The Diplomat2d
Sri Lankan Defense Budget Grows Despite Troop Reductions
Colombo’s selection of partners for weapons and training will be a significant strategic decision for the NPP government, ...
EconomyNext5d
Sri Lanka women victimized during multiple crises: Deputy minister
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s women have suffered disproportionately due to several crises, Deputy Minister of child and women affairs, Namal Sudarshana said ... Vietnam set up an embassy in Colombo in ...
EconomyNext3d
Sri Lanka foreign exchange reserves slightly up in Feb 2025
(KALMUNAI/March 09/2025) ECONOMYNEXT – Defaulted loans of 369.453 billion yen (about 2.5 billion Us dollars) due from Sri Lanka were rescheduled till 2042, an interest rates below 1 percent, as per a ...
The Hindu6d
India, T.N. must help protect livelihoods of northern Sri Lankan fishermen, says Minister Bimal Rathnayake
Intervening in the House on Wednesday (March 5, 2025), Mr. Rathnayake, who is Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation and Leader of the House, said Sri Lanka has greatly ...
The Daily Mirror6d
Sri Lanka will need primary healthcare centres every 2 kms soon: Minister
Colombo, March 6 (Daily Mirror) - Sri Lanka will need primary healthcare centres every 2 kms because of the increase in the spread of non-communicable diceases and the aging population ...
Los Angeles Times3d
Syria’s neighboring foreign ministers call for lifting sanctions, reconciliation
The foreign ministers of Turkey, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon made their remarks alongside Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani following a meeting in the Jordanian capital, Amman.
Island3d
Sri Lankan foreign exchange market unveils a foreign exchange matching platform
The Sri Lankan foreign exchange (FX) market has successfully implemented an FX matching platform, as per the initiative taken by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) to foster a deeper FX market. This ...
The Hindu4d
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar opens new Consulate General of India in Belfast
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday (March 7, 2025) inaugurated a new Consulate General of India in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to cater to the needs of a growing Indian diaspora in ...
Forbes6d
Sri Lanka
In the coming years, Sri Lanka will need to balance its elevated debt repayment schedule with its need to maintain adequate foreign exchange reserves. In May 2016, Sri Lanka regained its ...
Mediaite3d
‘Just Making Things Up’: Sec of State Marco Rubio Slams Poland Foreign Minister for Elon Musk Ukraine Claim
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio blasted Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski over a claim about Elon Musk and the war in Ukraine, in a three-way war of words on Musk’s ...
USA Today2d
Harvard grad. Former banker: What to know about Mark Carney, Canada's next prime minister
Former central banker Mark Carney will become the next prime minister of Canada after winning the race to lead the country’s governing Liberal Party on Sunday. In his first speech as party ...
Fox News6d
State Department revokes first visa of foreign student linked to 'Hamas-supporting disruptions'
The State Department has revoked the visa of a student who participated in protesting in favor of Hamas, a move in line with President Donald Trump's call for canceling visas of students involved ...