Pledge to address corruption and reduce economic burden on true lancome. And that resonated with citizens who have been burdened with high living costs and rising poverty, even at a time when the economy overall seem to have stabilised. Now, anura kumara dissanayake promise to cut income taxes and slashes tells taxes on food and medicine, his also promised to renegotiate terms of the imf programme to make it easier for sri lankan. But experts say that he can manage to realistically deliver and fund the populous promises, while balancing sri lankan s. The foreign reserve is at $6 billion that can last forjust three months. Imf bailout line that forced his territory in order to boost government revenues is also halfway through and a deal to restructure the huge foreign debt by still not finalised. Stabilising the economy and manoeuvring lenders especially bilateral partners india and china will be one of the first test. This party so far has had a no experience in running a government, e
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in developing countries going through difficulties. you normally do not see this in a g7 economy. and it s one of the most glamourous sporting events in the world, formula one roars back into singapore this weekend. we start in the us state of florida, which has been hit by one of the most powerful hurricanes in the history of the united states, with winds of up to 150 miles an hour. hurricane ian has torn a path of destruction through towns and cities, leaving more than two million homes and businesses without power, and experts warning of life threatening flooding. and it could cause more damage, as it heads north into the carolinas, the storm system has regained hurricane strength. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports from fort myers. florida had been told to brace for a life threatening event and the city of fort myers was the first to feel the hurricane s power. boats were piled on top of each other, parts of the harbour pushed up onto the shore. at thei
you normally do not see this in a g7 economy. and it s one of the most glamorous sporting events in the world formula one roars back into singapore this weekend. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7 in the morning in singapore, and 7pm in the us state of florida, which has been hit by one of the most powerful hurricanes in the history of the united states with winds of up to 150 miles an hour. hurricane ian has torn a path of destruction through towns and cities, leaving more than 2 million homes and businesses without power, and experts warning of life threatening flooding. and it could cause more damage as it heads north into the carolinas, the storm system has regained hurricane strength. our north america correspondent, john sudworth, reports from fort myers. florida had been told to brace for a life threatening event and the city of fort myers was the first to feel the hurricane s power. at their peak, wind speeds reached over 150