Antibiotics, various pain relievers, and heart medicine are among the items subject to a 40% price increase. Sri Lankans have resorted to taking short courses of medication or seeking supplies from elsewhere. The government claims that it has no choice but to raise the prices of medicinal items. It comes on the heels of steps … Read more
COLOMBO: India’s high commissioner in Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay, said while holding an Iftar meal in Colombo on Friday that India will continue to offer her hand of friendship to Sri Lanka in the days ahead, just as “our ancestors in the past.” Finance Minister Ali Sabry, who remained in the Cabinet three days after … Read more
KATHMANDU: Nepal has restarted visas on arrival for vaccinated tourists as South Asian nations attempt to revive tourism businesses devastated after 18 months of the pandemic. A near travel shutdown has been in place in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka for more than a year as successive waves of coronavirus took a deadly … Read more
