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High-level US delegation to visit Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 25 (ANI): The team of high delegations representing the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of State will visit Sri Lanka on Sunday.
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Another humanitarian consignment from India reaches Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 24 (ANI): India provided a humanitarian consignment worth more than SLR 3 billion to Sri Lanka, which is facing the worst economic crisis since its independence.
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Sri Lankan PM Wickremesinghe says economy has collapsed, will hold talks w
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 22 (ANI): Prime Minister of crisis-ridden Sri Lanka on Wednesday said that he will hold discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and arrive at an agreement to obtain an additional credit facility.
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Sri Lankan cabinet passes 21st Amendment to curtail powers of President
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 20 (ANI): Aiming to curtail powers of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan Cabinet on Monday passed the 21st Amendment to its Constitution.
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Former Sri Lankan cricketer serves tea, buns to people waiting at fuel sta
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 20 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented fuel crisis in the country, former Lankan cricketer Roshan Mahanama was spotted serving tea and buns to people waiting in lines outside the stores to buy fuel and cooking gas.
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Sri Lankan govt announces to shut down schools amid power shortage
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 19 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented economic crisis, the Sri Lanka government on Saturday announced to shut down all the schools for the coming week, a local media reported.
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Sri Lankan PM says steps will be taken to mitigate food crisis in country
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 18 (ANI): Amidst the unprecedented economic turmoil in the country, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday said that steps will be taken to mitigate the food crisis in the island nation.
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Unanimous support on need to stand with Sri Lanka in difficult time: Jaish
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday chaired a parliamentary consultative committee meeting on the situation in Sri Lanka and said that there was "unanimous support" on the need to stand with the neighbouring country in this hour of crisis.
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Sri Lanka receives 40,000 MT diesel consignment under India's assistance
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 16 (ANI): In continuation of India's assistance to Sri Lanka in fighting its economic crisis, another 40,000 metric tons of diesel consignment under Indian assistance reached Colombo on Thursday.
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US State Secy Blinken discusses economic, political challenges with Sri La
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday (local time) discussed the current economic and political challenges with Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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Jaishankar to brief MEA Consultative Committee on Sri Lanka crisis
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will brief the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on External Affairs on June 18 over the ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka.
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India extends Sri Lanka USD 55 million credit line for fertiliser imports
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 11 (ANI): The Indian government has decided to extend a Line of Credit (LOC) of USD 55 million to Sri Lanka for the procurement of Urea Fertiliser.
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