ECONOMYNEXT – Viet Nam is looking to further strengthen cultural, economic and people to people links as the 50 years of diplomatic relations is marked in 2025, ambassador Trinh Thi Tam said. “The two countries also keep a very good…
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has outperformed a debt to GDP ratio target in an International Monetary Fund as the central bank missed the high inflation target it has set for itself, unexpectedly providing monetary stability to the country. Sri Lanka’s…
ECONOMYNEXT – Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi, a former Reuters’ photojournalist who fled Sri Lanka in the face of threats 17 years ago has been appointed as Director of International Media and Strategic Communications at President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s Media Division. Lokuhapuarachchi worked…
ECONOMYNEXT – Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi, a former Reuters’ photojournalist who fled Sri Lanka in the face of threats 17 years ago has been appointed as Director of International Media and Strategic Communications at President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s Media Division. Lokuhapuarachchi worked…
ECONOMYNEXT – A type of cryptocurrency called stablecoins, which are clones of existing fiat currencies but with blockchain capabilities to settle cross border transactions has the potential to innovate money and payment system, US Fed Governor, Christopher Waller has said.…
(AFP) – Sri Lanka’s main elephant orphanage marked its 50th anniversary Sunday with a fruit feast for the 68 jumbos at the showpiece centre, reputedly the world’s first care home for destitute pachyderms. The Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage lavished pineapples, bananas,…
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Samagi Jana Balawegaya stood for a market based economy where the private sector generated wealth and the state intervened to help the vulnerable and also essential areas like national security which the state must provide, its…
ECONOMYNEXT – Rumblings of discontent with within Sri Lanka’s main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya to a head, with information coming out that senior parliamentarian Harsha de Silva being denied Colombo district leadership, party officials said. “I was not given the…
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Bar Association president has come under fire for defending the Attorney General, who was forced to reverse his controversial decision to discharge key suspects in the assassination of Lasantha Wickrematunge. Anura Maddegoda has been accused of…
When Rakhil Fernando was appointed CEO of Yabi, a UAE-based financial technology and education platform, in September 2024, the company was at a crucial crossroads. It needed to find growth, redefine its purpose, and reignite its potential. Five months later,…
