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Sri Lanka says it is 'bankrupt' as financial crisis ravaging the country deepens
Sri Lanka blames the crisis on the pandemic but experts say its economy has tanked due to mismanage…
Bill Bostock
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Thailand demanded a gift elephant back from Sri Lanka after the elephant ended up enslaved in a logging camp
The 29-year-old elephant was gifted to Sri Lanka back in 2001, but was returned on Friday after the…
Chris Panella
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Sri Lanka's president is stuck in his own country after airport staff blocked him from fleeing amid an economic crisis
Immigration officers refused to enter the airport's VIP suite to stamp President Gotabaya Rajapaksa…
Matthew Loh
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Photos show how protesters occupying the luxurious residences of Sri Lanka's president and PM have made themselves at home
Protesters who have occupied Sri Lanka's presidential and prime ministerial residences say they wil…
Joshua Zitser
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People are waiting in line for days to get gas in Sri Lanka as the country's economic crisis deepens
Sri Lanka is facing one of the worst economic crises in modern history, with its government lacking…
Matthew Loh
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Sri Lanka president fled to the Maldives on a military jet after being forced out of office over economic crisis
Gotabaya Rajapaksa flew with his wife and two security personnel, the air force said. He leaves beh…
Sinéad Baker
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Sri Lanka's president asks Vladimir Putin for help to import fuel as its economic crisis deepens
Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he had a "very productive" phone call with the Russian president after the …
Abby Wallace
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U.S. Dollar hits over 300 against Sri Lankan rupee for the first time
Sri Lankan banks on Tuesday said the US dollar reached over 300 against the country's rupee, LKR, f…
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SIMPLY PUT: Why Sri Lanka is going through an economic meltdown
India’s southern neighbour is now struggling to provide electricity, fuel and basic essent…
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Sri Lanka raises fuel prices to a new record high
With the latest price hike on Monday, the price of Octane 92 petrol rose by 33.1 per cent to a reco…
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Bankrupt Sri Lanka, which has said it has less than a day of fuel left, is looking to buy cheap Russian oil
On Sunday, Sri Lankan energy minister Kanchana Wijesekera said there was less than a day's worth of…
Huileng Tan
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A 683-pound giant blue sapphire — thought to be one of the largest in the world — is heading to auction and is expected to fetch millions
The massive sapphire has been dubbed the "Queen of Asia," and was found in the southern city of Rat…
Cheryl Teh
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Sri Lankan zoo animals face the heat of financial crisis as authorities run out of money to feed them
Amid the ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka, the island nation's Department of Zoology has inform…
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Sri Lanka will use tea to pay off its $251 million oil debt to Iran
Sri Lanka is undergoing severe financial stress, highlighted by a fall in foreign-exchange reserves…
Carla Mozée
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Sri Lanka is running out of food, medicine, gas, and money but the tourists just keep coming
"I was just there, didn't even notice. I had an amazing three weeks," one woman wrote on Facebook i…
Lina Batarags
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A former Maldives minister, Sri Lankan politicians, and a Buddhist monk were arrested over child sex exploitation in Sri Lanka
32 people were arrested over child sex trafficking in Sri Lanka, police said on Monday. 22 of them …
Vanessa Gu
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Sri Lanka warns of another ‘wave of attacks’ by bombers in military uniforms: Report
One week after Sri Lanka was hit by one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the country, security…
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Sri Lanka prohibits handlers from 'drunk driving' on elephants, bans putting baby elephants to work
The new regulations released also mandated that logging elephants are only allowed to work up to fo…
Vanessa Gu
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A Sri Lankan health minister who promoted 'magic potions' made by a 'sorcerer' as COVID cures has been replaced
Former health minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi later contracted COVID-19 and was hospitalized.