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Debt-ridden Sri Lanka reaches staff level agreement for USD 2.9 million de
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 1 (ANI): International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and debt-ridden Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday reached a staff-level agreement to support Sri Lanka's economic policies with a 48-month arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of about USD 2.9 billi
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Sri Lanka's economic situation continues to deteriorate, inflation rate sp
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 30 (ANI): The economic situation has continued to deteriorate in Sri Lanka, with the headline inflation rate spiking to another record high in July, World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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Amid food, medicine price inflation, Sri Lanka raises water tariffs
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 27 (ANI): Amid the existing economic crisis in the country, the Sri Lanka Ministry of Water Supply announced to increase the water tariffs with effect from September 1, a gazette notice from the Ministry stated.
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US donates 3,000 metric tons of food to feed Sri Lankan school children
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 27 (ANI): The United States through the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and in partnership with Save the Children, donated 320 metric tons of split yellow peas as a part of 3,000 metric tons of food to nourish school children across Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lankan PM Wickremesinghe requests China for debt restructuring amid ec
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 25 (ANI): Amid economic turmoil, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe urged China on Thursday to restructure its debt as Beijing is Colombo's largest bilateral lender.
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India urges its nationals in Sri Lanka to exercise caution, examine curren
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): At a time when Sri Lanka is facing a severe economic crisis and a steep currency depreciation, India on Thursday urged its nationals living in Sri Lanka to exercise caution and examine the currency convertibility and fuel situation in the island nation car
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India hands over 21,000 tonnes of fertilizer to Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 22 (ANI): India on Monday handed over 21,000 tonnes of fertilizer to the crisis-ridden neighbour Sri Lanka.
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8 Sri Lankan refugees including children came to Dhanushkodi, probe underw
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhanushkodi (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 22 (ANI): Eight Sri Lankan people including three males, two females, two male children and a female child came to Dhanushkodi as refugees today early morning at 2 am, police said.
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China's BRI isn't quite as lucrative as often advertised: Report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 20 (ANI): Easy Chinese investment poured into BRI projects abroad isn't quite as lucrative as often publicized and sparsely generates sufficient revenue to justify the cost, according to Stockholm-based non-profit and non-partisan research and policy organization.
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India rejects insinuations on Colombo's move on Chinese spy ship visit, sa
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): India has rejected insinuations by China that it had exerted pressure on Colombo to defer the visit of a high-tech Chinese research vessel to Hambantota port and said Sri Lanka is a sovereign country and makes its own independent decisions.
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Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves Singapore: Report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Singapore, August 11 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left Singapore on Thursday after nearly a month's stay in the country, local media reported citing officials.
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Thailand allows Gotabaya Rajapaksa temporary stay on condition he doesn't
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 11 (ANI): Thailand has allowed former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa temporary stay in Thailand to look for permanent asylum in another country on the condition that he does not cause problems for the country.
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