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Three years after COVID pandemic, India and Sri Lanka resume flight service between Chennai, Jaffna
Nearly three years after India suspended airline services between Chennai and Jaffna, it resumed flight operations on Monday, hoping to boost the tourism sector of the debt-ridden nation. The services were halted following the massive…
Amnesty urges Sri Lanka to drop charges, free two protest leaders
The rights group also renews call for Sri Lanka to repeal the civil war-era Prevention of Terrorism Act under which the two are being held.
Rights group Amnesty International has urged Sri Lanka to drop charges against two protest…
Sri Lanka aims to hike taxes in budget to soften crisis
Sri Lanka’s president on Monday proposed to more than double the country’s tax revenue as the island nation struggles to come out from its worst economic crisis.
Unsustainable debt and a severe balance of payment crisis on top of lingering…
Sri Lanka budget likely a balancing act between IMF and welfare
Sri Lanka is balancing competing demands going into Monday’s budget, as it seeks to finalize conditions for a US$2.9 billion (S$4 billion) International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan while buffering citizens from the island nation’s worst…
Foreign debt relief is single biggest challenge: Sri Lanka foreign minister
Sri Lanka is working overtime on its diplomatic channels to convince its biggest bilateral lenders China, Japan and India to restructure their loans to the island, which is facing its worst ever economic crisis.
Foreign Minister Ali Sabry…
Sri Lanka Consumer Inflation Hits Record 73.7% In September
Sri Lanka’s National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) rose to a new high of 73.7% in September from a year earlier, quickening from 70.2% in August, the statistics department said.
Annual food price inflation picked up to 85.8% from 84.6% in…
Powerful clan stands in way of push to curb Sri Lanka presidency
After Sri Lankan protesters booted out former leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa earlier this year, his allies are now looking to water down their demands to curb the powers of the island nation’s presidency.
Lawmakers on Thursday are set to kick…
3 dead, over 55,000 affected in Sri Lanka’s floods, landslides
Three people have died and over 55,000 people from 13,902 families have been affected by floods and landslides in Sri Lanka in the past 72 hours.
The rainy weather that ushered in floods and landslides will continue till Wednesday,…
Sri Lanka striving towards fulfilling pledges made to UNHRC – PM
Sri Lanka is striving towards fulfilling the pledges made to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said in Parliament yesterday (07).
The Prime Minister also said that it is incorrect to…
Sri Lanka among 48 countries designated as Hunger Hotspots
Sri Lanka has been categorized as a FAO – WFP Hunger Hotsport or a major food crisis by the UN GRFC.
This was revealed in a recent statement by the International Monetary Fund.
Sri Lanka is among the 48 countries designated as Hunger…