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Top Sri Lankan delegation to meet IMF officials in Washington
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 9 (ANI): Amid Sri Lanka's severe economic crisis, a high-level delegation, including the country's Central Bank Governor and other senior officials, will attend an International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Washington DC today.
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Russian FM urges BRICS to band together to mitigate economic crisis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Finance Minister Anatoly Siluanov said on Saturday that the five BRICS countries could mitigate the backlash of Western sanctions against Russia on their economies by pooling their efforts and using a range of financial instruments at their dis
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Sri Lankan Parliament to convene from April 19
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 9 (ANI): Amid one of the worst economic crisis in the country and a national emergency in force Sri Lankan parliament is scheduled to convene on April 19.
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Afghanistan's private sector hit hard by political crisis: World Bank
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 9 (ANI): With one in three businesses temporarily ceasing operations since the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021, Afghanistan's private sector has faced the brunt of the economic devastation that hit the country following the withdrawl of the NATO-led coalit
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Female radicalization rising in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 9 (ANI): Amid a worsening economic crisis and political instability, Pakistani society is experiencing an increased radicalization at all levels, including even women, who are systematically indoctrinated in the thousands of women-only madrassas of the country, a
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Sabotaging no-trust vote against Imran would imply contempt of court: Bila
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 9 (ANI): While addressing the Pakistan National Assembly, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday said that sabotaging the no-trust motion would imply contempt of court.
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Pakistan FM says accidental missile firing by India could have led to war
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 9 (ANI): Speaking on the no-confidence motion against the Imran Khan government, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday raised the issue of the accidental misfire of a misile from India into Pakistan in early March, saying that the accidental firing
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Sri Lanka: UN experts condemn crackdown on protests
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 9 (ANI): UN human rights experts have urged the Sri Lankan Government to guarantee the fundamental rights of peaceful assembly and of expression during peaceful protests, amid the country's severe economic crisis.
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Imran Khan should not go to Russia, Pakistan told by US: Shah Mehmood Qure
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 9 (ANI): As the National Assembly session on the no-confidence motion against the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) resumed around 3:00 pm, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the former National Security Advisor (NSA) of the country Mo
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Pakistan carries out flight test of Shaheen-III ballistic missile
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 9 (ANI): Pakistan on Saturday conducted a flight test of the Shaheen-III surface to surface ballistic missile amid the ongoing political and constitutional crisis in the country.
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Currency depreciation major concern in Sri Lanka: MD of Lanka IOC
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 9 (ANI): Managing Director of Lanka Indian Oil Corporation, Manoj Gupta, says that Sri Lanka is undergoing the worst currency depreciation as the price of the US Dollar in Sri Lanka rose by over 50 per cent from Sri Lankan Rupees 203 to Rs 320, resulting in some
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Sri Lanka: Colombo's Galle Face Green urban park closed today amid schedul
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 9 (ANI): Authorities on Saturday closed Galle Face Green Urban Park in Sri Lanka's Colombo, the venue where locals had planned to hold a massive protest.
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