Colombo equities didn’t sustain the momentum on Friday, reflecting mixed investor sentiment due to the changes in the policies taking place in the country, analysts said. Today’s losses were mainly driven by the blue-chip counters amidst increase in T-bill yields. The Benchmark Index lost ground by 0.22 per cent to close at 7,301.29, with the S&P losing by just 0.1 per cent to close at 4,118.30 on a Rs. 933 million turnover
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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