Sri Lanka Estimates $7 Billion Needed for Rebuilding After Cyclone Ditwah Death Toll Reaches 465
Colombo (AFP) – Sri Lankan authorities said Wednesday they would need some $7 billion to rebuild homes, industries and roads destroyedContinue Reading
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Sri Lanka grapples with trauma, loss after deadly Cyclone that killed hundreds
ALAWATHUGODA, Sri Lanka, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Nawaz Nashra recalls grabbing her three-year-old daughter, wrapping her in a bedsheet andContinue Reading
Management Committee appointed for ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Fund
The Sri Lanka Cabinet has approved the creation of the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Fund to support national recovery after theContinue Reading
Sri Lanka deploys troops as floodwaters rise, death toll hits 69
(AFP)-Sri Lankan troops were racing to rescue hundreds of people marooned by rising floodwaters on Friday as weather-related deaths roseContinue Reading
Sri Lanka Banks On IMF Cash As Car Imports Top Estimates
Sri Lanka’s central bank expects the IMF to release a $350 million loan tranche, which Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe says isContinue Reading
Legal migrants who arrived in U.K from 2021 face long wait for settled status under tough new proposals
U.K Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has proposed stricter rules for migrants seeking permanent settlement. Around two million legal migrants whoContinue Reading
Pakistan deploys army to protect Sri Lankan cricketers
KARACHI, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Pakistan has deployed army and paramilitary forces to protect Sri Lanka’s cricket team after a deadlyContinue Reading
Sri Lanka vows to overhaul loss-making national airline
(AFP)-Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday vowed to overhaul the country’s loss-making national airline after the government failed toContinue Reading
Sri Lanka set to regain economic output lost to crisis, Dissanayake says
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka has nearly completed its debt restructuring process and is set to regain the economic output itContinue Reading
Singapore firm rejects US$1 billion Sri Lankan pollution damages
SINGAPORE- A Singapore shipping company told AFP on Tuesday (Sep 23) it will refuse to pay Sri Lankan court-ordered damagesContinue Reading
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