Large stock of cocaine found hidden inside container from Brazil

IMF does not support providing subsidies to everyone in Sri Lanka

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) does not support providing subsidies to everyone in Sri Lanka. Krishna Srinivasan, Director of the IMF?s Asia and Pacific Department said that there needs to be targeted support to the poor and vulnerable in Sri Lanka. “We fully sympathize and understand the hardship faced by people in terms of falling wages, cost of living increases, and so on, and we’re fully sympathetic to that. But again, the program, we do have, , prices reflecting cost recovery. And

13 Oct, 2023

Sri Lanka explains decision to join China’s BRI

Sri Lanka says its decision to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) stemmed from its aspirations for economic development, infrastructure enhancement, and regional connectivity. The?Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Belgium and Luxembourg and the Head of Mission to the European Union Grace Asirwatham participated as one of the panelists in a high-level policy event in Brussels titled “Looking back, looking forward: Global South perspectives of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)”. Ambassador As

13 Oct, 2023

UN raises concerns over two Bills in Sri Lanka

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has raised?serious concerns over two bills under consideration in the Sri Lankan Parliament – the revised Anti-Terrorism Bill and the Online Safety Bill. The UN says the Bills give the authorities a range of expansive powers and can impose restrictions on human rights, not in line with international human rights law. “The Anti-Terrorism Bill is intended to replace the Prevention of Terrorism Act, which has long been of concern to the UN h

13 Oct, 2023