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LankaWeb – Sri Lanka’s gas tragedy: the untold story
2021年12月14日 · The number of accidents reported during a single week has far exceeded the typical gas-related accidents happening within a typical year. Something must have gone terribly wrong for Sri Lankan LP gas consumers. Unconfirmed reports now indicate potential deaths, associated with some of these gas explosion accidents.
Island-wide quarantine curfew in Sri Lanka further extended
2021年9月10日 · The ongoing island-wide quarantine curfew orders will stay in effect for another week, the Cabinet Spokesman, Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella announced today. Accordingly, the restrictions will be effective until 4.00 a.m. on September 21 (Tuesday). The decision to further extend the quarantine curfew was taken during the meeting of the ...
Sri Lanka’s economy stabilized, reforms critical – World Bank
2024年10月10日 · Sri Lanka’s economy has stabilized, with growth expected to reach 4.4 percent in 2024, surpassing earlier forecasts. This positive outlook follows four consecutive quarters of growth driven by the industrial and tourism sectors and supported by critical structural and policy reforms, says the World Bank.
President Dissanayake pledges 30% electricity tariff reduction
3 天之前 · President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced plans to reduce electricity tariffs by over 30% in the near future. Speaking at a National People’s Power (NPP) public meeting in Dambulla today, he stated that the government is committed to creating a significant transformation in the electricity sector within the next one to one-and-a-half years.
LankaWeb – Sri Lanka extends island-wide quarantine curfew
2021年8月27日 · Sri Lanka has extended the current island-wide quarantine curfew orders by a week, in a bid to curb the soaring COVID-19 figures in the country prompted by the rapid spread of the Delta variant. Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella tweeted that the extended quarantine curfew orders are effective until 4.00 am on the 06th of September (Monday).
Dissanayake’s difficult path to take Sri Lanka back to non-alignment
2024年10月14日 · The new president of Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, will have to walk a fine line to return the country to its traditional foreign policy of non-alignment. The country remains caught in a situation dangerously close to a zero-sum game of relationships with China and India, both of which are essential for its economic recovery.
Sri Lanka further extends island-wide quarantine curfew
2021年9月3日 · The Sri Lankan government has decided to further extend the quarantine curfew orders, currently enforced across the island, by another week. Accordingly, the restrictions will be in effect until 4.00 a.m. on September 13 (Monday). The decision to further extend the quarantine curfew was taken during the virtual meeting of the Special Committee ...
LankaWeb – What’s behind Sri Lanka’s economic crisis?
2022年3月28日 · Sri Lanka’s public debt, which was already on an unsustainable path before the pandemic, is estimated to have risen from 94% in 2019 to 119% of GDP in 2021. “The reduction of taxes and subsequent adding of more money through central bank financing made the inevitable crisis significantly worse,” said Chayu Damsinghe, an economist with ...
LankaWeb – Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis: The Myth Of Debt Trap Vs …
2022年4月25日 · By Haridass Sankar* Courtesy EurasiaReview Sri Lanka is undergoing a severe economic crisis and is at the risk of devolving into a failed state. The country’s foreign reserves are fast depleting, falling from $5 billion in 2019 to 1.8 billion in 2021, despite high inflation and a debt-to-GDP ratio of 110 per cent.From health to defence, the …