Sri Lanka’s central bank sees inflation peak above target in Q2 next year
Sri Lanka’s headline inflation is expected to peak around 2 percentage points above the central bank’s target in the second ...
Sunday Observer13hOpinion
Tough constraints leave little room for manoeuvering
Sri Lanka’s newly elected Government faces a formidable challenge as it prepares to present its full-year Budget for 2025 in ...
Sunday Observer13hOpinion
Russia-Ukraine war, a challenge and opportunity for Sri Lanka
Formalising and regulating the deployment of ex-soldiers as mercenaries could address economic, social and geopolitical ...
The Island7h
Scammed and Stranded: The Dark Side of Sri Lanka’s Migration Industry
Over 320 million rupees lost to visa scams as desperate Sri Lankans fall prey to fraudulent migration agencies by Niruni de Mel A fisherman from the quiet town of Mannar sold his mother’s, sisters’, ...
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Japan GDP, South Korean leader's trial, Indonesia policy meeting
A Seoul court begins the criminal trial of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on insurrection charges linked to his short-lived order to impose martial law, Thailand reports its annual GDP numbers ...
The Island6h
Local elections
Bill read out in Parliament on Friday makes clear that these elections, last held in 2018, due in 2022 and postponed thereafter on various pretexts must be held in the coming weeks. But the question ...
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Greece National Debt – How They Forced A 50% ‘Haircut’ In 2011
The 2008 global financial crisis hit the Greek government hard. In order to remain within EU requirements on debt, the government hid some of its borrowings in special debt-holding corporations. The ...
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Hot News
MORE.. Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism, Vijitha Herath, is to participate in the 8th Indian Ocean Conference (IOC), scheduled to take place from 16–17 February ...