SriLanka

Colombo: As Sri Lanka is still undergoing its worst ever economic crisis since independence in 1948, the island nation has finally secured a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which comes as a lifeline for the…
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Colombo: Twenty-four companies from India, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, the US, China, Russia, the UK, Malaysia, Norway, and the Philippines are interested in the petroleum business in Sri Lanka, a Minister said.…
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Colombo: Ex-Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country following protests against economic crisis in the island nation, will return to Sri Lanka on August 24. Former Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Rajapaksa's cousin…
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Colombo: A controversial Chinese ship with ballistic missile and satellite tracking facilities docked in Sri Lanka's Hambantota port, despite security concerns raised by India about the vessel's presence in nearby waters. Port workers…
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Colombo: Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday. Gunawardena, parliamentarian of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party, took his oath in the capital Colombo…
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Colombo: Sri Lanka’s parliament has elected Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new President to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa. He roundly defeated party rival Dullus Alahapperuma, with 134 votes to 82 in the parliamentary vote on Wednesday. Sri…
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Male: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday left for Singapore from the Maldives, media report said. President Rajapaksa is accompanied by his wife and two security officials who flew with him from Colombo on a Saudi…
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Colombo: Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Wednesday appointed as the acting President of Sri Lanka after Gotabaya Rajpaksa fled to Maldives. As per reports, President Rajapaksa informed this to Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.…
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Colombo: Amidst severe public protest and an ultimatum to resign by protestors who took over the President's House in a violent protest on Saturday, Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the country secretly, an emigration officer…
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Thiruvananthapuram: The situation in Sri Lanka, which is grappling with economic and political crises was "sensitive and complicated", External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Tuesday. "Support of India is for the people of Sri…
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