Govt gazettes new anti-corruption bill after IMF deal
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that Sri Lanka will enact key points of its agreement with the IMF into law upon parliamentary approval, with the anti-corruption…
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that Sri Lanka will enact key points of its agreement with the IMF into law upon parliamentary approval, with the anti-corruption…
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said necessary steps will be taken to pass the best anti-Corruption Act in South Asia.
Nearly a year in the making, the IMF bailout is a lifeline for the bankrupt island nation that has barely any foreign exchange reserves to repay debts running into the billions or…
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The event, attended by diplomats, government officials, corporate sector workers, and travel agents, was organised in line with the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the…
The purpose of this move is to encourage and promote investment opportunities in Sri Lanka.
Cabinet spokesman Bandula Gunawardana said the manufacture or sale of plastic cutlery, cocktail shakers and artificial flowers will be prohibited from June.
India wrote to the IMF earlier this month, saying it would commit to supporting Sri Lanka, but the island nation also needs the backing of China in order to reach a final…
Regional security would always be a focus for New Delhi, said a source with knowledge of the matter, at a time of persistent friction with China along their Himalayan frontier.
The Indian Ocean island nation needs to achieve debt sustainability as a precondition to a $2.9 billion bailout from the Washington-based lender after it defaulted in April.