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Hatch has joined forces with Draper Startup House to unveil Colombo’s first-ever co-living space. The space marks the first phase of Hatch’s strategic partnership with Draper Startup House, and was officially opened by Silicon Valley billionaire investor Tim Draper during his recent visit to Sri Lanka. Through this initiative, Hatch serves to encourage digital nomad […]
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s investment arm, said it will provide Sri Lanka with a $400 million cross-currency swap facility to help fund essential imports.The post World Bank’s IFC to provide Sri Lanka with $400 million financing appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is to provide $400 million to three of Sri Lanka’s leading national banks to help facilitate imports of essential goods. IFC said it will support the private sector with critical financing, contributing to the country’s urgent need to stabilize the economy. Sri Lanka has been facing its worst economic crisis […]
Sri Lanka’s tea production is expected to fully recover next year after last year’s drop, the country’s Environment Minister Naseer Ahamed said.The post Sri Lanka tea industry to fully recover next year, says minister appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
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Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe says a separate unit will be established to send military personnel overseas to assist in times of health crises.The post Sri Lanka President pledges a new chapter for the field of Military Medicine appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
The Government is to introduce non-paying wards in private hospitals, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said. Wickremesinghe said that the Government is looking at the possibility of introducing paying wards in Government hospitals and non-paying wards in private hospitals. He said the Government will take the tab for the treatment made in non-paying wards in private hospitals. […]
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China Daily: Sri Lanka is set to receive its first group of post-pandemic Chinese tourists after becoming one of the first 20 countries to resume the organization of outbound group tourists from China since COVID-19. Their flight will depart from the Shanghai Pudong International Airport on March 3. “We are expecting Chinese tourists to come […]
By Saman Indrajith SBJB MP Harsha de Silva said that he had asked the Gotabaya Rajapaksa administration to seek IMF assistance in 2020. “At that time a U.S dollar was selling at Rs 200. The interest rates were around six percent. Inflation was around six percent. The situation is completely different today. Our interest rates […]
By Noah Berman A wave of darkness engulfed Pakistan on January 24 as its aging power grid strained to meet the country’s demand for electricity. The massive outage was the latest in a series of blackouts that have become a chronic symptom of Pakistan’s ailing and climate-vulnerable economy, under duress from devastating natural disasters, a colossal […]
By Sanath Nanayakkare The prospects for lightening the debt burden of low-income countries such as Sri Lanka will become clearer at the G20 meeting to be held in Bengaluru, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said in Colombo on Tuesday. He said so referring to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting under the G20 Indian […]
By Saman Indrajith The JVP told Parliament yesterday that the IMF would not consider extending its assistance to Sri Lanka as long as the incumbent government remained in power, without holding elections. JVP MP Vijitha Herath, participating in the second reading debate on the Regulations under the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act, said that […]
Sri Lanka has secured Japanese assistance to run government hospitals. The Japanese Ambassador Mizukoshi Hideaki yesterday (22) signed an Exchange of Notes, with the Secretary to the Treasury, Mahinda Siriwardana, at the Presidential Secretariat. for a humanitarian grant assistance of USD 46 million in providing diesel fuel for public hospitals, across the country, Earlier, China provided […...
A humanitarian grant of USD 46 million has been granted from Japan to Sri Lanka. Secretary to the Ministry of Finance Mahinda Siriwardena and MIZUKOSHI Hideaki, the Ambassador of Japan, signed an Exchange of Notes to secure the humanitarian grant of USD 46 million. The purpose of the grant is to provide diesel to public […]
Japan has provided a humanitarian grant of USD 46 million to provide diesel fuel to public hospitals throughout Sri Lanka.The post Japan Grants USD 46 Million to Provide Diesel for Sri Lanka’s Hospitals appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
A humanitarian grant of USD 46 million has been granted from Japan to Sri Lanka. Secretary to the Ministry of Finance Mahinda Siriwardena and MIZUKOSHI Hideaki, the Ambassador of Japan, signed an Exchange of Notes to secure the humanitarian grant of USD 46 million. The purpose of the grant is to provide diesel to public […]
Japan has provided a humanitarian grant of USD 46 million to provide diesel fuel to public hospitals throughout Sri Lanka.The post Japan Grants USD 46 Million to Provide Diesel for Sri Lanka’s Hospitals appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka are getting close to securing bailouts from the International Monetary Fund after taking a series of steps including tax increases to boost their beleaguered economies.The post Sri Lanka and Pakistan close in on IMF deals after raising taxes – report appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) remains hopeful of Sri Lankan authorities securing financing assurances from all its bilateral creditors soon, so that the Fund’s Executive Board could give its nod to unlock the envisaged US$ 2.9 billion bailout package to support the crisis-hit economy, a top IMF official said.The post IMF remains hopeful of Sri Lanka securing all financing assurances soon t...
By C. A. Chandraprema We now live in a digital world dominated by the social media, where information or disinformation coming through our mobile phones has more to do with forming public opinion than the plainly visible and palpable reality and well-established facts and data. Sri Lanka recently marked the 75th Anniversary of its Independence in […]
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Sri Lanka is tangled in the worst financial crisis in over seven decades, triggered by a severe shortage of foreign exchange that forced the country to annouce a suspension of foreign debt repayments in April 2022.
Sri Lanka is tangled in the worst financial crisis in over seven decades, triggered by a severe shortage of foreign exchange that forced the country to annouce a suspension of foreign debt repayments in April 2022.The post Sri Lanka to make $2.6 billion in loan repayments in first half of year appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
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