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Sri Lanka faces 'great danger' as crisis dragsThe 73-year-old, who was propelled to power last month after his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa was forced to flee the country and resign a...- Sri Lanka introduces fuel rationing scheme amid economic crisisThis statement comes as Rajapaksa offered his resignation after fleeing the country and arriving in Singapore, having first flown to the Ma...
- Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil won't leave Sri Lanka until SC hears petition, their lawyers saySri Lanka, a country of 22 million people, is under the grip of an unprecedented economic turmoil, the worst in seven decades, leaving mill...
- Sri Lanka: The timeline of a crisisThe island nation of 22 million people has suffered months of lengthy blackouts, acute food and fuel shortages and galloping inflation in i...
- Sri Lanka to send minister-led team to Russia for deals on oil discountsLanka had earlier purchased discounted oil from Russia and is now exploring long-term arrangements to meet regular demands in the island na...
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka shuts schools, urges people to work from home to save fuelIt was not immediately clear how far the government could stretch its fuel reserves. The stockpiles stand at about 9,000 tonnes of diesel a...
- IMF delegation visits crisis-hit Sri Lanka with time running outSri Lanka is battling its worst financial crisis since independence in 1948, as decades of economic mismanagement and recent policy errors ...
- 10-hour long water cut imposed in Colombo amid food, fuel shortagePresently, Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic and political crisis in four decades which has largely affected the essential services. W...
- No money to buy petrol, says Lankan govt as it urges citizens not to queue up for fuelCrisis-hit Sri Lanka on Wednesday revealed that it does not have foreign exchange to pay for a vessel of petrol anchored in its waters for ...
- Death toll in Sri Lanka violence rises to eightMahinda Rajapaksa, 76, resigned as Sri Lankan Prime Minister on Monday amid unprecedented economic turmoil, hours after his supporters atta...
- One dead, many injured after Sri Lanka police fires at anti-government protestersPolice used live ammunition against a group who were blocking a highway in Rambukkana to protest acute oil shortages and high prices, hospi...
- Food prices surge to 'unbearable levels' in Sri LankaThe consumers in the island nation said that rice prices have risen to unbearable levels. The minimum price of a kilo of rice in the genera...
- India says it is keenly following Lanka developments & focus on people ties as protests intensifyIndia on Thursday stated that it has been keenly following the evolving economic situation and other developments in Sri Lanka. In order to...
- Crisis in Sri Lanka: Air India scales down flights to island nation due to poor demand"Currently AI is operating 16 flights a week -- daily flights from Delhi and nine flights a week from Chennai," an Air India spokesperson s...
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka blocks social media to contain protestsThe South Asian nation is facing severe shortages of food, fuel and other essentials, along with sharp price rises and crippling power cuts...
- Tight security in Sri Lanka's capital as shops open after state of emergency orderAngered by shortages of fuel and other essential items, hundreds of protesters on Thursday clashed with police and the military outside Raj...
- Sri Lankan President blames unidentified 'extremist' group for violent protest in ColomboSri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office blamed an unidentified 'extremist' group for creating the violent situation during the pr...
- Sri Lanka lifts curfew imposed after violent protests outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residenceThe curfew was imposed within the Colombo North, South, Colombo Central, Nugegoda, Mount Lavinia and Kelaniya Police Divisions last night.
- Sri Lanka suffers long power cuts as currency shortage makes fuel scarceForeign exchange reserves have fallen by 70% in the past two years and were down to a paltry $2.31 billion as of February, leaving Sri Lank...
- India delivers 40,000 metric tonnes of fuel to Sri Lanka to help ease energy crisis“India a committed partner and a true friend of Sri Lanka. The High Commissioner (Gopal Baglay) handed over 40,000 MT fuel consignment by I...
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