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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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Former cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya refutes speculations of joining politic
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 7 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya has refuted speculations doing the rounds in the political circles about his joining politics in the coming days.
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Situation in Sri Lanka will become disastrous if left unaddressed, says fo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 7 (ANI): As the countrywide protests continue over the severe economic crisis, former Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya has come forward to extend support to the people in the island nation, who are raising their voices against the government.
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Sri Lanka: UN welcomes lifting of State of Emergency
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 7 (ANI): The United Nations on Wednesday welcomed the lifting of the State of Emergency in Sri Lanka, which was imposed for the "maintenance of public order."
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Chinese 'debt trap' adds to Sri Lanka, Pakistan crises
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 7 (ANI): The ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka and Pakistan, fueled by the economic mismanagement by the incumbent governments, has once again brought the focus back to the Chinese "debt trap."
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Sri Lanka's National Hospital thanks India for providing medicines
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 6 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented economic crisis in the island nation, leading to the shortage of essential goods, Sri Lanka's National Eye Hospital Director expressed his thanks to India for providing medicines, saying that the timely help has ensured the functi
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Sri Lanka crisis: Country's tourism hit hard, hotel association protest to
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 6 (ANI): With Sri Lanka facing an economic crisis amidst public anger and protests against massive food and fuel scarcity, the country's tourism sector, one of the major contributors to its economy, was slowly reviving after the COVID pandemic has now been hit h
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Sri Lankan Police warns protesters not to break law, reviews video footage
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 5 (ANI): Sri Lankan police have warned protesters not to take the law in their own hands and said strict action will be taken against those involved in violence during the agitations.
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Sri Lanka caught in a 'strategic debt trap'
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 5 (ANI): Sri Lanka, a flourishing island nation of 22 million, has finally fallen to China's debt-trap diplomacy.
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After ensnaring Sri Lanka in debt trap, China turns a blind eye as country
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 4 (ANI): As Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis in decades and struggles to pay loans, China turns a blind eye after ensnaring the island nation in a debt trap, said a European-based Think Tank.
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