Sri Lanka expects financing assurances from China for IMF deal within days
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka expects to get China’s backing for its debt restructuring plan within days to help unlock aContinue Reading
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India says it is committed to boosting investment in crisis-hit Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Jan 20 (Reuters) – India has told Sri Lanka it is committed to boost investment in its debt-ridden neighbour,Continue Reading
New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern to leave office in Feb, sets October election
ELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, whose empathetic handling of the nation’s worst mass-shooting andContinue Reading
India ‘strongly supports’ Sri Lanka debt restructuring plan, it tells IMF
COLOMBO (Reuters) -India has told the International Monetary Fund that it strongly supports Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring plan as theContinue Reading
Sri Lanka urged by Human rights groups to free student activist held over protests
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Human rights groups urged Sri Lanka’s government to release a prominent student activist who wasContinue Reading
Sri Lanka Closer to IMF Bailout as India Said to Back Debt Plan -Bloomberg
India formally notified that it would support Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring plan, according to a person with knowledge of theContinue Reading
A pilot couple killed in air crashes in Nepal – 16 years apart
KATHMANDU, Jan 16 (Reuters) – In 2010, Anju Khatiwada joined Nepal’s Yeti Airlines, following in the footsteps of her husband,Continue Reading
Watch: Nepal plane crash reportedly shot by passenger during Facebook Live
The final moments of a plane in Nepal which plunged to the ground, killing at least 68 people on board,Continue Reading
Nepal plane crash with 72 onboard leaves at least 40 dead
At least 40 people were killed when an aircraft crashed in Nepal on Sunday, a Nepal army spokesperson said, as hundreds ofContinue Reading
Sri Lanka church seeks criminal justice for Easter bombings
(AP)-Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church urged the country Friday to criminally prosecute its former leader for negligence, a day after the topContinue Reading
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