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IMF chief hails India's help to Sri Lanka in dealing with its worst econom
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 19 (ANI): Kristalina Georgieva, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, on Monday (local time) appreciated India's help to Sri Lanka in tackling its economic crises while assuring Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman that the financial institution would
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Sri Lanka: Opposition party SJB to protest against govt next week
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Sri Lanka Opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has decided to launch an anti-government protest march from Kandy to the capital city, Colombo on April 26, local media reported.
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Sri Lankan President admits making mistakes as economic crisis persists
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Admitted that his government made mistakes on some policy fronts, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday said he is ready to correct those mistakes and move forward.
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Pakistan court awards death sentence to 6 in Priyantha Kumara lynching
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): A Pakistani court on Monday awarded the death sentence to six and handed life imprisonment to seven as it announced its verdict in Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara's lynching case that had sparked nationwide outrage.
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Sri Lanka may overcome economic crisis if Govt, public come on same page:
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Monday said that the economic crisis can only be solved when both the government and the public accept the uniform solution.
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Sri Lankan court extends travel ban on former central bank chief
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): A Sri Lankan court on Monday extended a travel ban imposed on former central bank chief Ajith Nivard Cabraal.
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Sri Lankan PM to propose constitutional amendment
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is set to propose to the cabinet to amend the constitution, media reports said on Monday.
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Sri Lanka: Protesters seek resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa ami
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka, a string of protests marked the island nation as the citizens demanded the immediate resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for his inability to curb the crisis.
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Geo-political analyst pins blame for Lankan crisis on China's opaque debt-
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, a geo-political analyst from Sri Lanka, said that China's loan model to Sri Lanka is ambiguous while no one knows the interest rate charged by Beijing for the money lent to the island nation.
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Forum focused on enhancing access to markets and finance for women-owned b
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): WEConnect International hosted a forum that included U.S. Ambassador Kelly Keiderling, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka from the US Department of State's Bureau of
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Sri Lankans protests against govt project 'Go Gota Go' outside Presidents'
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Sri Lanka [Colombo], April 18 (ANI): Sri Lankans carried out a massive protest on Sunday night, against the Rajapaksa government projected 'Go Gota Go' outside the President's Office in Colombo, amid the country's economic crisis.
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Sri Lankan President appoints 17 ministers in Cabinet to firefight economi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday appointed 17 Cabinet Ministers even while anti-government protests continue to pick steam following the economic and political crisis in the country.
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