High-level IMF delegation meets President Dissanayake
WEB1 day ago · The high-level delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visiting Sri Lanka met with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo today, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. President Dissanayake reaffirmed commitment to IMF objectives and advocated …
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Sri Lanka’s New President Faces Daunting Challenges and High …
WEB3 days ago · Two years after a seismic political and economic crisis rocked Sri Lanka and brought citizens to the streets in mass protests movements that ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s citizens went to the polls to cast their votes for a new president. On September 21, Sri Lankans elected the left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake over ...
LankaWeb – From Protests to Power: Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s …
WEB4 days ago · Courtesy D.D.News India It is more than two years since the Aragalaya Protests shook Sri Lanka to the core. Aragalaya means Struggle in the Sinhala language. The imagery of people storming the Presidential Palace and hoisting the Sri Lankan national flag, amid slogans of ‘Gota Go Home’, is fresh in the minds of many, in this […]
Can Sri Lanka’s new leader Dissanayake reverse the country’s …
WEB4 days ago · Hamzah Rifaat Courtesy TRTWorld. The pro-Marxist official faces the daunting task of addressing a severe economic crisis while uniting a divided nation. ReutersSri Lanka’s newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake reads a document after being sworn in as president at the Presidential Secretariat, in …
LankaWeb – High-level IMF team to visit Sri Lanka this week
WEB4 days ago · A high-level IMF team led by Krishna Srinivasan, Director for the Asia Pacific Department, will be visiting Colombo October 2-4 to meet with President Dissanayake and the new economic team to discuss latest economic developments and economic reforms under Sri Lanka’s economic program supported by the IMF. The team will communicate at …
Sri Lankan election shines light on president’s legacy and links
WEBAug 20, 2024 · COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s first presidential election since an economic crisis tipped the government into turmoil two years ago will focus attention on whether the unelected incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe can hold on to his position. United National Party’s Wickremesinghe assumed the presidency after …
LankaWeb – Sri Lanka’s headline inflation projected to hit 70% in ...
WEBJul 7, 2022 · Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s headline inflation is expected to rise to 70 per cent in the coming months from the current level of 50%, the Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says. His remarks came during a media briefing convened in Colombo to announce the Central Bank’s 5th monetary policy review […]
Island-wide quarantine curfew in Sri Lanka further extended
WEBSep 10, 2021 · The ongoing island-wide quarantine curfew orders will stay in effect for another week, the Cabinet Spokesman, Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella announced today. Accordingly, the restrictions will be effective until 4.00 a.m. on September 21 (Tuesday). The decision to further extend the ...
LankaWeb – Sri Lanka extends island-wide quarantine curfew
WEBAug 27, 2021 · Sri Lanka has extended the current island-wide quarantine curfew orders by a week, in a bid to curb the soaring COVID-19 figures in the country prompted by the rapid spread of the Delta variant. Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella tweeted that the extended quarantine curfew orders are effective until …