Oil slipped on Friday after prices spiked earlier on reports that Israel had attacked Iran as market fears of a major escalation to hostilities in the Mideast appeared to ease. MORE..
19 Apr 2024 (6:14 PM)
Sri Lanka has participated in the Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable (GSDR) in Washington DC, which brings together debtor countries and creditors, in a bid to build greater common understanding among key stakeholders on debt sustainability, debt restructuring challenges and ways to address them. MORE..
19 Apr 2024 (3:19 PM)
A man has set himself on fire outside the court in Manhattan where former President Donald Trump s hush-money trial is being held. MORE..
20 Apr 2024 (12:46 PM)
China has written off an unspecified amount of Zimbabwe s interest-free loans and pledged to help the Southern African country find a way out of its debt crisis, even as activists warned of a permanent debt trap. MORE..
20 Apr 2024 (10:47 AM)
A woman who was traveling on a motorcycle has been killed in an accident that occurred after her handbag was caught on the body of a lorry passing by. MORE..
20 Apr 2024 (2:53 PM)
The final rites of the late Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne, the founder and the President Emeritus of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka, will be performed today (20) with full state honours. MORE..
20 Apr 2024 (12:15 PM)