The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) has arrested two additional suspects in connection with the assassination of Sanjeewa Kumara Samararatne, also known as Ganemulla Sanjeewa.
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday said its executive board completed the third review under the 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement for Sri Lanka, allowing the government to draw SDR 254 million (about US$334 million) to support its economic policies and reforms.
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The government is discussing with several local and foreign parties to conceptualize a government sovereign cloud and intends to engage with qualified players and have a mechanism for all of them to participate in setting it up, top officials said.
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A confidential report on the murder of organized criminal “Ganemulla Sanjeewa” has been submitted to the court by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD), which is leading the investigation.
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Two brothers who sustained injuries in a violent clash between two groups in the Maddewila area of Baddegama have succumbed to their injuries.
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Visiting Senior Fellow at ODI Global in the United Kingdom and former Director of Research at the Asian Development Bank Institute in Tokyo, Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja, says that despite the deflationary trend, Sri Lanka continues to face considerably high poverty levels that must be addressed.
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The Singaporean authorities have cited inability to extradite former Central Bank Governor Arjun Mahendran to Sri Lanka in terms of the legal system of that country, posing a fresh challenge for the government in its attempt to investigate the bond scam which caused a loss of Rs.10 billion in 2015informed sources revealed.
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Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages while it waited for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to be released by Israel in return, in an overnight exchange marking the final swap as part of a fragile truce in Gaza.
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The debate on the Committee Stage or the Third Reading of the 2025 Appropriation Bill, or the 79th Budget Speech, is scheduled to kick off today (Feb. 27) in parliament.
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The government has announced that it is in the final stages of auctioning of all luxury and high-engine capacity vehicles on the open market, which have become a substantial non-financial burden on state institutions, as reported to the Sunday Times.
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