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Top Sri Lankan delegation to meet IMF officials in Washington
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 9 (ANI): Amid Sri Lanka's severe economic crisis, a high-level delegation, including the country's Central Bank Governor and other senior officials, will attend an International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Washington DC today.
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Sri Lanka: UN experts condemn crackdown on protests
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 9 (ANI): UN human rights experts have urged the Sri Lankan Government to guarantee the fundamental rights of peaceful assembly and of expression during peaceful protests, amid the country's severe economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka: Colombo's Galle Face Green urban park closed today amid schedul
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 9 (ANI): Authorities on Saturday closed Galle Face Green Urban Park in Sri Lanka's Colombo, the venue where locals had planned to hold a massive protest.
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Sri Lanka faces worst currency depreciation, negative social media adverse
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 9 (ANI): Negative social media has adversely impacted the tourism sector of Sri Lanka, which is battling its worst economic crisis, according to the Managing Director of Lanka IOC, a subsidiary of the Indian Oil Corporation.
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Sri Lanka's public sector employees, LGBT community join protest against R
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 8 (ANI): Public sector employees and the LGBT community in Sri Lanka joined protest against the Sri Lankan government as the country faces a severe economic crisis.
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Indian envoy Gopal Baglay denies reports of deployment of troops in Sri La
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 8 (ANI): Gopal Baglay, India's High Commissioner of Sri Lanka on Friday has categorically denied reports of deployment of the Indian Army in an economic crisis-ridden island nation and said that it was a rumour floating around since April 1.
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Sri Lanka to exhaust USD 500 million Indian fuel credit line by April end
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 8 (ANI): The USD 500 million credit line provided by India for fuel will be exhausted after the delivery of another 120,000 tons of diesel and 35,000 tons of petrol to Sri Lanka in the remaining period of this month.
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Amid ongoing protests multiple countries issue travel warnings for Sri Lan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 8 (ANI): As massive protests erupted across Sri Lanka after the economic crisis, multiple countries have issued travel warnings for the island nation.
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Sri Lanka appoints new central bank governor
Updated : 3 years, 11 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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Indian businessmen in Sri Lanka helping people cope with economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 7 (ANI): As Sri Lanka is reeling under an economic crisis, Indian businessmen in the island nation are taking initiatives under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to help the people cope with the current situation.
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Former Sri Lankan Minister blames Rajapaksa family for economic woes in co
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 7 (ANI): Former Power Minister of Sri Lanka, Patali Champika Ranawaka, on Thursday said that the Rajapaksa family is fully responsible for the worst economic crisis of the island nation.
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Sri Lankans protest outside Mahinda Rajapaksa's residence amid unrest
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 7 (ANI): Amid the ongoing unrest in the island nation following the economic crisis, several people on Wednesday protested outside the residence of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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