Last week’s visit of a three-member team from the Exim Bank of India came days after India pledged a 400 million US dollar swap, a 1 billion US dollar import loan for food, drugs, and essential items, and 500 million US dollars in fuel credit when Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa...
The decision was taken at a meeting of an inter-ministerial committee on prices held under the chairmanship of consumer affairs secretary Hem Pande to review prices and availability of pulses. Pulses prices, which had recently crossed Rs200 per kg, have declined substantially and now are selling...