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Sri Lanka

Rs. 86 million gap in church-managed Easter attack victim fund

(Sri Lanka Guardian) – Six years after the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, a new report by the Centre for Society and...

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Private members’ bill to repeal Online Safety Act gazetted

The Private Members’ Bill presented to Parliament by New Democratic Front (NDF) MP Ravi Karunanayake to repeal the Online Safety Act No. 9...

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Economy will collapse if thieves are caught at full force – Vijitha Herath

The economy could likely collapse if the government uses its full force to catch thieves and to punish the corrupt, said minister Vijitha...

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Six years on, fresh probe sought into Sri Lanka’s Easter attacks

A Catholic organization has urged the Sri Lankan government to launch a fresh probe into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, saying the real...

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Govt. yet to provide fertiliser subsidy for Yala season cultivation

Anuradha Tennakoon, Chairman of the National Farmers’ Union, stated that approximately 500,000 acres of paddy lands under both minor irrigation channels and major...

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All VAT returns to go digital from July

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has announced a sweeping transition in Sri Lanka’s tax administration, declaring that all Value Added Tax (VAT) returns...

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Sri Lanka will be in trouble even if US tariffs are reduced to 25%, warns Ranil

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned that Sri Lanka could face a serious economic crisis due to newly proposed reciprocal tariffs by the...

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Kumana National Park ranked second in the world for leopard population density, says new study

A research conducted by a group of wildlife researchers from the Department of Zoology at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura has revealed that...