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During the two days of talks with the IMF authorities, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake reiterated Sri Lanka’s position that some of the rigid IMF conditions must be watered down to grant relief to the public. | Photo Credit: AFP The Sri Lankan government has announced a long-delayed debt restructuring agreement with its sovereign bondholders, in…
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake takes oath as Sri Lanka’s new president during a ceremony, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. File | Photo Credit: PTI The new Sri Lankan government, during its first meeting with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said it is committed to the global lender’s $2.9 billion bailout package clinched by the previous Ranil Wickremesinghe…
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Friday (September 27, 2024) appointed Senior Deputy Inspector General Priyantha Weerasuriya as the acting police chief, replacing Deshabandu Tennakoon who was suspended by the Supreme Court in July. The move comes after a three-member bench of the apex court issued an order that will remain in effect until…
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This handout photograph taken on September 25, 2024, and released by Sri Lanka’s President Office shows the country’s newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, as he addresses the nation in Colombo. Sri Lanka’s new president called on September 25, for restarting talks with the IMF “immediately” | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka will swiftly begin…
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China’s President Xi Jinping. File. | Photo Credit: AP Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday (September 23, 2024) said he hoped to broaden cooperation with Sri Lanka under his Belt and Road infrastructure initiative (BRI) as he congratulated the island nation’s new leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Mr. Dissanayake took his oath at the Presidential Secretariat…
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