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Sri Lanka temporarily suspends servicing USD 51 billion foreign debt payme
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 12 (ANI): Amid the economic crisis in the country, the Sri Lanka government has temporarily suspended the payment of its foreign debts.
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Sri Lanka urges Islamabad to expedite release of financial assistance offe
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 12 (ANI): Amid the growing economic crisis in Sri Lanka, Colombo has requested Islamabad to expedite the pending financial assistance offered by the country, according to a media report.
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11,000 MT of rice from India reaches Colombo ahead of new year celebration
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 12 (ANI): Ahead of the new year celebrations in Sri Lanka, 11,000 MT of rice from India reached Colombo on Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka economic crisis: Citizens face severe scarcity, forced to use ca
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri lanka], April 12 (ANI): As Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis in decades, common citizens are facing a severe scarcity of essentials including fuel and food and people are forced to use candles in the absence of electricity.
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Sri Lanka will choose constitutional provision to oust government, says op
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 11 (ANI): Dismissing the possibility of a no-confidence motion like Pakistan to oust the present government in Sri Lanka, Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa said that they will use their Constitutional provisions to change the government.
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Sri Lanka: Perinatal Society appeals for help to 'save newborn babies' as
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 11 (ANI): Perinatal Society of Sri Lanka has made a desperate appeal to the Sri Lankans living in and outside the island nation to save newborn babies in hospitals that are running out of essential consumables amid the country's deepening economic crisis.
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Sri Lankan leaders use Chinese money for personal benefit, say locals arou
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hambantota [Sri Lanka], April 10 (ANI): Amid one of the worst economic crises in Sri Lanka, locals around the country's Hambantota port blame the government for the situation the island nation is facing at present while saying that the leaders use the money they receive from China for the
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Protestors burn effigies of Sri Lanka President, PM at anti-govt protests
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Milan [Italy], April 10 (ANI): Some 1000 Sri Lankan nationals staged an anti-government protest at Central Railway Station in Milan, Italy.
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Sri Lanka: President Rajapaksa meets ex-President Srisena, discusses econo
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 10 (ANI): President Gottabaya Rajapaksa and former President Maithripala Srisena-led Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) held a crucial meeting on Sunday evening to discuss the political and economic crisis affecting the country.
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Sri Lanka's Prez Gotabaya Rajapaksa to hold crucial meeting with 41 MPs
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 10 (ANI): In a bid to find a solution to the current economic, political and social crisis in the country, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be holding a crucial meeting with 41 MPs who recently quit the ruling dispensation.
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Sri Lanka can overcome economic crisis provided Central Bank allowed to ru
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 10 (ANI): Exuding confidence in overcoming the unprecedented economic crisis, the newly appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Nandalal Weerasinghe said that one of the ways to overcome the current crisis situation is to allow the Central Bank to f
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People in Sri Lanka express gratitude to India for helping in need of hour
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 9 (ANI): As India continues to provide much-needed fuel in Colombo, people in Sri Lanka continue to express gratitude to its neighbouring country for helping in need of the hour.
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