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Finance · Colombo(Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka is working on a proposal to exchange its existing dollar bonds for new securities, a step that would help the crisis-plagued South Asian country secure more international financial aid. The Ministry of Finance said on Thursday that it was inviting banks to submit proposals for the transaction. Financial institutions would work alongside Lazard Frères SAS and Clifford Chance LLP, according to a statement. Almost two years…See the Story
Sri Lanka Seeks Bank Bids For Potential Dollar-Bond Exchange
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Colombo · ColomboSri Lanka's key inflation rate fell to 0.9 per cent year-on-year in March. The Colombo Consumer Price Index, a leading indicator for broader national prices, tracks inflation in Colombo. The inflation decrease was largely driven by a 22 per cent reduction in power tariffs for households earlier this month.See the Story
Sri Lanka's key inflation rate falls to 0.9% in March
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Xi Jinping · ColomboPresident Xi Jinping and visiting Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena spoke highly of the Port City Colombo and Hambantota Port projects in Sri Lanka. They agreed to keep promoting Belt and Road cooperation between the two countries as they held a meeting on Wednesday in Beijing.See the Story
Nations to enhance BRI ties
Colombo · Colomboلندن- “القدس العربي”: نشرت صحيفة “أندبندنت” البريطانية تقريراً أعدته ماروشا مظفر قالت فيه إن الحكومة السنغافورية طلبت من سفارة إسرائيل حذف منشور مثير للجدل حول إسرائيل وفلسطين وعدم احترام مشاعر المسلمين، من خلال استخدام غير مناسب للآيات القرآنية. ووصفت الحكومة المحلية المنشور بأنه “غير حساس” و “غير مناسب”. وقال وزير العدل السنغافوري كي شانموغام إن […]See the Story
حكومة سنغافورة طلبت من سفارة إسرائيل حذف منشور بسبب “استخدام غير مناسب للآيات القرآنية”
Wages · ColomboSri Lanka’s economy collapsed in early 2022 after its foreign exchange reserves dwindled to record lows. The average monthly household income of the poorest 20% of the population is 17,572 rupees. 90% of overall households had increased their expenditure due to the crisis.See the Story
Sri Lanka cabinet approves 40% hike to minimum wage
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Economy · IndiaAfter six successive quarters of negative growth, Sri Lanka’s bankrupt economy is estimated to have recorded a growth of 4.5% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2023. The gross official reserves improved to $4.5 billion by the end of February 2024.See the Story
Sri Lankan economy records 4.5% growth in fourth quarter of 2023: Central Bank
Maithripala Sirisena · ColomboSri Lanka’s former president Maithripala Sirisena on Monday appeared before the crime investigation department to record a statement on his recent remarks on the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings that he was “aware” of the masterminds of the attacks that killed 270 people, including 11 Indians.
Sirisena, 72, was president between 2015 January and 2019 November. He had previously denied any knowledge of the attacks on April 21, 2019.
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Sri Lanka: Former President Maithripala Sirisena quizzed by police for 5 hours after remark on Easter bombings
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Colombo · ColomboL'ex presidente - già condannato per non aver saputo prevenire gli attentati che causarono 273 morti - ora si dice disposto a rivelare in un'udienza a porte chiuse in tribunale i segreti che ha tenuto nascosti sulla vicenda ancora senza giustizia. P. Rohan Silva: "Se il governo avesse coraggio dovrebbe farlo arrestare immediatamente".See the Story
SRI LANKA Stragi della Pasqua 2019: Sirisena dice di conoscere i 'veri responsabili'
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