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Dimuth Karunaratna says he has informed the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) selection committee that he will step down from the Test team s captaincy after the Ireland tour of Sri Lanka in April this year. MORE..
20 Mar 2023 (3:05 PM)
The stretch of the Kandy-Mahiyangana Road which was closed near the second bend of the 18 Hairpin Bends (18 Wanguwa) has now been opened for traffic. MORE..
20 Mar 2023 (12:21 PM)
Three Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions filed requesting the annulment of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa s decision to pardon former MP Duminda Silva, who was convicted and sentenced to death over the murder of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, have been taken up for hearing once again today (March 20) before the Supreme Court. MORE..
20 Mar 2023 (8:44 PM)
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) is to wage a battle to preserve the independence of judiciary from the pressure being asserted from the nation s executive, said the legal body s chairman Saliya Peiris on Sunday, emphaising that attempts were being made to systematically ignore court rulings. MORE..
20 Mar 2023 (9:20 AM)
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the Extended Fund Facility to Sri Lanka at its board meeting held today, according to State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe. MORE..
20 Mar 2023 (11:54 PM)
The Ministry of Agriculture says that measures will be taken to provide TSP fertilizer (Mud Fertilizer) free of charge from today (March 20) to all 1.2 million paddy farmers in Sri Lanka, after three cultivation seasons. MORE..
20 Mar 2023 (2:10 PM)
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has requested the Attorney General to consider instituting criminal proceedings against three pyramid-type prohibited schemes operating in the country. MORE..
20 Mar 2023 (5:39 PM)