The Dhaka Tribune of Bangladesh ran an Op-Ed this week titled: “How Sri Lanka became the island of a thousand errors.” It was written by Tim Worstall, a senior fellow at the Adam Smith Institute in …
Tremendous opportunities for local businesses in Turkey
While bilateral trade between Sri Lanka and Turkey had reached US$175 million by the end of 2021, there is immense potential to diversify trade between both countries. Turkey maintains the first or …
Sri Lanka seizes beetroot shipment from Pakistan
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is battling food shortages, but officials have seized a 16-tonne shipment of beetroots for violating a strict import ban aimed at propping up the island’s ailing economy. A shipping …
Used cars turn to gold as Sri Lanka’s economy skids on the edge
Supermarket shelves are bare and restaurants cannot serve meals, but Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is a bonanza for used auto dealers, with vehicle shortages pushing prices higher than a house in a nice …
Used cars turn to gold as Sri Lanka’s economy skids on the edge
Supermarket shelves are bare and restaurants cannot serve meals, but Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is a bonanza for used auto dealers, with vehicle shortages pushing prices higher than a house in a nice …
Sri Lanka seeks market access for its goods in crisis-hit Turkey
Sri Lanka has sought market access in Turkey for its goods when Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Sri Lanka for the promotion of the bilateral trade between the two countries …
Sri Lanka seeks market access for its goods in crisis-hit Turkey
Sri Lanka has sought market access in Turkey for its goods when Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Sri Lanka for the promotion of the bilateral trade between the two countries …
Singapore to further appreciate currency to counter inflation as Sri Lanka struggles to keep peg
Singapore Monetary Authority which operates on currency board principles said it will further appreciate the currency from January 2022, after inflation hit 4.0 percent in December 2022 as Sri Lanka …
Singapore to further appreciate currency to counter inflation as Sri Lanka struggles to keep peg
Singapore Monetary Authority which operates on currency board principles said it will further appreciate the currency from January 2022, after inflation hit 4.0 percent in December 2022 as Sri Lanka …
Economic crisis tightens grip on Sri Lanka’s hinterland
As Sri Lanka’s economic crisis makes global headlines, estate worker B. Sundararajan is watching it manifest in his teacup. In recent weeks, he has cut his usual, two cups of tea a day to one. “Milk …