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The United Nations (UN) has urged Sri Lanka to advance reconciliation and justice for all communities. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet told the UN Human Rights Council at its 50th Session today that the Sri Lanka Government must ensure immediate relief for the most marginalized and vulnerable groups and prioritise social […]

Sri Lanka may be compelled to buy more oil from Russia as the island nation hunts desperately for fuel amid an unprecedented economic crisis, the newly appointed Prime Minister said. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he would first look to other sources, but would be open to buying

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

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned that the next three weeks will be tough for Sri Lanka. Speaking in Parliament today, the Prime Minister said that the public must use fuel and gas as carefully as possible. He also said that unessential travel should be limited as much as possible. “Therefore, I urge all citizens […]

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Russian oil is being supplied to Sri Lanka to produce fuel at its sole refinery as the bankrupt nation faces crippling shortages of everything from gasoline to diesel.  The Russian grade of Siberian Light will be processed at Ceylon Petroleum Corp.’s refinery in Sapugaskanda,chairman Sumith Wijesinghe said in a phone interview. The country’s only refinery […]

USAID Administrator Samantha Power has assured Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe USAID support. USAID Spokesperson Rebecca Chalif said that Power held a call with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to discuss how USAID is responding to the country’s political and economic crises. Administrator Power expressed her sympathy for those Sri Lankans who were killed or injured in the […]

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By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana The Asia-Pacific region is at a crossroads today – to further breakdown or breakthrough to a greener, better, safer future. Since the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) was established in 1947, the region has made extraordinary progress, emerging as a pacesetter of global economic growth that has […]

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