Colombo – Government troops captured a strategically important coastal town Wednesday in north-western Sri Lanka, the Defence Ministry said as the military aims to take back Tamil rebel-held areas in the north by the end of the year. Vidattaltivu tow…
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It’s quite obvious who the spotlight is on ahead of India’s tour of Sri Lanka and it’s not Sachin Tendulkar…
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(RTTNews) - Sri Lanka’s central bank retained its key interest rate for the seventeenth straight session on Wednesday. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka left its repurchase rate unchanged at 10.5% and reverse repo rate at 12%.
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(RTTNews) - Sri Lanka’s central bank retained its key interest rate for the seventeenth straight session on Wednesday. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka left its repurchase rate unchanged at 10.5% and reverse repo rate at 12%.
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July 16 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a 17th straight meeting to spur economic growth without further stoking the fastest inflation in Asia.
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Sri Lanka has been rescuing orphaned baby elephants for more than 35 years with state help, and the transit home is part of a drive to save the island’s endangered elephant species.
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COLOMBO, July 16 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s central bank held official interest rates steady on Wednesday for a 17th successive month, leaving them at their highest levels since 2002.
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COLOMBO, July 16 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s central bank held official interest rates steady on Wednesday for a 17th successive month, leaving them at their highest levels since 2002.
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COLOMBO - Fresh fighting in Sri Lanka’s north has killed 28 Tamil Tiger rebels and four soldiers, the military said on Tuesday. A spokesman at the government’s Media Centre for National Security said clashes were taking place in the northern districts of Jaffna, Mannar and Polonnaruwa.
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July 15, Colombo: Milk powder companies in Sri Lanka are seeking Consumer Affairs Authority approval to increase prices with immediate effect.
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