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Emmanuel Macron made a short stopover in Sri Lanka on Friday, the first visit by a French president to the island nation, which is undergoing a difficult economic recovery.The French leader, who spent less than two hours in the country, was…

<!-- -->The all-party move comes closely on the heels of the president's two-day visit to IndiaColombo: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday will hold an all-party meeting to discuss the thorny issue of ethnic…

After Singapore, UAE, Nepal, Bhutan and France, Sri Lanka is the new country to adopt India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payment service. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghehave signed an…

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Last Updated: July 16, 2023, 06:57 ISTRanil Wickremesinghe said said Sri Lanka would want to see the Indian rupee used as much as the US dollar. (Reuters File Image)Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to visit New Delhi next week, his first…

COLOMBO/ NEW DELHI: Days ahead of his visit to New Delhi, Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that the island nation would want to see the Indian rupee used as much as the US dollar.“Just as East Asia, including countries…

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka would want to see the Indian rupee used as much as the US dollar, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said, days ahead of his first official visit to New Delhi.Wickremesinghe, also the cash-strapped country's finance…

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's inflation eased to 12 percent in June, official data showed Saturday, the lowest figures since the island nation careened into an unprecedented economic crisis last year.Sri Lanka defaulted on its $46 billion foreign…

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka's economy showed "tentative signs of improvement" but recovery remains challenging and Colombo must pursue painful reforms, the IMF said Friday.The International Monetary Fund's deputy managing director Kenji Okamura…

COLOMBO: China's vice minister of foreign affairs Sun Weidong has assured Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe of 'steadfast support' to overcome the unprecedented economic crisis the island nation is going through.Weidong met…