USAID CHIEF CALLS ON CHINA TO RESTRUCTURE SRI LANKA’S DEBT
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power delivers a speech at Indian…
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INDIA SAYS IT WILL PROTECT ITS INTERESTS AS CHINESE BOAT HEADS TO SRI LANKA
A Navy officer stands in front of India's and Sri Lanka's national flags as Indian…
SRI LANKAN PREZ WICKREMESINGHE SAYS HIS GOVT WILL FOCUS ON FIXING ECONOMY, ENDING FUEL SHORTAGE
ri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said his government’s main priorities are to fix the country’s ailing economy
WORLD BANK HAS NO NEW FINANCING PLANS FOR CRISIS-HIT SRI LANKA
The World Bank does not plan to offer new financing to Sri Lanka, which is battling its worst economic crisis in decades
HAVE YOUR SAY
THE ARAGALAYAHow do you view the ongoing people’s struggle?
BUSINESS SENTIMENT
Time to dig deep for that island sense of joie de vivre and look for those silver linings… And despite the pessimistic economic forecast for the next 12 months
BURNING ISSUES
These days, the quality of life of Sri Lankans from every walk of life is measured by the anxious hours spent not only in interminable queues
LIVING GALLERY
I’m a go-getter; and a positive person. I have to thank my father for my optimistic attitude. He was always up and about and very positive about whatever he did
BOOKRACK
Is there profit to be made in attempting to fix global problems instead of contributing to them? As new strains of disease plague daily living
PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR
Even before the outbreak of COVID-19, Sri Lanka’s public healthcare sector was feeling the pressure of a faltering economy in terms of budget allocations
SO SRI LANKA
Sigiriya, originally a monastery, later housed a fleeing king and then gained fame as a modern-day tourist hotspot. Tales of its chief historical protagonist are Shakespearean in nature and encompass patricide
EXECUTIVE HEALTH
For the past few months, we’ve been managing as best as we can with hardly any gas, barely enough kerosene oil, and minimal petrol and diesel
THE ECONOMY
At the end of June, inflation was 54.6 percent with food inflation as high as 80.1 percent. The untold suffering of middle and lower income households
