In a recent interview, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Dr Nandalal Weerasinghe addressed misconceptions regarding Sri Lanka s total debt, clarifying that the increase from USD 96 billion in December 2023 to a projected USD 100 billion by March 2024 is largely due to exchange rate fluctuations rather than new borrowing. MORE..
6 Jul 2024 (12:58 PM)
Police suspect that the cause of the fire that broke out at a restaurant in Akurana may have been an electrical leak in the system supplying electricity to the electric ovens in a bakery located in the building. MORE..
6 Jul 2024 (11:53 AM)
Qatar Airways will be increasing its Sri Lanka-Doha flights from the current five-daily flights schedule to six-daily flights, starting 10 July 2024. MORE..
5 Jul 2024 (8:47 PM)
A number of fuel stations were closed across Pakistan on Friday morning following a strike called by petroleum dealers against a new taxation measure introduced by the government to boost revenue and cover its financial shortfall. MORE..
5 Jul 2024 (6:24 PM)
Sri Lanka s earnings from tourism rose to over 1.5 billion US dollars in the first six months of 2024, a 77.9-per cent increase year on year, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) said in its latest weekly report. MORE..
6 Jul 2024 (11:43 PM)
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran s runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic. MORE..
6 Jul 2024 (2:30 PM)