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Call for special court to try war crimes against Muslims
Thursday, 04 August 2016 09:05An organization of Muslims in the eastern province is calling for the establishment of a special court to try war crimes against their community.
Fitch rates Commercial Bank of Ceylon's subordinated debt 'AA (lka)(EXP)
Thursday, 04 August 2016 08:46Fitch Ratings has assigned Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC's (CB; AA(lka)/Stable) proposed subordinated debentures of up to Rs 7bn an expected National LongTerm Rating of 'AA(lka)(EXP)'. The debentures, which are to have tenors of five and 10 years and carry fixed and floating coupons, are to be listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
Time for a Lankan corporate to be in Morgan Stanley Index
Thursday, 04 August 2016 08:44It is time that the high performing Sri Lankan corporate sector to be featured in global market classifications. In this light, Sri Lanka as become part of the 23 country frontier country market group announced this June by a leading global financial services firm, according Minister of Industry and Commerce of Sri Lanka Rishad Bathiudeen.
President convenes SLFP CC to decide on Mahinda
Thursday, 04 August 2016 08:21President Maithripala Sirisena will chair a special meeting of the SLFP central committee at his official residence today (04), starting at 7.00 pm.
‘Justice demanded for victims of 88-89 violence’
Wednesday, 03 August 2016 20:35The aggrieved parties have slammed the non-enforcement of the law against those who were responsible for violence during the 1988-89 JVP insurgency, said president of the western provincial task force on reconciliation, lawyer Sudarshana Gunawardena.
Mangala speaks about tripartite reform framework
Wednesday, 03 August 2016 20:33As Sri Lanka embarks on its third-wave of reform, a tripartite reform framework commands the confidence of all stakeholders and will stand the test of time regardless of the government that comes to power, says minister Mangala Samaraweera.
How debt equity transfer will be implemented
Wednesday, 03 August 2016 20:29The debt equity transfer on the Chinese loans will be implemented in accordance with the discussions Prime Minister of Sri Lanka had in Beijing with the President of the Peoples Republic of China Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang on 7th and 8th April 2016, says the government information department in a press release.
Chief opposition whip slams Sri Lanka’s 2016 budget
Wednesday, 03 August 2016 20:27Sri Lanka’s 2016 budget has become a mere document and no one knows what are the proposals that are being implemented to raise the government revenue as it was amended at least three times by the President, Prime Minister and the opposition, Chief Government whip and JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake told the final session of the 'Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2016' in Colombo 2016 on Wednesday.