Sri Lanka's president warned Wednesday (22) of more economic pain to come for the crisis-hit nation, with strict austerity measures needed to restore its ruined finances after an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout deal
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Sri Lanka’s Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera assured to cut fuel prices in April citing falling international oil prices and ability to get a competitive prices after regained trust from suppliers due to the International…
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Sri Lanka’s leading leftist party the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has rubbished a crucial deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with the party’s general secretary Tilvin Silva claiming that the lender is only interested in…
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Sri Lanka must not allow entrenched corruption to undermine a bailout for its bankrupt economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday (21) after signing off on a $3 billion loan for the crisis-hit nation
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Sri Lanka plans to set up ‘infant receiving counters’ to take in unwanted newborns, Minister for Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment Geetha Kumarasinghe said in the wake of several incidents that included infanticide
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe bowed to the influential Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) and rejected the public security minister’s nominee for the new police chief, a source close to the president said.
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The four-year term of the 340 local councils in Sri Lanka is set to end on Sunday (19) night, but the polls monitoring groups feel the local body polls fixed for April 25 are unlikely to happen
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The Bar Council of England and Wales has called on Sri Lanka rulers to respect the independence of the judiciary, in the wake of judges being called before a Parliament panel following an order on releasing funds for a local election
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The leader of the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF), Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, has called on the Sri Lankan state to reveal the amount they had paid to the British mercenary organization known as Keenie Meenie Services (KMS) to support…
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More than 40 state-sector trade unions in Sri Lanka called off a protest that disrupted the health and education sector largely after the Presidential Media Division (PMD) claimed that many sectors worked partially despite calls to bring…
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