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Pakistan faced worst economic crises in 2023: Human Rights Watch
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Human Rights Watch observed that the insistence of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on austerity and the removal of subsidies without adequate compensatory measures resulted in additional hardship for low-income groups in Pakistan.
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Violence rages in Sri Lanka, 8 killed in Negombo clash
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 11 (ANI): As Sri Lanka faces one of the worst economic crises accompanied by ongoing protests, eight persons have lost their lives during the violent clash in Negombo on Monday.
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Sri Lanka: BASL President urges politicians to unite to avert economic cri
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): As Sri Lanka battles with one of the worst economic crises, Saliya Pieris PC, President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), urged all the Sri Lankan politicians to act as statesmen and avert the imminent crisis.
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Bangladesh sends emergency medical supplies to Sri Lanka amid economic cri
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 5 (ANI): Bangladesh on Thursday sent emergency medical supplies to Sri Lanka as the island nation faces one of the worst economic crises since gaining independence.
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Sri Lankan Opposition leader slams govt for being reckless
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 1 (ANI): As Sri Lanka faces one of the worst economic crises since gaining independence, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa slammed Sri Lankan government for being reckless, and asked the masses to observe a "Black May Day" this year.
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Indian envoy Gopal Baglay reiterates India's continued commitment to suppo
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 29 (ANI): Indian High Commissioner of Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay received a group of Parliamentarians and reiterated India's continued commitment to support the island nation.
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China gets flak for pushing Sri Lankan economy into 'debt-trap'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 22 (ANI): As Sri Lanka faces one of the worst economic crises, China has been widely criticized for pushing the Sri Lankan economy into its 'debt trap' and for predatory behaviour such as leasing out the port of Hambantota for 99 years.
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IMF chief hails India's help to Sri Lanka in dealing with its worst econom
Updated : 3 years, 11 months 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 stock exchange to stop trading for 5 days from April 18
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 16 (ANI): In midst of one of the country's worst economic crises, Sri Lanka's Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), on Saturday has been directed to temporarily close the stock market for five days starting April 18.
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Sri Lankan leaders use Chinese money for personal benefit, say locals arou
Updated : 3 years, 11 months 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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Sri Lanka succumbs to Chinese investment trap
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 22 (ANI): Sri Lanka is battling one of its worst economic crises in over seven decades, as successive governments in the island nation have ignored sovereign bonds to Sri Lanka, with China being a major lender.
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