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IRD opens e-filing platform for 2025/2026 income tax returns

Sri Lanka, July 7 -- The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has opened its e-service platform for the submission of income tax returns for the year of assessment 2025/2026, urging the taxpayers to file t... Read More


Sri Lanka Insurance Life declares record Rs.14.7bn bonus to policyholders

Sri Lanka, July 7 -- Sri Lanka Insurance Life (SLIC Life) has declared a record Rs.14.68 billion bonus to the policyholders for 2025, the highest annual life insurance bonus payout in Sri Lanka's insu... Read More


Shipping Corp plans exit from Singapore vessel management model

Sri Lanka, July 7 -- State-owned Ceylon Shipping Corporation (CSCL) plans to replace its long-running vessel management arrangement with Singapore-based Wallem Shipping, with a direct brokerage model,... Read More


Indices close in red

Sri Lanka, July 7 -- The ASPI closed in red as a result of price losses in counters such as Hatton National Bank, R I L Property and Dialog Axiata with the turnover crossing Rs. 1.3bn. A similar beh... Read More


Week opens on subdued secondary market movement

Sri Lanka, July 7 -- The secondary market yesterday witnessed an overall easing in activity levels as it opened this week on a dull tone, with thin volumes being traded, leaving the overall yield curv... Read More


Sri Lanka's readiness to brave an impending El Nino

Sri Lanka, July 7 -- "When Indian Ocean Dipole becomes positive, what's expected is that the western parts of the Indian Ocean, from Sri Lanka will experience very heavy convection type rainfall espec... Read More


The bilingual bluff

Sri Lanka, July 7 -- Many Sri Lankan graduates exit universities with acceptable English grades yet remain entirely unequipped to navigate real-world professional communication. Studying in an English... Read More


Experience a journey into Sri Lanka's own deep ocean

Sri Lanka, July 7 -- Ever wondered what it's like inside one of the world's most sophisticated deep-sea research vessels? Join Oceanswell for an exclusive live stream from the Deep Wonders expedition... Read More


National Archaeological Conference to begin in Colombo today

Sri Lanka, July 7 -- Coinciding with the 136th Archaeology Day, the national archaeology conference titled "Breathing Life into Heritage" (Urumayata Jeevayak), organised by the Department of Archaeolo... Read More


Moral injury in Sri Lankan Combatants who participated in Eelam War

Sri Lanka, July 7 -- Moral injury refers to the deep psychological, behavioural, and spiritual turmoil that arises when an individual either engages in, witnesses, or fails to avert actions that contr... Read More