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Sri Lanka runs out of fuel with not even one day of stock left
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 27 (ANI): Reeling under economic crisis, Sri Lanka has finally run out of fuel as only 1,100 tonnes of petrol and 7,500 tonnes of diesel are left, which are not sufficient to last for a day, Daily Mirror reported on Monday citing sources from Sri Lanka's Ceylon P
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Sri Lanka introduces fuel rationing amid severe shortage
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 26 (ANI): Amid the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, the country's Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera on Sunday announced that the fuel stations across the country will issue tokens for consumers from Monday, as only limited stocks of fuel were available.
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Sri Lanka reduces amount of holding foreign currency to USD 10K
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 25 (ANI): Amid the looming economic crisis, Sri Lanka on Saturday limited the amount of foreign currency an individual can hold to USD 10,000.
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High-level US delegation to visit Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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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