Historic day for Colombo Bourse

ASPI crosses 3,000 milestone :

The stock market continued to record high turnover levels and the indices reached new highs as investors chased fundamentally strong counters yesterday.

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Presidential Commission to investigate Ports Authority misdeeds

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided to appoint a commission to investigate into the following irregularities, malpractices and several other misdeeds in the Ports Authority, the Government sources revealed

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Dehiwela-Mt.Lavinia UNP MC shot dead

Dehiwela- Mt.Lavinia Municipal Council Member Ariyaratna Silva was shot dead at the Municipal Council Engineering and Employees Yard office at Attidiya road, Ratmalana yesterday morning.

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Tea exports rise 8.1 per cent, overcoming production slump

Sri Lanka's tea exports rose by 8.1 per cent in 2006, overcoming a production slump by traders partly on account of the year end strike by 40,000 workers, its sources said.

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