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IFC Warns Sri Lanka against Inward-Looking Growth Path

  • CNL Reporter
  • December 13, 2025
  • News, Political
  • IFC, Sri Lanka
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The International Finance Corporation has cautioned that Sri Lanka will not achieve long-term prosperity unless it adopts outward-looking, export-driven economic policies.

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Sri Lanka Moves to Regulate Microfinance amid Rising Distress

  • CNL Reporter
  • December 13, 2025
  • News, Political
  • Microfinance, Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka is on the verge of transforming its microfinance and money lending sector with the Microfinance and

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Cabinet Clears GEF-Funded Coastal Conservation Project

  • CNL Reporter
  • December 13, 2025
  • News, Political
  • Coastal Conservation Project, marine
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The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the implementation of a new coastal and marine conservation initiative funded by a US$ 2.66 million grant from

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Sri Lanka to seek USD200mn from ADB for Mahaweli water security program

  • CNL Reporter
  • December 12, 2025
  • News, Political
  • ADB, Mahaweli, Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved a proposal to seek 200 million dollars in funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the second stage of the Mahaweli Water Security Investment Program, Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said.

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President meets US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

  • CNL Reporter
  • December 12, 2025
  • News, Political
  • President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, United States
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the United States, Allison Hooker, at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo this morning (11).

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“Vehicle Plan for WB project Reflects Structural Gaps in Public Health”

  • CNL Reporter
  • December 12, 2025
  • News, Political
  • IDA, Sri Lanka, World Bank
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Sri Lanka’s decision to divert US$150 million in World Bank IDA funds into a massive vehicle procurement programme has exposed a truth long whispered inside the health sector:

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SL gets $ 30 m World Bank loan to boost renewable energy, grid capacity

  • CNL Reporter
  • December 11, 2025
  • News, Political
  • renewable ener, Sri Lanka, World Bank
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Proposed World Bank payment guarantee facility in the offing to scale up private investment in renewable energy projects

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Sri Lanka’s External Debt Climbs to $37.2bn as Repayments Intensify

  • CNL Reporter
  • December 11, 2025
  • News, Political
  • Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka’s external debt stock rose to $37.24 billion by end-September 2025, an increase of $100 million from the previous quarter, according to the latest Quarterly Debt Bulletin issued by the Public Debt Management Office.

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UNDP Urges Concessional Aid as Sri Lanka Faces Disaster Debt

  • CNL Reporter
  • December 11, 2025
  • News, Political
  • Sri Lanka, UNDP
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The UNDP has called for urgent concessional financing for Sri Lanka, warning that the country cannot take on additional debt to recover from Cyclone Ditwah,

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Sri Lanka Faces Steep Post-2028 Debt Payments despite Restructuring Progress

  • CNL Reporter
  • December 11, 2025
  • Business News, News, Political
  • Debt, Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka’s external debt stock rose to USD 37.24 billion by end-September 2025, according to the Public Debt Management Office. Although the country remains unable to access global capital markets,

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