Sri Lanka

When Sri Lanka slid into its worst economic crisis in seven decades leading to deadly riots and alarming shortages of fuel, food and medicines earlier this year, its giant northern neighbour stepped into the breach. India provided about $4…
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Sri Lanka’s Parliament approved a budget Thursday that includes reforms aimed at improving the country’s finances as it attempts to recover from its worst economic crisis. The 5.82 trillion rupee ($15 billion) budget includes a 43 billion…
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Putting equal onus on rich global north and developing global south, the Paris Club creditor nations are proposing a 10-year moratorium on Sri Lankan debt and another 15 years of debt restructuring as a formula to resolve the current…
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India and China will have a crucial role in the success of Sri Lanka’s efforts to convene a meeting of creditors to restructure their debt in order to cope with an unprecedented economic crisis, people familiar with the matter said. Sri…
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A Sri Lankan court issued a summons on Friday ordering an ex-president to appear in a case alleging he failed to prevent suicide bomb attacks in 2019 that killed nearly 270 people. The court ordered ex-President Maithripala Sirisena to…
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Sri Lanka defeated Team India by six wickets in the Asia Cup 2022 Super 4 clash to all but confirm their place in the final of the tournament. On the other hand, India is now on the verge of elimination. If Afghanistan fail to beat Pakistan…
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On Thursday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh (183/7) by two wickets to go to the Super Four in the Asia Cup 2022. Losing both of their games, Bangladesh were eliminated from the competition while…
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After leaving Hambantota Port on August 22, the Chinese satellite and ballistic missile tracking ship Yuan Wang 5 is currently mapping ocean bed 400 nautical miles (741 kilometers) south-southeast of Dondra Head, the southernmost tip of Sri…
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Travel industry players in Sri Lanka are hoping to attract more tourists from Saudi Arabia as the island nation grapples with an ongoing crisis in its tourism economy. Tourism has long been a key source of capital for Sri Lanka. In 2018…
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Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa - who fled in July this year after violent protests over the economic crisis in the island nation - has applied for to the United States government for a Green Card, multiple news agencies…
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