Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has given the green light to a bill seeking to decriminalise homosexuality, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, in a move hailed as a "historic development" by campaigners.
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Sri Lanka will discuss the repayment of emergency credits from India separately from other defaulted debt, Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said.
An all-party conference will be held on Thursday January 26 with the participation of all political party leaders representing Sri Lanka’s parliament to arrive at a consensus on national reconciliation.
Sri Lanka has sold 120 billion rupees of Treasury bills at an auction on Wednesday after offering 120 billion with most of the money coming from 3-month bills while yields across maturities fell, data from the state debt office showed.