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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 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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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…
VIDEO: Protests Erupt in Sri Lanka Amid Economic Crisis
An economic crisis in Sri Lanka is fueling widespread protests as the country faces shortages of fu…
Sri Lanka is going through its worst economic meltdown since independence
Sri Lanka is staring at an unprecedented economic crisis since independence. Prices of essential it…
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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'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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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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26 ministers resign amidst the worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka
On Sunday night, all 26 ministers submitted letters of resignation. Speaking to reporters, Educatio…
PTI
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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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Sri Lanka declares state of emergency due to violent protests over economic crisis
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared a nationwide public emergency amidst a spate o…
PTI
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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 Lankan Prime Minister resigns as protesters storm the president's official residence in response to financial crisis
Protesters stormed the home of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in the commercial capital …
Bethany Dawson
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DMK vows to repeal CAA if INDIA bloc is voted to power
Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK, a key constituent of the INDIA bloc, in its manifesto released on Wednesda…
PTI
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Sri Lanka says it will default on its foreign debt as the cost of food and food imports spirals, report says
Sri Lanka appointed a new central bank governor last week who on Tuesday said the country had suspe…
Adam Morgan McCarthy
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Crisis-hit Sri Lanka — which ran out of fuel earlier this year — snaps up cheap Russian oil for the first time ever
Since March, Sri Lanka has buying so much Russian oil that it now accounts for all the Asian countr…