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Sri Lanka is facing one of its worst economic crisis in the history.
Sri Lanka has seen long queues across the country waiting for fuel amid severe dollars shortage.
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Prime minister had expected food shortage to become severe in August.
Sri Lanka is at risk of tipping into a full-blown humanitarian crisis as the country's economy suffers its biggest shock in decades, the U.N. humanitarian office (OCHA) said on Friday.The post Sri...Click on the headline to read the full story
Businessman Dhammika Perera’s name has been gazetted as a Member of Parliament from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP). SLPP’s General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam said Dhammika Perera’s name had been proposed to the Election Commission to fill the National List seat in Parliament made vacant following the resignation of former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa. Perera […]
Six Governors appointed over a decade
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation will visit Sri Lanka on June 20 for talks as the country looks for a loan programme from the lender to deal with its worst economic crisis in seven decades, the prime minister s office said on Friday.
The reasons for Herath's departure were not immediately clear.
The request for the credit facility was sought to purchase fertilizer to meet immediate demands during the yala season.
Customers are sending questionaries to exporters on a daily basis inquiring about the country's situation.
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“This means that the houses were burnt because of an opposing view,” said Wickremesinghe.
UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Hanaa Singer-Hamdy, in an interview with Daily Mirror, speaks about the looming food crisis and the initiatives by her office to assist the country. She also...Click on the headline to read the full story
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China on Wednesday praised India for making “great efforts” to help Colombo to tide over its worst financial crisis even as it refuted Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s remarks that Beijing has shifted its strategic focus from South Asia including Pakistan to South East
Parliament was today informed about the resignation of former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa. Secretary General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake read the resignation letter submitted by Basil Rajapaksa to Parliament. The former Minister had formally announced yesterday that he had handed over his resignation letter to Parliament. “I am now an ordinary citizen of Sri Lanka,” […]
Sri Lanka has sought bridge financing from Singapore as well as an increase in foreign direct investments. At the invitation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister Foreign Affairs Prof. G. L. Peiris undertook an official visit to Singapore from 8-9 June, 2022. An official visit of a Foreign Minister […]
The visiting Australian cricket team on Thursday threw their support behind a United Nations appeal to buy urgently needed food and life-saving medicines for Sri Lanka, which is currently undergoing...Click on the headline to read the full story
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Sri Lanka needs to restore debt sustainability before an agreement on a financing program can be reached. IMF Director of Communications Gerry Rice said that the IMF is planning an in-person mission to Sri Lanka in the coming weeks. He said that a staff level agreement with Sri Lanka […]
If we don't act now, many families will be unable to meet their basic food needs
The visiting Australian cricket team on Thursday threw their support behind a United Nations appeal to buy urgently needed food and life-saving medicines for Sri Lanka, which is currently undergoing a spiralling economic crisis.
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The United Nations team in Sri Lanka and non-governmental organisations launched a joint Humanitarian Needs and Priorities (HNP) Plan today, calling for US$47.2 million to provide life-saving assistance to 1.7 million people worst-hit by the economic crisis over a four-month period, from June
Sri Lanka is compelled to depend on other countries to manage the impacts of economic crisis.
“I invite anyone from the Aragalaya to take my place,” he said.
The United Nations team in Sri Lanka and non-governmental organisations launched a joint Humanitarian Needs and Priorities (HNP) Plan today, calling for US$47.2 million to provide life-saving assistance to 1.7 million people worst-hit by the economic crisis over a four-month period, from June
Sri Lanka had been expecting its worst food crisis in Aughts this year.