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World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) representatives decided that a coordinated assistance program supported by the multilateral financial institutions is required for Sri Lanka to recover from the economic crisis the country is currently facing. They reached the agreement following a lengthy round table […]

Defending Champions Jaffna Kings overcame Galle Gladiators by 24 runs in the first game of LPL 2022 at MRICS Hambanthota. Jaffna Kings 137 in 19.5 overs (Dunith Wellalage 30, Shoaib Malik 30, Dhananjaya de Silva 29; Wahab Riaz 2/23, Imad Wasim 2/22, Nuwan Thushara 2/21, Nuwan Pradeep 2/23, Iftikhar Ahmed 2/08) Galle Gladiators 113/10 in […]

Parliament continues to debate the amendment allowing an abortion to take place if a woman’s life or health is in danger

United Nations Country Representative in Nigeria, Fulvia Clerici, Director General of the National Institute

By Shamindra Ferdinando Having comfortably won the vote on the Second Reading of 2023 Budget, two days earlier, President Ranil Wickremesinghe, on November 24, dealt with a spate of issues, including the responsibilities of the armed forces and the police, obviously indicating how a second Aragalaya, aimed at ousting his government from power, by way of violent protests, as was […]

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses says the proposed abortion Bill is causing concern among nurses and midwives and seeks consensus on changes to safeguard the mother and the unborn child

Parliament continues to discuss a legal amendment that would allow a pregnancy to be terminated if a woman’s life or health is in danger

Underscore need to amend Exchange Control Act By Shamindra Ferdinando MP Gevindu Cumaratunga, who represents the SLPP dissidents, yesterday (27) alleged that the incumbent government was yet to bring enough pressure to bear on those who had parked as much as USD 36 billion overseas to bring the money back.Cumaratunga said the government’s failure to […]

Sri Lankans are among more than 65 people from 22 nations around the world who have been welcomed as Australian Citizens at a ceremony in Lake Macquarie.In 2017, Erns and Aninke Hattingh decided to move from South Africa to Australia to start a family – here they would raise their two children Klara, now aged […]

An unidentified gang yesterday pulled down a stage the Uttara Lanka Sabhagaya (ULS) put up at Hanguranketha for its district convention. Arrangements had been made to hold the ULS’ Nuwara Eliya District meeting at the Hanguranketha Cultural hall and the event was to be addressed by Wimal Weerawansa and other ULS leaders. The attackers had […]