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Malaysia on Monday (Oct 31) contributed medicine valued at RM 288,610 (LKR 22,350,000) to Sri Lanka, according to a statement issued by the Malaysian Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra).
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Former Finance Minister Miftah Ismail while speaking at Habib University stated that Pakistan’s economy suffers from three fundamental problems, i.e. living beyond its own means, focusing on import substitution instead of export growth and granting ‘elite bargain’, under which essentially 99% of the population continues to work for the privileged ones. He also lamented the […]
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Monday 31st October, 2022 Some dissident SLPP MPs have warned that the government will fail to secure the passage of the upcoming budget and collapse as a result if the latter seeks to bulldoze its way through without heeding the views of the Opposition and the interests of the public. The SLPP-UNP administration has only […]
Sri Lanka’s worst post-war economic crisis represents a major blow to the country’s progress towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), efforts that were already hobbled by the COVID pandemic. However, the situation is also providing impetus to the work of academics that are using their knowledge to tackle the immediate fallout from […]
Faithful urged to refrain from making Christmas a ‘mere occasion for external celebrations’ Catholic bishops have urged devotees to provide medicines and dry rations for the needy at a time when Sri Lankan is mired in crises.The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka (CBCSL), in a statement released on Oct. 28, urged people to be […]
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When Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev went to Peking on an official visit in July-August 1958, chairman Mao Zedong chose an unusual venue for one of their meetings―his private swimming pool. “You look after Europe, and leave Asia to us,” Mao told Khrushchev. The Soviet leader, however, was not impressed. “No one has authorised us to […]
A 27-year-old Sri Lankan man is among those who died in a crush as huge Halloween crowds surged into a narrow street in South Korea’s capital, Seoul yesterday (October 29), according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Sabri.The post Sri Lankan among victims in Seoul Halloween stampede appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
The Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau (SLBFE) has issued a special statement regarding the Sri Lankan national who is among more than 150 people killed in a stampede at a Halloween event in central Seoul, South Korea.
Rupee average rose to as much as 1676.93 rupees a kilo in the first week of October.
A Sri Lankan is among over 150 people killed during Saturday night’s deadly crush in South Korea, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said. The Sri Lankan is said to be a resident of Kandy. At least 151 people were killed and 82 others injured in a deadly stampede in Seoul’s Itaewon district as huge crowds of […]
A Sri Lankan male is among those who died in a crush as huge Halloween crowds surged into a narrow street in South Korea s capital, Seoul yesterday (Oct 29), according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Sabri.
Sri Lanka’s precariously low foreign reserves suffered another blow this week after Bangladesh’s Central Bank, Bangladesh Bank, directed all banks in that country to only resort to cash deals and no credit with Sri Lankan banks under an international payment settlement gateway.The post Sri Lanka’s forex reserves further hit by Bangladeshi move appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaki...
The Surinamese Government has sought access to a woman arrested in Sri Lanka on suspicion of drug smuggling. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation in Suriname said that information was requested from Sri Lanka on the basis of the Vienna Convention on Consular Traffic’ (Arts 5 and 36 paragraph 1c) and […]
Catholics in Bahrain hail mainly from the Philippines, India and Sri Lanka. (UCAN) Pope Francis is set to make a four-day visit to Bahrain, a journey that will make him the first pope to visit the Arab kingdom just off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf.The visit on Nov. 3-6 has two […]
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Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena states that the direct contribution of governors and provincial council officers and former public representatives is essential for the success of the rural economic revival and food security programme.The post We should go beyond the traditional systems to earn more foreign income – Prime Minister appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in S...
Türkiye says tensions between great power rivalries affected developing countries such as Sri Lanka. The Ambassador of Türkiye to Sri Lanka, Demet Şekercioğlu, said that Türkiye is deeply saddened seeing the current hardships faced by the friendly people of Sri Lanka. She said this in a message to mark the 99th Anniversary of the founding […]
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Investors wait for direction from 2023 budget presented to parliament on Nov. 14
Fuel price hike, forex-shortage led long fuel queues help boost LIOC's profits
A new “wellness village” hospital is to be constructed adjacent to the Biyagama Hospital. A discussion on the acquisition of land for the construction of the new hospital was held at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of Presidential Adviser on Climate Change, Ruwan Wijewardene. Based on a concept of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the wellness […]
Thousands of Sri Lankans marched in the capital on Thursday to urge the government to halt its crackdown on protests against an unprecedented economic crisis that has engulfed the Indian Ocean nation for months.The post Sri Lankans march against government crackdown on protests appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
By Uditha Devapriya In my essay on H. D. Premaratne, I pointed out that Premaratne and Vasantha Obeyesekere were responsible for much of the changes that swept through the Sinhala cinema in the 1970s. Basically, they helped shatter the distinction that had prevailed until then between an artistic and a commercial cinema. Both directors focused […]
The Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of Bangladesh, has instructed banks in the country to refrain from transactions with Sri Lanka through the ACU system, foreign media reported.The post Bangladeshi banks asked to stop ACU transactions with Sri Lanka appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
The Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of Bangladesh, has instructed banks in the country to refrain from transactions with Sri Lanka through the ACU system, foreign media reported.
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