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Election materials being brought to different polling centers for Dhaka-5 by-election. The snap was taken from the city’s Dania University and College on Friday.

17 Oct 2020, 12:00 am0

Election materials being brought to different polling centers for Dhaka-5 by-election. The snap was taken from the city's Dania University and College on Friday.

Sri Lanka raises $2.4b as IMF extends bailout

AFP, Colombo :Sri Lanka has raised $2.4 billion as it returned to the international bond market for the first time since a political crisis triggered rating downgrades, the central bank announced Friday.A power struggle between the president and the prime minister late last year prompted three international rating agencies to downgrade Sri Lanka, forcing the government to abandon plans to borrow overseas.With the end of the dispute, the International Monetary Fund has revived a bailout programme with Sri Lanka, and...

10 Mar 2019, 12:00 am