Cash-strapped Sri Lanka scraps monkey business plan
(AFP)-Bankrupt Sri Lanka’s government on Monday said it was scrapping plans to export around 100,000 endangered monkeys to China followingContinue Reading
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Sri Lanka defeat Ireland to make it to Super 6 stage of World Cup 2023 Qualifiers
From AFP – Agence France Presse Sri Lanka powered into the Super Six stage of the Cricket World Cup qualifyingContinue Reading
Sri Lanka set to start tea-for-oil barter with Iran next month
COLOMBO, June 23 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka is set to start bartering tea to Iran next month in lieu ofContinue Reading
Ex-Sri Lanka President ordered police records destroyed to stall mass grave probes, report alleges
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was accused in a report released Thursday of tamperingContinue Reading
Sri Lanka readies ailing Thai elephant for flight home
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Twice a day carers in Sri Lanka lead Sak Surin, an elephant donated by Thailand more thanContinue Reading
Sri Lanka’s economy shrinks 11.5% in first quarter as financial crisis continues
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s economy shrank 11.5% in the first three months of 2023, official data showed on Thursday, asContinue Reading
Sri Lanka extends freeze on outward capital transactions by 6 months
COLOMBO, June 13 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s government has decided to extend a restriction on outward capital transactions by sixContinue Reading
Sri Lanka lifts import limits on 286 items as crisis eases
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka lifted import restrictions on 286 items, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday, a fresh signContinue Reading
U.S company signs agreement to enter retail fuel market in crisis-hit Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP)- A U.S. petroleum company signed an agreement with Sri Lanka on Thursday allowing it to import andContinue Reading
Sri Lanka eyes free trade pact with Thailand by March as growth in focus
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka and Thailand could sign a free trade agreement (FTA) by March, a top official ofContinue Reading
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