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 After Greece obtained IMF Fund Facility, the IMF Officials arrived at Greece's finance ministry amid tight security. After a meeting held at the Ministry of Finance of Greece in November 2014, the IMF officers had to flee through the back...

The reason China provided the IMF facility letter to Sri Lanka is a mystery. According to Chinese embassy sources, even the Chinese ambassador to Sri Lanka was unaware of the letter until it arrived from Beijing, China. When journalists connected...

After Black July 1983, a mysterious plane arrived in Sri Lanka from America in August. Although there were rumours that the plane came to refuel, the American Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger was on that plane. He had tea with then...

Three letter word of ‘IMF’ not popular in Sri Lanka. However, after the Gotabhaya Rajapaksa government declared Sri Lanka bankrupt, many people claimed that the IMF was Sri Lanka's only saviour. That's because all of the opposition parties said that...

A few weeks ago, Ranil Wickramasinghe's uncle's newspaper had accused an ambassador to Sri Lanka. The allegation was that the ambassador was influencing the judges sitting in the court case on the local government election. Although the newspaper did not...

It seems that Ranil handles international relations by planting news in the media. The latest news from last week was Russia's proposal to set up a nuclear power plant in Sri Lanka. The media had also planted news that Ranil...

These days, George Soros is a contentious figure in India. This is due to a comment made by eminent businessman George Soros, who criticised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Jayashankar, the foreign minister of India, also strongly criticised Soros's assertion....

David Gladstone, the former British High Commissioner in Sri Lanka during Premadasa's administration, wrote a book after 30 years. The Gladstone Affair: A Sri Lankan Tempest: In that book, he recounts an incident that occurred during Premadasa's administration when he...

On Monday Pazha Nedumaran’s statement to the media that LTTE leader Prabhakaran is alive received a lot of publicity in the Indian media. Not only in the Indian media but also in the international media, it got a lot of...

These days, President Ranil Wickremesinghe is making an effort to talk to the Chinese President over the phone. Ranil wants China to change the debt restructuring letter sent to Sri Lana. Chinese Embassy sources say that because the Chinese President...