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
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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
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
Japan says no pact yet with Sri Lanka on debt restructure talks
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan has not yet reached an agreement to co-chair a debt summit with Sri Lanka’s creditors, a governmentContinue Reading
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