Indian Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended a high-level meeting on Sri Lankan debt issues and expressed India's commitment to support Colombo in dealing with its current economic crisis. She emphasised that a collaboration among creditors is important to ensure transparency and equalit...

COLOMBO (News 1st);  Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki told a briefing that debt negotiation process for Sri Lanka is open to all creditors. His comments were aimed at China hoping the south-east asian powerhouse would join the efforts to restructure Sri Lanka's debt. Japan, India...

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COLOMBO (News 1st); The International Monetary Fund said that it would not get involved in Sri Lanka's debt relief negotiations. Krishna Srinivasan, the Director of the Asia and Pacific Department (IMF) said Sri Lanka's debt relief is expected to contribute about $ 17 billion to close the B...

Colombo (News 1st) - The Mumbai High Court has directed the Government of India to respond to a legal challenge to its draconian Information Technology Rules on social media, by comedian Kunal Kamra, Indian media reported. Government rules penalise any social media platform that a government-appoint...