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Sri Lanka appoints new central bank governor
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 7 (ANI): Amid the worst economic crisis since its independence, Sri Lanka appointed Dr Nandalal Weerasinghe as the new Governor of the country's Central Bank.
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Sri Lanka's heathcare sector witnesses major downfall amid shortage of ess
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 7 (ANI): Reeling from the economic crisis, the healthcare sector of Sri Lanka is also under stress as it is witnessing a major downfall due to a sudden rise in the prices of essential medicines that have been hiked upto 29 per cent after being prescribed by the
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Chinese 'debt trap' adds to Sri Lanka, Pakistan crises
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 7 (ANI): The ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka and Pakistan, fueled by the economic mismanagement by the incumbent governments, has once again brought the focus back to the Chinese "debt trap."
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Sri Lanka's National Hospital thanks India for providing medicines
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 6 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented economic crisis in the island nation, leading to the shortage of essential goods, Sri Lanka's National Eye Hospital Director expressed his thanks to India for providing medicines, saying that the timely help has ensured the functi
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Sri Lanka crisis: Country's tourism hit hard, hotel association protest to
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 6 (ANI): With Sri Lanka facing an economic crisis amidst public anger and protests against massive food and fuel scarcity, the country's tourism sector, one of the major contributors to its economy, was slowly reviving after the COVID pandemic has now been hit h
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Sri Lanka to close embassies in Norway, Iraq, Consulate General in Austral
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 5 (ANI): Amid the ongoing economic crisis in the country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka on Tuesday has decided to close its embassies in Norway and Iraq along with the Consulate General in Sydney, Australia with effect from April 30.
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Ongoing line of credit to Sri Lanka touches USD 1.5 bn, consignments to co
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 5 (ANI): The ongoing Lines of Credit (LOCs) that India has extended to crisis-hit Sri Lanka for procurement of fuel and food have currently totalled USD 1.5 billion and the consignments will further continue, India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay tol
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Sri Lankan Police warns protesters not to break law, reviews video footage
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 5 (ANI): Sri Lankan police have warned protesters not to take the law in their own hands and said strict action will be taken against those involved in violence during the agitations.
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Sri Lanka caught in a 'strategic debt trap'
Updated : 4 years, 2 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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After ensnaring Sri Lanka in debt trap, China turns a blind eye as country
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 4 (ANI): As Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis in decades and struggles to pay loans, China turns a blind eye after ensnaring the island nation in a debt trap, said a European-based Think Tank.
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Sri Lanka: Opposition leader terms Cabinet Ministers' resignation ploy to
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): Claiming that the Cabinet Ministers' resignation is a melodrama, Sri Lankan Opposition leader and Member of Parliament (MP) Sajith Premadasa said the drama is being enacted to fool the people of the country.
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Sri Lanka: State of emergency still in place as curfew lifted
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): The 36-hour long curfew that was imposed on Sri Lanka on Saturday evening has been lifted on Monday morning at 6 am but the country is still under the effect of a state of emergency.
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