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Sri Lanka succumbs to China's debt-trap diplomacy: Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 12 (ANI): Sri Lanka, a thriving island country with a population of 22 million, has succumbed to China's debt-trap diplomacy while Colombo battles most significant economic crisis in decades amid mounting debt repayment woes.
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Arjuna Ranatunga urges SL players to leave IPL and stand in support of the
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 12 (ANI): Former cricketer and minister Arjuna Ranatunga on Tuesday urged all the Sri Lankan players, who are playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), to come and stand in support of their country during the ongoing economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka temporarily suspends servicing USD 51 billion foreign debt payme
Updated : 4 years, 1 month 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 : 4 years, 1 month 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 : 4 years, 1 month 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 : 4 years, 1 month 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 : 4 years, 1 month 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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Political stalemate continues in Sri Lanka as meeting between President Ra
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 11 (ANI): The meeting between President Gottabaya Rajapaksa and former President Maithripala Srisena-led Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to discuss the political and economic crisis affecting the country ended without any conclusion on Sunday, reported local media.
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Sri Lanka: Perinatal Society appeals for help to 'save newborn babies' as
Updated : 4 years, 1 month 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 : 4 years, 1 month 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 : 4 years, 1 month 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 : 4 years, 1 month 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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