Twenty our hours after Sri Lanka received USD 333 mn in terms of the agreement with the IMF, USD 121 was paid to India.State Finance Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya told a gathering at Ruwanwella that from the first tranche of the IMF bailout package, USD 121 million had been used to repay the first installment of […]
Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) leader Mano Ganesan, MP, has thanked the Colombo-based diplomatic community for their respective roles as friends and development partners of Sri Lanka during this crisis period in obtaining IMF assistance. Lawmaker Ganesan was among the Opposition delegation that met diplomats at the meeting arranged by the office of Leader of Opposition […]
BBC reported that an asteroid large enough to destroy a city will pass between the orbits of the Earth and the Moon this weekend – luckily, missing both. The object, named 2023 DZ2, was discovered a month ago. On Saturday, it will pass within 515,000km of the moon, before flying by Earth hours later. It […]
Apropos Priest arrested over rape allegation published on page 3 of The Island, March 22, 2023 edition, Father P. Josephdas Jebaratnam, Vicar General, Diocese of Jaffna, has informed us that the Catholic Church inquired about the report and received assurance from relevant authorities that such arrest was not made. The Vicar General said that there […]
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda met with the President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe yesterday (24) in New Delhi to follow up on the earlier discussions the two have had on ways and means to further strengthen cultural cooperation between Sri Lanka and India. Founded in […]