US-Pakistan ties and global political compulsions
If the Trump administration carries out its current threat in full to use the ‘aid and assistance weapon’ against Pakistan
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Concerns over credibility of Rs. 9 b Malaysian bid for EAP assets
Concerns have been raised within business circles over the credibility of the Malaysian bidder for several assets of the EAP
Read moreSri Lanka ends 2017 year with 7.1-pct inflation
Sri Lanka’s ended the year generating 7.1 percent inflation in 2017 as the effects of a currency collapse over two
Read moreUS GSP: Govt. says no significant impact
The discontinuing of the GSP programme by the US from next year to 120 countries including Sri Lanka would not
Read moreUS wraps up GSP.
US congress declines to reauthorise preferential tariff system, ends on 31 Dec. for 120 countries including SL US GSP does not
Read moreRussian team to visit Sri Lanka to examine quarantine procedures after lifting tea ban
A team of technical experts from Russia will visit Sri Lanka in January to examine plant quarantine procedures in the
Read moreSri Lanka’s Central Bank should sell own securities in new credit cycle: Bellwether
Sri Lanka’s credit is now slowing (compared to total deposits raised), allowing the central bank to easily purchase dollars and
Read moreCB confirms receipt of $ 292.1 m CMPort payment
The Central Bank yesterday confirmed the receipt of the first payment from China Merchant Port Holdings (CMPort) in connection with
Read moreSri Lanka the latest victim of China’s debt-trap diplomacy
Beijing has been given a 99-year lease on Hambantota port as part of a debt-reduction deal, amid talk of creditor
Read moreSri Lanka’s diplomacy with Russia exemplary- President
President Maithripala Sirisena says Sri Lanka’s diplomacy with Russia has always been exemplary claiming it is evident through the manner
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