Court halts SriLankan shutdown

SriLankan Airlines has been granted a critical legal extension by the Colombo Commercial High Court last week, temporarily blocking any move to liquidate the national carrier. The court ruling comes in the wake of a dispute over a USD 209 million bond default, which had placed the airline under serious financial threat. With the stay order in effect until July …

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President joins Kataragama Esala Perahera

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited Kataragama yesterday July 10, afternoon to participate in religious observances and also attended the final Randoli Maha Perahera of the annual Esala Festival at the Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devalaya, where he witnessed the ceremonial placement of the sacred relic casket upon the relic-bearing tusker. Delivering a speech at the Ruhunu Kataragama sacred site, the President …

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