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Sri Lanka: Protesters seek resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa ami
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka, a string of protests marked the island nation as the citizens demanded the immediate resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for his inability to curb the crisis.
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Geo-political analyst pins blame for Lankan crisis on China's opaque debt-
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, a geo-political analyst from Sri Lanka, said that China's loan model to Sri Lanka is ambiguous while no one knows the interest rate charged by Beijing for the money lent to the island nation.
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Pakistan delegation to meet IMF to sort out economic crisis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Due to the rising political tension in Pakistan, and also the raging economic crisis, a high-profile Pakistani delegation is likely to make fresh contacts with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in a meeting at Brent Wood Institutio
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Man in Kabul sets himself on fire over financial stress
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 18 (ANI): A man set himself on fire in Dehmazang Square in Afghanistan's Kabul on Monday with the media reports stating that he had been facing financial difficulties.
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Sri Lankans protests against govt project 'Go Gota Go' outside Presidents'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Sri Lanka [Colombo], April 18 (ANI): Sri Lankans carried out a massive protest on Sunday night, against the Rajapaksa government projected 'Go Gota Go' outside the President's Office in Colombo, amid the country's economic crisis.
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Sri Lankan President appoints 17 ministers in Cabinet to firefight economi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday appointed 17 Cabinet Ministers even while anti-government protests continue to pick steam following the economic and political crisis in the country.
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High tariffs on watermelons worry Afghan fruit traders
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 18 (ANI): As the economic crisis continues to worsen in Afghanistan, local traders have complained about high tariffs being imposed upon watermelons, imported from countries like Iran and Pakistan.
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Sri Lankan President to appoint new Cabinet amid anti-government protests
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Amid the ongoing anti-government protests in Sri Lanka following the economic and political crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is all set to draft fresh blood in the council of ministers in the island nation while it has been learnt that the size of the
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Pope mentions Ukraine, Afghanistan and Myanmar in Easter Sunday plea
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican], April 18 (ANI): Pope Francis has made an anguished Easter Sunday plea for peace around the world pointing to a "senseless" war in Ukraine, reconciliation for Myanmar, where violence still persists and for Afghanistan which is gripped by a humanitarian crisis, includin
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One fifth of humanity could face poverty, hunger resulting from Ukraine cr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], April 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The Ukraine crisis could plunge more than one fifth of humanity, or up to 1.7 billion people, into poverty and hunger, according to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
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Pakistan among top ten countries facing severe water crisis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 17 (ANI): Pakistan is estimated to be in the top 10 list of the world's countries facing water scarcity, said Munir Akram, Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) while emphasizing the water issues which plagues the country.
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Shehbaz govt to retract from decision on fuel hike
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 17 (ANI): Days after Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif decided not to increase the fuel prices, a well placed official source now said that the government is likely to take a U-turn from this decision and increase the fuel prices to further put a burden on t
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