UK interior minister Braverman: I made a mistake, I resign
LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – British interior minister Suella Braverman said on Wednesday she had resigned after sending an officialContinue Reading
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Sri Lanka aims to nearly double tax revenue by 2026, says President
COLOMBO (Reuters)- Sri Lanka aims to nearly double its tax revenue to around 15per cent of gross domestic product byContinue Reading
Booker Prize 2022: Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins with supernatural satire
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has won the Booker prize for fiction. TheContinue Reading
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
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
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
Asian champions Sri Lanka grab centre stage in T20 World Cup opener on Sunday
(AFP) – A confident Sri Lanka open the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday fresh from being crowned Asian champions, but faceContinue 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
IMF cuts global growth forecast for next year, warns ‘the worst is yet to come’
KEY POINTS The International Monetary Fund predicts global growth will slow to 2.7% next year, 0.2 percentage points lower than its July forecast,Continue Reading
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