The United States announced $5 million in additional funds for cash-starved Sri Lanka on June 21 to meet the immediate needs of those hardest hit by the island country’s economic crisis. United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will also provide $6
Sri Lanka has sought a $55 million loan from India for procuring urea for the 2022-23 ‘Maha’ harvest season, an official said on June 7. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had recently warned of a food crisis in the island nation due to
Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis could lead to far more deaths than the Covid-19 pandemic, doctors warned on Sunday, as they are nearly out of life-saving medicines, say media reports. The country is stressed by power blackouts and acute food, fuel and
