Sri Lanka

PM Wickremesinghe warns the crisis-stricken country that petrol supplies are running out 0
- International
- May 17, 2022
On Monday, Sri Lanka’s new prime minister said the country was down to its last day of petrol, while the country’s power minister warned citizens not to join the long fuel lines that have sparked weeks of anti-government rallies. In a speech to the nation on Thursday, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was appointed Prime Minister on
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India to provide additional $500-mn assistance to Sri Lanka for fuel 0
- International
- April 21, 2022
India will provide an additional $500 million in financial assistance to Sri Lanka for it to buy fuel, Sri Lanka’s foreign minister told reporters on Wednesday, adding Bangladesh was also willing to postpone a $450 million in swap repayments. “Assistance by the IMF will take about six months to come to us and it will come in
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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revokes state of emergency 0
- International
- April 6, 2022
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa late Tuesday night revoked the state of emergency he had declared on April 1 with immediate effect in his island nation. In a gazette notification no 2274/10 issued on Tuesday night, the president said he has withdrawn the emergency rule ordinance which gave security forces sweeping powers to curb any
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India to build Sri Lanka wind farms after China pushed aside 0
- Business
- March 30, 2022
India has agreed to develop three Sri Lankan wind farms on islets between the countries, officials said on Tuesday, in a victory for New Delhi after the project was taken away from a Chinese firm. New Delhi has long been alarmed about the growing Chinese influence in the region. In 2020, 20 Indian soldiers and four
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