Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency, according to a government notice released late on Sunday, as his administration seeks to quell social unrest and tackle an economic crisis gripping the…
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End of trouble seems to be far from over for former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled to the Maldives on Wednesday and then landed in Singapore on Thursday. According to sources quoted by News18, Singapore is not keen on…
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Scenes emerging from Sri Lanka yet again raised global concerns this weekend as demonstrators stormed the palace of Gotabaya Rajapaksa while the president reportedly fled. After having ignored calls for his resignation for several months,…
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As thousands of protesters stormed Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence in Colombo on Saturday demanding his government’s resignation amid the ongoing economic crisis, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremmesinghe has summoned an…
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The Hambantota Port is located in southern Sri Lanka close to the east-west sea route. Its construction began in 2008 which was funded through Chinese loans of about US$ 1.3 billion. The construction was carried out by a joint venture of…
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Sri Lanka’s parliament has canceled its remaining sittings for the week to save fuel, officials said on Thursday, with a disastrous economic crisis rapidly depleting the island nation’s already scarce petrol supplies. A foreign currency…
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Sri Lanka will call China, India and Japan to a donor conference to drum up more foreign assistance to find a way out of its worsening economic crisis, the prime minister said on Wednesday, amid ongoing talks with the International Monetary…
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Dasun Shanaka led Sri Lanka to a historic win in the fourth ODI against Australia on Tuesday to the joy of fans amid the economic crisis in the country. The win meant Sri Lanka had sealed a series win in the 5-match contest, taking an…
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In a spiraling controversy over an energy project contract in Sri Lanka awarded to Gautam Adani's group, the Lankan official who had claimed that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa acted under pressure from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has…
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Sri Lanka will lower the amount of foreign currency that individuals can hold to $10,000 from $15,000, and penalize anyone who holds foreign currency for more than three months by making it against the law, the island nation’s central bank…
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