Sri Lanka appeals for farmers to plant more rice as food shortage looms
COLOMBO, May 31 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka wants farmers to plant more rice as part of plans to avert aContinue Reading
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Sri Lanka Urges Airlines to Fly Full Tank or Fill Elsewhere
Emirates, SriLankan among carriers forced to fill up overseas Island nation going through shortage of all essential supplies Bloomberg –Continue Reading
Sri Lankan President seeks world’s urgent help during financial crisis
TOKYO (AP) — Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa asked for urgent international help on Thursday as his country suffers fromContinue Reading
IMF says good progress made studying Sri Lanka economy situation; Lending would require adequate debt assurances, fund says
(BLOOMBERG)-THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it made “good progress” in analysing Sri Lanka’s economic situation and identifying policy priorities, while cautioningContinue Reading
Cricket-Australia players raise concerns about touring Sri Lanka during crisis
May 25 (Reuters) – Australia’s squad have raised ethical concerns about their upcoming tour of Sri Lanka with the island nation inContinue Reading
Sri Lanka arrests 67 suspected to be heading to Australia
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s navy said Tuesday that it has arrested 67 people who it believes wereContinue Reading
Exclusive-Sri Lanka picks Lazard, Clifford Chance as advisers for overseas debt restructuring – Reuters
COLOMBO/LONDON :-Sri Lanka hired Lazard and Clifford Chance as financial and legal advisers respectively to represent the government in talksContinue Reading
Long fuel queues persist in Sri Lanka despite scramble to deliver supplies
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Long queues snaked around gas stations in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital and its outskirts on Monday evenContinue Reading
Inflation in crisis-hit Sri Lanka hits new record
Sri Lanka’s inflation hit a seventh consecutive record high in April as a petrol shortage worsened and food prices roseContinue Reading
Sri Lankan medicine shortage a death sentence for some, doctors say
COLOMBO (Reuters) – A shortage of medicine caused by an economic crisis in Sri Lanka could soon cause deaths, doctorsContinue Reading
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