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
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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
Sri Lanka deploys troops as fuel shortage sparks protests
Mon, March 21, 2022, ·2 min read (AFP)- Sri Lanka ordered troops to petrol stations Tuesday as sporadic protests eruptedContinue Reading
Sri Lankan inflation hits 17.5 % for February -a record high since 2015
COLOMBO, March 21 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka’s Department of Census and Statistics announced Monday that the overall rate of inflationContinue Reading
Sri Lanka govt panel says urgent international financial assistance needed amid debt crisis
COLOMBO (Reuters) – A Sri Lanka government-appointed committee on Monday said the crisis-hit country’s central bank and finance ministry mustContinue Reading
Sri Lanka cancels school exams over paper shortage
(AFP)-Sri Lanka cancelled exams for millions of school students as the country ran out of printing paper with Colombo shortContinue Reading
India extends $1 billion line of credit to Sri Lanka to to import food, medicines and other essential items
India on Thursday extended a $1-billion short-term concessional loan to Sri Lanka to help the island nation cope with oneContinue Reading
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