The recently released results of the 2012 Change Readiness Index have ranked Sri Lanka at the 22nd place among 60 developing and emerging world economies and first among South Asian countries. The survey conducted by KPM ...
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Sri Lanka – Korea ties reach new heights
Sri Lanka and South Korea considably strengthened inter - parliamentary co-operation as an essence in further promoting close bonds of friendship between the two countries. “Both parties acknowledged the vibrant multifac ...
Army presence needed in North to thwart possible LTTE threat – UK MP
By Shamindra FerdinandoThe need for the Sri Lankan Army to continue its presence in the Northern and Eastern Provinces couldn’t be disputed, though the LTTE no longer posed a conventional military threat, Lord Naseby, PC ...
IMF releases $ 426.8 million to Sri Lanka
*Endorsement of economic performance
*Total disbursements $ 2.13 billion
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) board of directors released $ 426.8 million to Sri Lanka after reviewing the country’s implementation of economic policies attached to a $2.56 billion loan.
Govt. promises to implement LLRC recommendations
Amid allegations by the Opposition that some ministers had made contradictory statements regarding the LLRC report, the government gave an assurance in Parliament yesterday that it would implement the recommendations. S ...
President on current challenges: Public servants urged to ensure good governance
* ‘Leave foreign pressures to us’ * ‘New expectations in an era of peace’ While the government is fully capable of dealing with any pressures that come from Geneva, New York or Washington, it is the public servants and h ...
External pressures threaten SL’s right to development – Ambassador Kunanayakam
Taking the floor under the general debate of Item 3 (Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development), Sri Lankan Ambassador to the ...
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