Crisis-hit Sri Lanka strikes staff-level pact with IMF on loan
COLOMBO, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a preliminary agreement on anContinue Reading
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Last handful of fish: Crisis pushes more Sri Lankans into poverty
(Reuters)- In her outstretched palms, 49-year-old Nilanthi Gunasekera holds her family’s last remaining handful of dried fish – a reminderContinue Reading
Sri Lanka’s President says IMF talks nearing successful end
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president said Tuesday that his bankrupt country’s talks with the International Monetary FundContinue Reading
Sri Lanka’s President to present relief budget amid crisis
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s new government plans Tuesday to present an amended budget for the year thatContinue Reading
Japan Finance Minister: Tokyo will coordinate with other Sri Lanka creditors on debt
TOKYO, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday it was important for all creditor nationsContinue Reading
Pakistan foreign minister says help needed after ‘overwhelming’ floods which has killed more than 1000
ISLAMABAD, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Pakistan needs financial help to deal with “overwhelming” floods, its foreign minister said on Sunday,Continue Reading
Farooqi stars as Afghanistan hammer Sri Lanka in Asia Cup Cricket opener
(AFP)-Fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi returned bowling figures of 3-11 to help Afghanistan thrash Sri Lanka by eight wickets in theContinue Reading
Veteran of India’s Congress quits with broadside against Gandhi scion
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A veteran leader of India’s main opposition Congress party quit on Friday, issuing a scathing resignationContinue Reading
Sri Lanka Politician Freed After Calling Judges Corrupt
(AFP)-An outspoken Sri Lankan politician imprisoned last year for accusing the island nation’s judges of corruption was released Friday afterContinue Reading
Japan Seeks to Organise Sri Lanka Creditors’ Meeting on Debt Crisis-Sources
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is seeking to organise a Sri Lanka creditors’ conference, hoping it could help solve the SouthContinue Reading
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