Sri Lanka PM’s olive branch to protesting youth: join governance | News
Ranil Wickremesinghe goes on national TV to offer young protesters a greater say in how the crisis-hit island nation is
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Cash-strapped Sri Lanka gets Russian oil to ease shortages | News
The 90,000-tonne consignment of Russian oil waited offshore for more than a month as Sri Lanka was unable pay for
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Sri Lanka PM trying to fast-track IMF talks | Business and Economy News
The PM is seeking $4bn from the IMF, China and Japan to pay for food and fuel even as he
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Sri Lanka PM to take over as finance minister too | Business and Economy News
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will take charge as finance minister as well, the president’s office has announced, and
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Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices, hires financial and legal advisers | Business and Economy News
Sri Lanka has increased fuel and transport prices, a long-flagged move to combat its debilitating economic crisis, but the hikes
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Climate crisis makes South Asia heatwaves ’30 times more likely’ | Climate Crisis News
The devastating heatwave that has baked India and Pakistan in recent months was made more likely by climate change and
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‘Death sentence’: Doctors in Sri Lanka decry medicine shortage | Health News
As essential medications disappear from shelves, doctors are forced to postpone life-saving procedures amid unprecedented economic crisis. A shortage of
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‘We are going to die’: Food crisis worsens misery of Sri Lankans | Politics News
Sri Lanka’s prime minister has warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis and
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Rajapaksa not only needs to go, he needs to face accountability | Protests
Protesters want a new Sri Lanka, not just a reshuffling of the stale old cards. Last week, a new prime
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Sri Lanka bank says fuel shortage set to ease as students protest | Business and Economy News
Sri Lanka’s central bank has secured foreign exchange to pay for fuel and cooking gas shipments that will ease crippling
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