Colombo, June 4 (DailyFT): The Bangladesh High Commission to Sri Lanka organized in Colombo a stakeholders’ consultation forum on enhancing
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Sri Lanka’s inflation rate exceeds 50% for the first time since 1954
July 1 (NewsWire) – Sri Lanka’s headline inflation has increased to 54.6% in June 2022 from 39.1% in May 2022.
Second ship from Tamil Nadu with 15,000 mt of relief material for Lanka on the way
Madurai, June 23 (The Hindu): The second ship, carrying over 15,000 tonnes of relief materials donated by the Tamil Nadu
Sri Lanka announces weekly fuel quotas for motorists amid shortage
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka announced weekly fuel quotas for motorists on Sunday, as an acute shortage worsened, and longer queues formed
China holds out the olive branch to Sri Lanka after standoff
By P.K.Balachandran Colombo, May 3: China, which had expressed displeasure over Sri Lanka’s approaching the IMF for a bailout without
Sri Lanka opposition to move no-confidence motion if economic crisis unaddressed
The head of Sri Lanka’s main opposition party said on Friday it would move a no-confidence motion in parliament against
New Ministers sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Colombo, April 4 (DailyMirror) – Four new ministers were sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa a short while ago, hours
Sri Lanka current economic crisis is similar to 1970s: New York Times article from 1974
March 22 – Sri Lanka’s current economic crisis is similar to that it faced in the 1970s, former Deputy Governor
India’s Western naval fleet visits Sri Lanka
Colombo, March 12 (newsin.asia): In continuation of Indian Navy’s endeavor to build ‘Bridges of Friendship’, with the Sri Lankan navy,
Hundreds of bakeries shut in Sri Lanka after cooking gas runs out
Colombo, March 11 (Reuters) – Nearly 1,000 bakeries have closed in Sri Lanka due to a severe shortage of cooking