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September 22, 2024 10:13 PM
Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic recovery following the South Asian nation's worst financial crisis in decades. Di...
September 20, 2024 4:19 PM
Scarred by a decades-long civil war and struggling to survive in Sri Lanka's crippled economy, ethnic minority Tamils in the island nation say they have little hope that Saturday's presidential election will improve their lot by much. Tamils form 12...
September 20, 2024 1:57 PM
The parliamentary hearing committee of Nepal has approved the names of proposed ambassadors for 16 different countries. The committee approved the nominations based on a majority. However, the nomination of Ram Krishna Bhattarai, who was proposed as ...
September 19, 2024 1:31 PM
Just over two years since Sri Lanka's 'Aragalaya' uprising that deposed the nation's president, the movement that sparked the mass struggle is rallying behind Anura Kumara Dissanayake to lead the fight against corruption and revive a broken economy...
September 11, 2024 12:17 PM
Not one of the 38 contenders in Sri Lanka's presidential election this month is a woman, a stark contrast in the Indian Ocean island where women make up more than half the voters and the workforce. Well before more familiar figures such as Britain...
August 29, 2024 4:59 PM
India has initiated the first payment for Hybrid Power Projects aimed at addressing the energy needs of three remote islands off the northern coast of Sri Lanka. The announcement came as India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha, formally h...
August 23, 2024 9:02 AM
Sri Lanka has decided to provide free visa access to 35 countries including India from October 1, Sri Lanka-based Daily Mirror reported citing Harin Fernando, the advisor to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Tourism. The list of nations includes 34 other na...
August 7, 2024 6:21 PM
Namal Rajapaksa, the son of Sri Lanka's former president, will run in the Sept. 21 presidential election, he said on Wednesday (August 7), taking on the incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe whom many analysts see as the frontrunner. Elected by parliam...
June 25, 2024 4:32 PM
Sri Lanka is set to sign agreements to restructure its bilateral debt with India and Japan on Wednesday. This news was confirmed by Foreign Minister M.U.M. Ali Sabry, who mentioned that President Ranil Wickremesinghe had updated the Cabinet about the...
June 13, 2024 12:24 PM
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the second review of Sri Lanka's $2.9 billion bailout, but the global lender warned the economy remains vulnerable despite signs of recovery and urged Colombo to do more to restructure a hefty debt burde...
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