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Sri Lanka caught in a 'strategic debt trap'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 5 (ANI): Sri Lanka, a flourishing island nation of 22 million, has finally fallen to China's debt-trap diplomacy.
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Emergency health situation declared in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 5 (ANI): An emergency health situation has been declared in Sri Lanka from Tuesday because of the severe drug shortage in the country.
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Anti-govt demonstration continues in Colombo, people march towards Preside
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): Amidst the economic crisis in the country, massive protests continue against the Sri Lankan government till Monday night.
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Sri Lanka economic crisis: Anti-government protests continue, police use w
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): Amid the ongoing unrest in Sri Lanka following the economic crisis, the anti-government protests continue to take place in the island nation, demanding solutions to the current economic crisis.
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Protests held outside Sri Lankan Prime Minister's residence amid unrest
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): Amid the ongoing unrest in the island nation following the economic crisis, several protestors on Monday gathered outside the residence of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Sri Lanka's economy worsens, Forex reserves plummeting to USD 500 million
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): Financial crisis in Sri Lanka continues to worsen with the Forex reserves plummeting to USD 500 million.
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India providing financial package to Sri Lanka to help stabilise its econo
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): As Sri Lanka has been going through a severe economic crisis, India is providing a financial package to Colombo so that it can meet some of the more immediate needs and help stabilise its domestic economy.
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Sri Lankans stage protest against govt at Independence Square in Colombo
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): Sri Lankans on Monday staged a protest at Independence Square in Colombo against the government of Sri Lanka and voiced their demand for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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Sri Lankan MP seeks India's support amid dire economic situation
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): Sagara kariyawasam, MP of the ruling party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), on Monday praised India for always extending its support to the island nation and added that it seeks India's continuous support amid the deepening economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka's two main oppn parties reject President's request to form all-p
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): Sri Lanka's two main opposition parties, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) have rejected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's request to form an all-party interim government, said Sajith Premdasa, Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Sri
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Sri Lankan army deployed at fuel pumps to curb stocks amid crisis in Colom
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): Amid the ongoing unrest in Sri Lanka following the economic crisis, the Sri Lankan military has been deployed at the fuel pumps in Colombo to stop the stocking of fuel, petrol, and LPG gas.
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Sri Lanka crisis: President Rajapaksa announces 4 new ministers in cabinet
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): Following the mass resignation of his Cabinet ministers, President Rajapaksa on Monday named at least four ministers, to maintain legitimacy and stability of Parliament and other functions of the country until a full Cabinet is appointed, even as he asked
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