Retailers cashed in on their investments at the Colombo share market on Monday amidst allegations of corruption and corrupt practices levelled at the previous Sri Lankan regime headed by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, brokers said.
The indices were down by noon with the core ASPI declining by 1.48 per cent to at 7,403.43 while the S&P SL20 index dropped 1.75 per cent to 4,173.48. This came on the back of a fiery political setting where President Maithripala Sirisena announced an interim cabinet saying he would carry out reforms to fight corruption in the 100 days to a parliamentary election.
The turnover was at Rs. 460 million. - Ends -
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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