Exclusive-Fragile countries make $20 billion climate finance push at COP29, letter says
A group of conflict-affected countries is pushing at COP29 to double financial aid to more than $20 billion a year to combat ...
As COP29 debates climate change, a trillion dollar question: Can govts end fossil fuel subsidies?
At the UN’s‘COP29 climate summit’ in Baku, discussions are ongoing over reducing distortions and inefficiencies created by ...
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Party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president wins two-thirds majority in parliament
The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a two-thirds majority in parliament, according to official election results, providing a strong mandate for his ...
Euro Area Set for Consumer Rebound But Risks Are High, EU Says
The euro area’s economic growth will pick up as obstacles to consumption and investment fade away, though geopolitics poses ...
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Sri Lankan president's NPP gets two-thirds majority in parliamentary elections
Sri Lanka's National People's Power of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Friday swept the parliamentary elections by ...
Sri Lanka president gets resounding mandate to drive forward recovery
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's sweeping coalition election win this week underlined widening support for his ...
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Govt making progress on banking sector reforms: Dr Salehuddin
A good number of banks are in bad shape due to various reasons like more liabilities than deposits and it is very unfortunate, he cited ...
Sri Lanka president’s party wins landslide victory in snap elections
The NPP won 107 seats, receiving almost 62 per cent or 6.8 million votes in Thursday’s election, putting them past the ...
Sri Lankan president's coalition wins majority in snap election
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's leftist coalition ...