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Bharat Petroleum refuels Sri Lankan airlines flights at Indian airports, a
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Over 100 flights of Sri Lankan airlines have been refuelled by India's gas and petroleum refineries company, Bharat Petroleum at Indian airports as a support to the country reeling under its worst economic crisis and facing fuel shortage.
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Inflation in Sri Lanka may increase to 70 pc in coming months
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 7 (ANI): Amid the ongoing economic crisis in the country, the headline inflation in Sri Lanka might increase to 70 per cent in the coming months.
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New Zealand asks citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 6 (ANI): Amid the economic crisis and potential civil disorder in Sri Lanka, New Zealand has asked its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to the country.
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Medicine prices in Sri Lanka skyrocketed, citizens struggle to find medici
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 6 (ANI): Amid the economic crisis and severe fuel shortage, Sri Lankans are finding it difficult to procure medicine and medical equipment.
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Sri Lankan PM vows to reduce country's inflation rate to 6 per cent by 202
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 5 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday said that the island country aimed to reduce the inflation rate to between 4 and 6 per cent by 2025.
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Sri Lanka needs to pay USD 587 million for planned fuel imports
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka needs to pay USD 587 million to several foreign oil companies for planned fuel imports until mid-August, said Sri Lankan Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka to get three ships carrying fuel, two in July; another in August
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka will receive three ships containing petrol and diesel this month and another in August, the Chairman of Lanka IOC, the subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation, said on Saturday as it will give relief to the people facing fuel shortages.
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2 Sri Lankans refugees found at Rameswaram island, probe underway
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 27 (ANI): Amid the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, many citizens are fleeing the island nation. On Monday, two Sri Lankan refugees were found on Rameswaram island and they are investigated by the Tamil Nadu Police.
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Sri Lanka introduces fuel rationing amid severe shortage
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 26 (ANI): Amid the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, the country's Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera on Sunday announced that the fuel stations across the country will issue tokens for consumers from Monday, as only limited stocks of fuel were available.
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Amid economic crisis Sri Lanka to increase fuel prices
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 26 (ANI): Amid the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) gas on Sunday decided to increase the fuel prices with effect from 2 am.
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Sri Lanka to limit fuel for private vehicles amid looming crisis
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 25 (ANI): Sri Lanka has decided to limit fuel for private vehicles as the fuel shortage continues to worsen in the Island nation.
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22 per cent of Sri Lankans need food aid: UN official
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 10 (ANI): A total of 22 per cent of the Sri Lankan population or 4.9 million people live in need of food assistance at the moment, a high-level UN official said on Friday.
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