Power cuts in Sri Lanka could continue into May – minister
COLOMBO, March 31 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s power minister said on Thursday that power cuts could continue into May, asContinue Reading
Tag: Economy
Sri Lanka runs out of diesel, faces longest-ever blackout
(AFP)-Diesel was no longer on sale across Sri Lanka on Thursday, crippling transport as the crisis-hit country’s 22 million peopleContinue Reading
Saudi Arabia says it deposited $5B in Egypt’s central bank
CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced a $5 billion aid package to cash-strapped Egypt, where the economy isContinue Reading
Plenty of fish but no catch as Sri Lanka economic crisis bites
(AFP)-The sky and seas off Sri Lanka’s coast are crystal blue but a worsening economic crisis has kept fishermen mooredContinue Reading
Sri Lanka suffers long power cuts as currency shortage makes fuel scarce
COLOMBO — Sri Lankans faced 10-hour power cuts on Wednesday and warnings of longer blackouts on Thursday, as a deepeningContinue Reading
10-hour power cuts in Sri Lanka as crisis worsens
(AFP)- Sri Lanka on Wednesday began imposing record nationwide 10-hour daily power cuts as it ran out of hydro-electricity onContinue Reading
Sri Lanka hospitals running out of life-saving drugs
(AFP)-Sri Lanka’s state-run hospitals are running out of life-saving medicines due to a shortage of dollars needed to import essentialsContinue Reading
Sri Lanka papers run out of newsprint , suspends print editions as Economic crisis bites
(AFP)-Two major Sri Lanka newspapers are suspending their print editions because of a lack of paper, their owner said Friday,Continue Reading
‘Have to eat half’: Sri Lankans feel pain of spiralling economic crisis
MINUWANGODA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – Thusitha Hadaragama stood at a corner store near his home in Sri Lanka’s Minuwangoda townContinue Reading
Sri Lanka’s Opposition accuses government of misusing USD one billion loan facility extended by India
Colombo, Mar 22 (PTI) Sri Lanka’s Opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB or United People’s Force) on Tuesday accused PresidentContinue Reading
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