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Sri Lanka is an import-dependent nation, and it needs foreign currency to bring in items like food and medicine. For now, Colombo is able to hold on to its currency reserves as it has suspended ...
Cabinet of Sri Lanka: Date formed: 18 November 2024 () People and organisations; Head of state: Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Head of government: Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Deputy head of government: Harini Amarasuriya: Total no. of members: 22: Member parties National People's Power: Status in legislature: Supermajority government
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as president on Monday, promising change in the island nation long led by powerful political families which is ...
Sri Lankan housewife Lankika Dilrukshi says she is tired of the daily struggle needed to provide for her children. Dilrukshi, 31, is one of the millions of people barely able to make ends meet ...
The National People's Power (NPP), having secured a supermajority with 159 seats, formed the next government of Sri Lanka. The new cabinet of ministers, sworn in on 18 November 2024, includes 21 members elected in the recent parliamentary election, along with the president, who will retain the portfolios of defence, finance, and digital economy ...
The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA), led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, won a large majority in the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election on 5 August 2020. [14] During their tenure, the government under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa faced multiple crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic crisis, which culminated into widespread protests ...
COLOMBO/TOKYO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka and a group of its creditor nations said on Wednesday they have reached an agreement in principle on debt restructuring, a key step needed for the South Asian ...
Punya Sri Kumara Jayakody (පුණ්ය ශ්රී කුමාර ජයකොඩි ) is a Sri Lankan politician and an engineer, who has served as the Minister of Energy of the Government of Sri Lanka since November 2024.