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Appeal Court affirms decisions by RTI Commission on SLT and select employees

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July 04, 2025

COURT of Appeal Judge R. Gurusinghe yesterday issued three separate judgments affirming decisions of the Right to Information (RTI) Commission with regard to a few personnel of Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (SLT).

The decisions were:

a) Directing SLT to release foreign expenses, travel details etc. of SLT Chief Operating Officer Priyantha Fernando authorised through public funds.

b) Directing SLT to disclose legal fees paid by SLT through public funds to retain lawyers to defend itself before the RTI Commission.

MEER VERHALEN VAN Daily FT

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Daily FT

Expolanka Leisure secures dual triumph at World Travel Awards 2025

EXPOLANKA Leisure has become one of the first Sri Lankan companies to secure top honours in both Inbound and Outbound Travel categories at the World Travel Awards 2025.

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1 min

October 15, 2025

Daily FT

Daily FT

AI-CRM leader Salesforce kicks off Dreamforce 2025

Three-day event in San Francisco to unveil latest ground-breaking innovation, bold ideas, visionary inspiration for digital transformation

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2 mins

October 15, 2025

Daily FT

Daily FT

Dilmah strengthens Sri Lanka's water and ocean stewardship

Dilmah invited to be Patron of UN Global Compact Network Sri Lanka's Water And Ocean Stewardship Working Group

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5 mins

October 15, 2025

Daily FT

Cabinet approves sale of foreign currency Bonds in local market

THE Cabinet has approved the issuance of foreign currency-denominated Bonds to the domestic market, Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said yesterday.

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1 min

October 15, 2025

Daily FT

PUCSL says no electricity tariff hike for rest of 2025

CEB estimates Rs. 21 b loss in Q4 However, PUCSL directs CEB to part-use Rs. 23 b profits for this year to offset loss Asks CEB, LECO to account for 2024 Rs. 60.5 b revenue surplus

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2 mins

October 15, 2025

Daily FT

Nearly 70% gambling activity online, dodging taxes CoPF finds

THE Parliament Secretariat yesterday said that around 60-70% of Sri Lanka's casino-related activity now occurs through online platforms, while the State earns no tax revenue from these operations, according to findings presented to the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF).

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1 min

October 15, 2025

Daily FT

Daily FT

CBSL absorbs $ 1.24 b from domestic market YTD Aug.

CBSL intervention in domestic forex market leads to net forex absorption in first eight months of 2025 USD/LKR bid-ask spread narrows, reflecting improved liquidity and market efficiency Interbank forex transactions rise, with forward volumes up 22% YoY

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2 mins

October 15, 2025

Daily FT

Open note to President Disanayake

MONDAY is the Public Day at all Government offices. Yesterday I visited the Education Ministry to meet with no less than four top officials.

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1 min

October 15, 2025

Daily FT

CSE market cap tops Rs. 8 t as real returns surge 65% – CBSL

THE Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) crossed a major milestone yesterday as total market capitalisation exceeded Rs. 8 trillion for the first time, marking a 40.48% gain so far this year.

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1 min

October 15, 2025

Daily FT

Police seize Rs. 3.9 b in organised crime assets since 2021

SRI Lanka Police have confiscated assets valued at Rs. 3,902 million from organ-ised crime figures between 2021 and 2024, Police Media Spokesperson Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) F.U.K. Wootler said yesterday.

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1 min

October 15, 2025

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