(PMD) In a recent press briefing on the EU with the Article 14 Conference of the Comprehensive Nuclear Ban Test Treaty, Sri Lanka reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation by announcing its ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's inflation rate for August 2023 dropped to 2.1% from 4.6% in July 2023, said the Department of Census and Statistics on Thursday (21). It added that food inflation decreased to -5.4% in August 2023 from -2.5% in July 2023. Inflation in the non-food group decrease...

The newly established Governing Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, constituted under the provisions of the recently promulgated Central Bank Act No. 16 of 2023, met for the first time at the Board Room of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on Thursday (21). The Newly established Governing Board, su...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres met with Ranil Wickremesinghe, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.  The Secretary-General expressed solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka in addressing economic challenges. The Presiden...

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