Bankrupt Sri Lanka slashes fuel prices; World Bank warns its economy will shrink an unprecedented 9.2 percent this year
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka slashed fuel prices on Monday, the second cut in as many weeks, after the World Bank warnedContinue Reading
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Sri Lanka urged to withdraw bill allowing broad detentions
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An international human rights group is urging Sri Lanka’s government to withdraw draft legislation thatContinue Reading
#WorldCupT20 Minnows Nambia stun Sri Lanka in preliminary group opener
Namibia caused one of biggest upsets of the T20 World Cup with historic win in the opening match of roundContinue Reading
Saudi Arabia allows Qatar World Cup Hayya card holders to perform Umrah with multi-entry visa
Saudi Arabia’s Al Ekhbariya News Channel has announced that today, October 14, 2022, Muslims with World Cup Qatar Hayya cardsContinue Reading
Sri Lanka holds first in-person meeting with bondholders amid debt talks – sources
WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s government officials from the finance ministry and the central bank held its firstContinue Reading
UK’s Truss sacrifices finance minister, scraps tax plan in fight to survive
LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday and scrappedContinue Reading
Crisis hit Sri Lanka snapping up cheap Russian oil -Financial Times
Debt-laden Sri Lanka has been buying up large amounts of discounted Russian oil amid an economic meltdown that sent the country into default forContinue Reading
U.N says Tunisia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan top list of 54 countries in dire need of debt relief
Cascading global crises have left 54 countries — home to more than half of the world’s poorest people — inContinue Reading
E.U condemns ‘barbaric’ Russian missile attacks, warns Belarus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission condemned as “barbaric” Russian missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities on Monday andContinue Reading
Sri Lanka Top Court Allows Proceedings Against Former President Rajapaksa, Others
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s top court has granted permission for proceedings against former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the rights groupContinue Reading
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