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Colombo: India helps Sri Lanka to print school text book

11-Sep-2022 Asia IANS

Battling with ongoing economic crisis with skyrocketing inflation and dollar crunch, Sri Lanka is to get Indian loan assistance to print text books for school children for the year...

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Asia Cup 22: Sri Lanka win over Bangladesh, qualify in Super Four

02-Sep-2022 Cricket
IANS

Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by two wickets to qualify for Super Four of Asia Cup. It was the end of the road for...

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Colombo: President directed to ensure Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s return

23-Aug-2022 Asia
IANS

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) ruled on Tuesday that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country in July amid the unrest...

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Colombo: Kerosene prices hiked to cut losses

22-Aug-2022 Asia
IANS

The price of kerosene was increased as a result of the economic crisis by Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), a state-owned fuel distributor in Sri Lanka. According...

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Colombo: Sri Lanka reports nearly 50,000 dengue cases in 2022

22-Aug-2022 Asia
IANS

Sri Lanka reported nearly 50,000 cases of dengue in the first eight months of 2022, local media...

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Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to Sri Lanka on Aug 24

18-Aug-2022 Asia
IANS

Ex-Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country following protests against economic crisis in the island nation, will return to Sri Lanka on August...

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Colombo: President asks government institutions to cut expenses

16-Aug-2022 Asia
IANS

Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed all institution heads to abide by a Treasury circular outlining the cap on government spending. The President's media office stated in a...

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Colombo: Sri Lanka allows controversial Chinese ship to visit port

13-Aug-2022 Asia
IANS

Amidst controversy and a diplomatic tussle between India and China, Sri Lanka on Saturday announced that it has allowed controversial Chinese vessel 'Yuan Wang 5'...

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The need for connect with people in democracy

07-Aug-2022 News Letter
Prof Sunney Tharappan

Establishing a system of procedure for the representation of the people to be periodically reviewed in accordance with the fundamentals of democratic functioning of...

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Colombo: WFP concerned about food crisis in Sri Lanka

07-Aug-2022 Asia
IANS

The impact of Sri Lanka's ongoing economic crisis on the country's poorest citizens' access to food is a worry for the UN World Food Programme...

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Tamil Nadu: Another consignment of humanitarian support sent

26-Jul-2022 Asia
IANS

People of India on Tuesday donated humanitarian assistance worth around $9.5 million (SLR 3.4 billion) to Sri Lanka which is going through a severe economic...

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