Sri Lanka has been informed that a debt-restructuring agreement with creditor nations has been reached but is yet to receive a letter of confirmation from the official creditor committee, a government source told Reuters on Wednesday (29)
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The High Commission of India in Colombo on Tuesday (28) signed two significant agreements with the National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) and State Engineering Corporation (SEC) for the construction of 10,000 houses in plantation…
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Sri Lanka needs $100 billion to become a net zero emitter by 2040, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday (28), as the island also attempts to build climate change resilience while navigating its worst financial crisis in decades
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Aimed at boosting the tourism sector, Indian tourists – the largest inbound group – to Sri Lanka, would receive free tourist visas with immediate effect, the Department of Immigration and Emigration has announced in Colombo
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One in five Sri Lankan women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner according to a 2019 survey. Nearly half of the women who experienced sexual violence by a partner did not seek formal help due to shame,…
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Sri Lanka leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) has crossed a seemingly elusive 50% hurdle in a voting intent poll conducted among 567 interviewees for October, though his net favourability rating remained negative at minus 9…
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A four-member Sri Lankan family, who were stranded in the Gaza Strip, arrived in Sri Lanka safely on Friday (24) and were received by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombo
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Sri Lanka on Monday (27) approved a proposal by China's Sinopec to build a $4.5 billion refinery, its energy minister said, making it the largest single investment in the island nation since a crippling economic crisis last year
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About 100 rural hospitals are on the verge of closing down due to the lack of doctors, representatives of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) revealed during a meeting with Health Minister Ramesh Pathirana
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 Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday (27) sacked Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe, hours after he claimed that his “life is at risk” for “highlighting corruption” in the country’s chaotic cricket administration and said…
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