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Fitch Ratings upgrades Sri Lanka’s long-term local-currency IDR to ‘CCC-’
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Local-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘CCC-’ from ‘RD’ (Restricted Default). Fitch typically…
Sri Lanka’s export earnings top USD 1 billion mark in Aug 2023
Sri Lanka’s merchandise exports increased by 6.98% to USD 1,091.6 million in August 2023 compared to July 2023, the Export…
New IMF funds for Sri Lanka may be delayed as review sees revenue shortfall
The International Monetary Fund did not reach a staff-level agreement with Sri Lanka in its first review under a $2.9bn bailout…
Sri Lanka urged to conduct probe into 2019 attack
Addressing the forum in Geneva, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada-Al Nashif also urged the Sri Lankan authorities to accelerate…
Nagorno-Karabakh: Fuel depot blast kills 20 as refugee count rises
An explosion at a fuel depot in Nagorno-Karabakh has killed 20 people and injured hundreds more, local ethnic-Armenian authorities say.…
Cabraal corrects and criticises Harsha
Central Bank former Governor Nivard Cabraal yesterday in a statement corrected and criticised SJB MP Harsha de Silva over the…