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Namal teaches yoga to other inmates
Tuesday, 12 July 2016 14:10Remanded MP Namal Rajapaksa is teaching yoga to other inmates, says MP Dullas Alahapperuma.
Journalist Daya Neththasinghe assaulted
Tuesday, 12 July 2016 13:23Environmentalist and journalist of the ‘SathHanda’ newspaper - Daya Neththasinghe has come under an assault, reports say.
Mora IT student's body found from boarding house
Tuesday, 12 July 2016 11:44The body of a 22 year old IT student of Moratuwa University has been discovered from his boarding house in Katubedda, police say.
Sri Lanka sells US$1.5bn in 5 and 10 year sovereign bonds
Tuesday, 12 July 2016 10:56Sri Lanka priced its first dual-tranche sovereign bond after orders hit around $6.6 billion, more than four times the $1.5 billion offered, allowing it to issue the debt at a lower yield than initially offered.
FCID raids home of Wimal’s brother
Tuesday, 12 July 2016 10:34The FCID has raided the Matara home of Sarath Weerawansa, the elder brother of NFF leader Wimal Weerawansa.
Major financial fraud accused reinstated
Tuesday, 12 July 2016 09:12The north central provincial chief minister has ordered the reinstatement of the provincial UDA’s general manager, who had been sacked over a major financial fraud at the 2012 ‘Deyata Kirula’ exhibition at Oyamaduwa in Anuradhapura.
Hotel Developers Chairman points to new era at Hilton Colombo
Tuesday, 12 July 2016 08:46Hotel Developers (Lanka) Plc Chairman Krishantha Cooray has said that this year marks the beginning of a new era at Hilton Colombo, one which would redefine luxury and see an improvement in the way the upside potential in tourism in Sri Lanka was harnessed.
'Won’t accept govt. position for now’ – Arjun
Tuesday, 12 July 2016 08:37Former Central Bank governor Arjun Mahendran says he will not accept any government position until he is cleared of the charges relating to the treasury bond issues.