Sri Lankan Rupee depreciates further against US Dollar

State bank in Anuradhapura robbed when bank was closed

State bank in Anuradhapura has been robbed when the bank was closed over the weekend, the Police said today. The Police said that Rs 78 million worth of gold jewelry and Rs 17 million in cash had been found to have been stolen from the bank in the?Thalawa town in Anuradhapura. The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is investigating the robbery.?(Colombo Gazette)

02 Jul, 2018

Sampanthan to meet Mahinda to discuss new Constitution

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and opposition leader R Sampanthan is to meet former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to discuss the process to draft a new Constitution. TNA Parliamentarian M.A Sumanthiran said that the new Constitution must have the backing off all political parties. As a result he said that Sampanthan had talks on the new Constitution with the group of 16 who left the Government as well as others in Parliament. Sumanthiran told the Jaffna based Thinakkural newspaper that he had br

02 Jul, 2018

Government school teachers, principals to launch union action

Government school teachers and principals have decided to launch trade union action tomorrow. Trade unions representing the school teachers, principals and administration officers said they will launch trade union action against the appointments given in the state education sector to alleged victims of political revenge. As a result the unions said that the school teachers, principals and administration officers who go on sick leave tomorrow.A protest march is also expected to be staged oppos

03 Jul, 2018