Government meets deadline and repays USD 1 billion debt

Sri Lanka to present debt restructuring, IMF bailout plans to creditors

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka will make a presentation to its international creditors on Friday, laying out the full extent of its economic troubles and plans for a debt restructuring and multi-billion dollar International Monetary Fund bailout. Years of economic mismanagement combined with the COVID-19 pandemic have left Sri Lanka in its worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1948, causing it to default on its sovereign debt. The country’s Ministry of Finance said in a statement via

19 Sep, 2022

Seven Sri Lankans rescued in Ukraine reveal torture by Russian troops

By Easwaran Rutnam Seven Sri Lankans rescued in Ukraine have revealed how they were tortured by Russian troops. Serhii Bolvinov, head of the Investigative Department of the National Police in Kharkiv Oblast said that the seven Sri Lankans, which included a woman and 6 men, were in Kupyansk at the start of a full-scale invasion. In a post on Facebook, Bolvinov said that in May, they tried to reach Kharkiv on foot but were detained by Russian troops at the first checkpoint. Bolvinov said that

19 Sep, 2022

Computer breakdown at Foreign Ministry resolved

The computer breakdown at the Foreign Ministry has been resolved and services will return to normal tomorrow (Tuesday). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the computer system breakdown, experienced in the Attestation and Verification unit of the Consular Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its Regional Offices has been resolved. As a result, the Attestation and Verification service at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its Regional Offices in Jaffna, Trincomalee, Ka

19 Sep, 2022