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Sri Lanka seeks credit line from Qatar for fuel and gas

Sri Lanka has sought a credit line from Qatar for fuel and gas. Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera met with the Deputy Director General of the Qatar Fund for Development today. He said he discussed a possible credit line facility for petroleum and gas. “Was informed that funds has been allocated for medical supplies and will consider the request for a credit facility and support the IMF program,” Wijesekera tweeted. The Minister, who is currently on a visit to Qatar, also met with Saad Sher

28 Jun, 2022

Sri Lanka seeks fuel from India on an urgent basis

Sri Lanka has sought petrol and diesel from India on an urgent basis. The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India Milinda Moragoda met with the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing and Urban Affairs of India Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, today to discuss urgent matters pertaining to bilateral energy cooperation. The meeting was held at the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs in New Delhi. At the outset, High Commissioner Moragoda briefed Minister Puri on the acute challenges that Sri Lan

27 Jun, 2022

Nishantha Silva links GR to Lasantha’s murder

Former detective of the Criminal Investigations Department, Nishantha Silva has linked President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to the murder of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge. Silva has assembled into a vivid picture building what he says is the complicity of Rajapaksa in the 2009 murder of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported. Silva believes that Rajapaksa?then Secretary of Defense?had the means, the opportunity and as, he said in a written statement, ?a cl

28 Jun, 2022