

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May 01 2023 May 1, 2023 April 6, 2026 NoComment 12:10 pm
Tax in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Inland Revenue Department earns revenue of 105% exceeding expected targets

May 1, 2023 - 12:10 pm

Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Finance Ranjth Siyambalapitiya says that the Inland Revenue Department (IRD)  has earned revenue of 105 percent exceeding the expected revenue in the first quarter of 2023.

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May 01 2023 May 1, 2023 April 6, 2026 NoComment 11:45 am
Sri Lankan actor G.R. Perera

Actor G.R. Perera passes away

May 1, 2023 - 11:45 am

Sri Lankan actor G.R. Perera passed away at the age of 83 this morning (May 01).

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May 01 2023 May 1, 2023 April 6, 2026 NoComment 10:17 am
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka President invited all to join hands to build a prosperous Sri Lanka by 2048

May 1, 2023 - 10:17 am

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe invited all the working people of Sri Lanka to join hands as we undertake a new reformist path of building a prosperous Sri Lanka by 2048.

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Apr 30 2023 April 30, 2023 April 6, 2026 NoComment 9:55 pm
Fuel crisis in Sri Lanka

Fuel prices reduced in Sri Lanka

April 30, 2023 - 9:55 pm

Fuel prices in Sri Lanka will be reduced from midnight today (April 30).

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Apr 30 2023 April 30, 2023 April 6, 2026 1Comment 9:48 am
Manusha Nanayakkara

Sri Lanka workers in Middle East sending money, while more educated do not – Minister

April 30, 2023 - 9:48 am

Millions of less affluent Sri Lankans working in the Middle East are sending money home to keep the economy afloat while the more educated who hold higher posts in developed countries keep money stashed elsewhere, Labour Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said in Parliament on Tuesday (April 25).

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Apr 30 2023 April 30, 2023 April 6, 2026 NoComment 9:13 am
Passengers in the airport

Some 2,000 state employees went abroad on five-year no-pay leave

April 30, 2023 - 9:13 am

Nearly 2,000 public sector employees have opted to obtain extended leave for a five-year period to travel overseas for employment.

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Apr 29 2023 April 29, 2023 April 6, 2026 NoComment 6:11 pm
Handcuffs - Arrest by Police

Notorious criminal ‘Kudu Anju’ arrested in France – Interpol confirms

April 29, 2023 - 6:11 pm

Notorious criminal and drug trafficker Sinhara Amal Saminda Silva alias Kudu Anju has been arrested in France, Sri Lanka Police confirmed today (April 29).

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Apr 29 2023 April 29, 2023 April 6, 2026 NoComment 9:49 am
Gun shooting

One person shot dead inside a house in Lunugamwehera

April 29, 2023 - 9:49 am

A 37-year-old man was shot dead inside a house in Lunugamwehera last night (April 28).

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Apr 29 2023 April 29, 2023 April 6, 2026 NoComment 9:29 am
Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eases to 35.3% in April

April 29, 2023 - 9:29 am

Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eased to 35.3% in April from 50.3% in March, the statistics department said on Friday, a sign of relief for the crisis-battered economy.

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