Sri Lanka has left the regional payment mechanism Asian Clearing Union or ACU, prompting Bangladesh Bank to halt transactions with the crisis-hit neighbour.
UN Women with support from the Government of Japan will be supporting Sri Lankan women entrepreneurs to overcome present difficulties faced by them in continuing their businesses under the present economic constraints.
Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lanka territorial waters have now been increased in a latest resurgence at a time when the Government apparatus is in turmoil, official sources said.
