Tag: Lanka
Sri Lanka congratulates Booker Prize winner on civil war novel
The government denounced, in passing, the censorship which weighed on the country exercised by the army for years. Colombo on Tuesday congratulated Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka, winner of Britain’s…
Ruined Sri Lanka turns to Russian oil at knockdown prices
Sri Lanka’s shift illustrates the growing tendency for struggling countries to take advantage of price cuts generated by Western sanctions against Moscow. ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP Since May, Sri Lanka has…
Sri Lanka to present debt restructuring
LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka will present to international creditors on Friday the extent of its economic problems as well as debt restructuring and bailout plans by the…
NZZ reporter diary: leper colony in Sri Lanka
South Asia correspondent Andreas Babst on the island of Mantheevu in eastern Sri Lanka. The man on the phone was quite gruff. ‘What do you want there? Do you want…
MSC modifies its itineraries for the whales of Sri Lanka
Colombo (awp/afp) – Conservationists on Friday hailed a shipping giant’s decision to alter its shipping lanes to avoid collisions with blue whales, the world’s largest mammals, in the waters of…
Shipping giant changes routes to protect whales off Sri Lanka
The country’s southern coast is both an area of exceptionally high blue whale densities and one of the busiest international shipping lanes in the world. Conservationists on Friday hailed a…
IMF ready to rescue Sri Lanka
By Antoine Bouchet Posted yesterday at 6:53 p.m., Update yesterday at 6:53 p.m. President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced the good news on Tuesday. DINUKA LIYANAWATTE/REUTERS Desperate, Sri Lanka badly needs this…
Despite a return to normal, the shadow of the Rajapaksa “clan” hangs over Sri Lanka
Protesters leave the site of the anti-government protest camp in Colombo on August 10, 2022. ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP The ousted president of Sri Lanka continues his pitiful wandering:…
Ex-president Rajapaksa is expected to return to Sri Lanka next week
Published on 08/17/2022 at 1:11 p.m. Photo credit © Reuters (Reuters) –…
Sri Lanka: Police disperse student protest with tear gas
Sri Lankan police on Thursday (August 18th) used tear gas and water cannons to break up a small protest by students against the government in the capital, just hours after…
Sri Lanka expects record contraction of at least 8% in 2022
Queue in front of a gas station to refuel in Colombo on August 1, 2022 (AFP/Archives/ISHARA S. KODIKARA) Sri Lanka expects a record economic contraction of at least 8% in…
Chinese ship docks in Sri Lanka, India fears spy activity
The Chinese research vessel, the Yuan Wang 5, arrives at the port of Hambantota, Sri Lanka, on August 16, 2022 (AFP/Ishara S. KODIKARA) A Chinese research vessel docked at the…