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3 days ago · In November, Sri Lanka and a coalition of its bilateral creditors, such as Japan, France and India, reached a preliminary agreement to restructure $5.9 billion of the South Asian country's outstanding public debt. This agreement followed a previous deal with the Sri Lankan government reached with the Export-Import Bank of China in October ...
4 days ago · Speaking with reporters here on Saturday, Sabry said that Sri Lanka is looking at a reduction of approximately USD 17 billion from its overall debt burden in the ongoing debt restructuring process ...
5 days ago · Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port is number one on the list. China’s aggressive attempts to bet on India’s neighboring countries are not new, but it has now moved towards military expansion in the ...
4 days ago · The President revealed that one of the items in the bill, in carrying out this transformation, is to ensure that Sri Lanka achieves net-zero emissions by 2050. “And I can tell you we will achieve it before that. Sri Lanka can do it,” he declared.
5 days ago · Sri Lanka’s import-heavy economy coupled with dwindling reserves and a lack of foreign currency exacerbate the challenges, necessitating urgent measures to address the dire economic situation.
2 days ago · In ‘Crisis in Sri Lanka and the World’, Asoka Bandarage finds the sources of Sri Lanka’s present crisis and of the people’s struggle of 2022 in colonial underdevelopment and a warped global economic system – but solutions remain elusive. TWO YEARS AFTER Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis since 1948, shortages and queues have ended ...
4 days ago · Although Sri Lanka’s civil war ended 15 years ago, members of the Tamil community are still being disappeared and subjected to torture and sexual violence, according to a new report by the London-based International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP). The report titled Disappearance, Torture And Sexual Violence Of Tamils 2015-2022 analyses the ...
