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Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka housed ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa following the recent crisis, until he was forced to flee the country entirely. That continues a trend of the city, and especially its strategic deep-sea port, being in the news for all the wrong reasons. In 2017, when Sri
Global un-employment set to rise
Reiterating its call for dialogue and diplomacy, India on Monday (local time) said that if the conflict in Ukraine is not solved through talks immediately, there will be severe repercussions in the global economy which will derail the efforts of securing food security and eradicating hunger in the run-up to 2030. Speaking at the UN […]
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has lambasted those who are making wholesale criticism that Bangladesh will face the same situation like that of Sri Lanka. They are making the comments without realising the global context under the fallout of the Covid-19 and Russia-Ukraine War, the Daily Star quoted her as saying. “Let them say that […]
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) says Sri Lanka’s growth is forecast to contract by 7.6% in 2022 and economic activity will remain subdued in 2023.In its latest Asian Development Outlook Supplement, the ADB said the island nation is beset with multifaceted and deepening challenges emanating from long-standing fiscal and current account deficits that have led to […]
The International Monetary Fund hopes to complete rescue talks with Sri Lanka “as quickly as possible,” Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday, hours before the crisis-hit South Asian nation elected a new president. Speaking with Nikkei Asia in Tokyo, Georgieva
The International Monetary Fund hopes to complete rescue talks with Sri Lanka "as quickly as possible," Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday, hours before the crisis-hit South Asian nation elected a new president.The post IMF hopes to complete Sri Lanka aid talks ‘
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Sri Lanka’s Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the issues which prevail in Sri Lanka with regard to hunger, are man made.The post The food crisis in Sri Lanka is man made, Acting President Ranil tells Global Forum appeared first on ONLANKA News - Sri Lanka News - Latest News Sri Lanka
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says the economic crisis in Sri Lanka is a warning sign to the rest of the world.Speaking to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Indonesia, Georgieva said that the global economic outlook has darkened
In the midst of the unfolding crisis in Sri Lanka and its economic and political collapse, it has been forgotten that China is complicit in creating the present unrest. This fact needs to be recognized within Sri Lanka, where the people have taken it upon themselves to ‘reform’ the political system
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says the economic crisis in Sri Lanka is a warning sign to the rest of the world. Speaking to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Indonesia today, Georgieva said that the global economic outlook has darkened
By Michael Rowand As Sri Lankan protesters stormed the presidential residence in Colombo, the Chinese Embassy released no statements and did not tweet. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered no comment until Monday afternoon, well behind others such as India, the European Union, and the United States. The French Embassy even retweeted a tweet […]
(NDTV); Ukrainian President Zelensky says that several countries experiencing food and fuel shortages due to the disruption in the supply chain have benefitted Russia’s agenda. Basically, the Ukrainian President Zelensky blamed Russia for causing unrest in Sri Lanka as well as around the world due to the blocking of food products during the invasion of […]Russia “Responsible̶...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed Russia for causing unrest in Sri Lanka as well as around the world due to the blocking of food products during the invasion of Ukraine.
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UN Secretary General António Guterres today called for dialogue to “ensure a smooth transition of Government and solutions to the country’s deep economic crisis. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has yet to comment publicly on the occupation of his residence, along with that of Prime Minister Ranil
(Vatican News) Pope Francis on Sunday implored the authorities of Sri Lanka to listen to the cries of their people, suffering under the country’s worst economic crisis in 70 years. “I join in the grief of the people of Sri Lanka, who continue to suffer the effects of political and economic
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka should stop money printing earlier than indicated in a statement by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, opposition legislator Harsha de Silva said, though legislators have already given extensive powers to the agency engage in liquidity injections. “Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe talked about money printing,” de Silva told parliament. “He said, the in...
Countries already under pressure from the economic fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic, risk seeing the same economic turmoil and human misery as Sri Lanka, the UN said. “We’re witnessing a tragic series of events that are unfolding in Sri Lanka right now that should be a warning to anyone who thinks that, you know, it […]
India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar says India is helping Sri Lanka cope with the economic crisis. Jaishankar said that India is paying a lot of attention to South Asia and the neighbouring countries are looking up to it to take lead in the integration of the region. Addressing
Says economy could contract 7-pct in 2022
Sri Lanka’s total debt burden increased to Rs 21.6 trillion by March 2022, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today. He said that Sri Lanka needs to pay $3.4 billion between June and December this year, $5.8 billion in 2023, $4.9 billion in 2024, $6.2 billion in 2025, $4.0 billion in 2026 and $4.3 billion […]
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the crisis in Sri Lanka at the G-7 summit in Germany. Modi was quoted as saying that India is helping Sri Lanka to ensure food security. “We have dispatched about 35,000 tonnes of wheat as humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in the last few months
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