By Shamindra Ferdinando President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is also the Finance Minister, recently named three persons – all women -whose intervention supposedly brought relief to bankrupt Sri Lanka. UNP leader Wickremesinghe paid glowing tributes to Indian Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, US Secretary of State Janet Yellen, and IMF Managing Director and Chairman […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando A steady stream of press releases, issued during 2022, by Colombo-based diplomatic missions, UN and its agencies, and those representing INGOs, depicted a pathetic picture of Sri Lanka. They dealt with financial and material assistance, provided on Sri Lanka’s request, and also in line with international response to the developing crisis here. […]
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One of the alleged masterminds had been on prez’s delegation to Libya in 2009 By Shamindra Ferdinando Secretary to the Finance Ministry Mahinda Siriwardena yesterday (07) said that the ongoing investigation into the alleged Thico scam haD received the attention of the Central Bank and Monetary Board. Siriwardena, one of the five members of the Monetary […]
COLOMBO (News 1st) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court today (Friday) sent a powerful message that it is prepared to directly intervene in the country's - Get the latest breaking news and top stories from Sri Lanka, the latest political news, sports news, weather updates, exam results, business news, entertainment news, world news and much more from News 1st, Sri Lanka's leading news network.