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China again looking to trap Sri Lanka by offering more loans
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 7 (ANI): At the time when Sri lanka is struggling for its worst econimc crisis due to the huge Chinese loan debt, Beijing has once trying to entrap the Island nation by offering more loans and so-called aid to the country, according to media report.
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa likely to resign
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is learnt to have responded positively to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's request to him to quit in the face of the deepening economic crisis along with the imposition of the state of emergency in the island nati
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Bangladesh sends emergency medical supplies to Sri Lanka amid economic cri
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 5 (ANI): Bangladesh on Thursday sent emergency medical supplies to Sri Lanka as the island nation faces one of the worst economic crises since gaining independence.
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Roads near Sri Lankan Parliament made out of bounds for public amid protes
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): Police have closed down the roads near Sri Lankan Parliament for the public for the days when the House will be in the session amid unabated anti-government protests following the unprecedented economic crisis in the island nation.
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China to provide 300mn yuan loan to Sri Lanka amid economic crisis
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 3 (ANI): China has decided to provide a loan of 300 million yuan to Sri Lanka amidst the unprecedented economic crisis in the island nation.
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'Situation in Sri Lanka pitiable', DMK MP welcomes Jaishankar's decision o
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 2 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP TKS Elangovan on Monday said that the situation in Sri Lanka, which is undergoing a severe economic crisis, is "pitiable" and further welcomed the decision of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to accept the request
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Stalin thanks Jaishankar for accepting TN's request to supplement India's
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 2 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin thanked the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for accepting Tamil Nadu's request on supplementing India's humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka, an island nation gripped by the severe economic crisis.
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Rameswaram fisherman agrees to deliver goods to Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai [Tamil Nadu],[India] May 1 (ANI): Amid the prevalent economic crisis in Sri Lanka, a fisherman from Rameswaram agreed to deliver essential commodities to the island nation.
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Earthquake of 4.1 magnitude hits Andaman and Nicobar island
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar) [India], May 1 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale occurred 3 km from Diglipur in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, said National Center for Seismology.
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Drugs price hikes in Sri Lanka by 40 to 60 percent
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 30 (ANI): Adding more burden to the staggering economy of the island nation, the Health Minister of the country Channa Jayasumana issued a special gazette order on Thursday stating a dramatic price hike in the pharmaceutical drugs, yet again shooting up the prices
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Restructuring of Sri Lanka's domestic debt not on top priority: Central Ba
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 29 (ANI): Sri Lanka's central bank governor has said domestic debt in the form of government securities and development bonds will not be restructured as restructuring external debt is a top priority for the island nation.
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Indian envoy Gopal Baglay reiterates India's continued commitment to suppo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 29 (ANI): Indian High Commissioner of Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay received a group of Parliamentarians and reiterated India's continued commitment to support the island nation.
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