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by Jehan Perera The government’s proposal to set up a truth and reconciliation mechanism to deal with the unresolved human rights issues of the war will get a boost in the aftermath of last week’s unexpected developments that will directly affect three former presidents of Sri Lanka hitherto thought to be untouchable by virtue of […]
Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to Colombo on Thursday will focus on “supporting Sri Lanka” in its current economic crisis, government sources said, adding that talks are ongoing in the field of energy security, food security, currency swap arrangements as well as talks about restructuring Sri Lanka’s debt. The two-day visit is expected […]
By N Sathiya Moorthy If anyone thought that the recent Canadian sanctions against former Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa, along with two army officers charged with Tamil-killing outside the battle-field could pressure the government of President Ranil Wickremesinghe to fast-track a liberal solution to the ethnic problem, it is not to be. If […]
A severe fragmentation of the global economy after decades of increasing economic integration could reduce global economic output by up to 7%, but the losses could reach 8-12% in some countries, if technology is also decoupled, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a new staff report.The post IMF says fragmentation could cost global economy up to 7% of GDP appeared first on Sri Lanka News ...
External Affairs Minister of India, S. Jaishankar’s visit to Colombo on Thursday will focus on “supporting Sri Lanka” in its current economic crisis, government sources said, adding that talks are ongoing in the field of energy security, food security, currency swap arrangements as well as talks about restructuring Sri Lanka’s debt. The two-day visit is expected to see some announcements.The post ...
Nepalis are observing a day of mourning for victims of the country’s worst air disaster for some three decades. At least 68 people died when a flight from Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara crashed and caught fire on Sunday morning. Mobile phone footage showed the Yeti Airlines flight rolling sharply as it approached […]
by Norman Palihawadane Ratnapura police probing the theft of money collected from the tills of the Sabaragamuwa Maha Saman Devalaya and stored away for safekeeping within the temple premises said that they did not out the possibility of the thieves having received inside help.There are 60 CCTV cameras within the Devale precincts but the theft […]
Expatriate Sri Lankan workers had remitted 475.6 million U.S. dollars in December 2022, Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment, Manusha Nanayakkara, said on Saturday.It was a 46% increase from December 2021, when workers sent 325.2 million dollars, the Minister said. In 2021, Sri Lankan workers sent 5,491.5 million dollars; they remitted only 3,789.5 million dollars in 2022, Central Bank data h...
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More Sri Lankan domestic workers who were stranded in Oman returned to the country today. A group of 15 Sri Lankans were were sheltered in a safe house managed by the Sri Lankan Embassy in Oman, returned to Sri Lanka today. Last week 7 Sri Lankans who were sheltered at the “Suraksha” safe house managed […]
As search efforts ended for the day, 68 people were confirmed dead after a regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara Sunday, according to Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority. It’s the country’s deadliest airplane accident in three decades. Scores of […]
ISLAMABAD: As the year comes to a close and 2023 begins, the nation takes a reflective pause and harks back at a long year of political events that will foreshadow the election year – a new year resolution politicos hope to keep but without an economic story worth telling. Unprecedented events lashed the political waters […]
BBC quoting officials reported that 40 bodies have been recovered from the site where a Yeti airlines plane with 72 people on board crashed in central Nepal The Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara crashed on landing, catching fire. Videos posted on social media show an aircraft flying low over […]
By Zinara Rathnayake My mother is a good cook. My father is just slightly better. That’s how my younger sister would always describe my parents’ food. She’s right. My mother cooked delicious curries. But my father cooked the food we hold dear.My father grew up in Nabiriththawewa, a small village in Kurunegala. Unlike his two older […]
By Chaminda Silva The Immigration and Emigration Department government last year issued an all-time high 874,955 passports, up from a previous high of 658,725 in 2016, department sources said, an increase of 33%. Issues last year increased sharply by 492, 435, up 129 per cent from a year earlier. In 2020 the total number of […]
Grand plans of making former Chief of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawa-rdena would not succeed following the Supreme Court judgment on the Fundamental Rights petition filed in relation to the Easter Sunday attack, police headquarters sources said. Sources said that SDIG Jayawardena would face a disciplinary inquiry conducted by the Police […]
Sri Lanka has completed debt restructuring talks with Japan, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said. Wickremesinghe said that Japan is one of the three main countries from who Sri Lanka has obtained loans. The other two countries are China and India. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has requested Sri Lanka to restructure its debt in order to obtain […]
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Sri Lankan migrant workers foreign remittances have increased in December 2022 in comparison to the inflows recorded in December 2021, Minister of Labour Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara says.
India and Slovenia held the 9th round of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) in Ljubljana and reviewed the progress made in the bilateral ties in the last year despite the restrictions imposed by the Covid-pandemic, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Saturday. In a statement today, MEA said both sides also exchanged views on […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that India’s response to cash-strapped Sri Lanka’s request for debt restructuring is expected by the end of this month. Sri Lanka, which is trying to secure a USD 2.9 billion bridge loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has been trying to to get financial assurances from its major creditors […]
British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari, who was sentenced to death in Iran, has been executed, Iranian state media says. Mr Akbari’s family had been asked to go to his prison for a “final visit” on Wednesday and his wife said he had been moved to solitary confinement. The ex-deputy Iranian defence minister was arrested in […]
In view of delay in assurance from bilateral creditors so as to fulfil the criteria of getting a bailout package of USD 2.9 Billion from the IMF, Sri Lanka is in talks with the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank to obtain loans worth of USD 1.9 billion. According to the Governor of the […]
Digitally Transformed Sri Lanka – Measure Your Digital Readiness Using FITIS Digital Excellence Framework Theme for the event: Focus. Fix. Future-Proof: A Guide for CXO’s The Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS) the apex body for the ICT industry in Sri Lanka – Software Chapter formally known as Sri Lanka Association for […]