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Sri Lanka bans import of 300 items including chocolates, perfumes and shampoos
Sri Lanka has slapped a ban on the import of 300 consumer items like chocolates, perfumes and shamp…
PTI
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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 ban on ‘face veil’ sparks burqa debate in India
Just three days after Sri Lanka issued a ban on all face coverings in the wake of Easter Sunday ter…
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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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IMF 'encourages' India to remove rice export restrictions
The International Monetary Fund has said it would "encourage" India to remove restrictions on expor…
PTI
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Sri Lanka bans all Indian travellers from entering the country to curb the spread of COVID-19 cases
He said the CAASL have directed all airlines to preventing disembarking Indian passengers. …
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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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Sri Lanka is reopening to tourists after more than nine months of travel bans due to COVID-19
Tourism once made up around 5% of Sri Lanka's economy, employing close to 2 million people at a tim…
Martin Coulter
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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…
Huileng Tan
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Sri Lanka declares economic emergency as food items go out of reach
Authorities say they will take control of the supply of basic food items, including rice and sug…
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YouTuber says Qatar Airways banned him from flying with them ever again because he left a bad review
Josh Cahill, a YouTuber known for his aviation content, told Business Insider the ban "sends out a …
Lindsay Dodgson,Kai Xiang Teo
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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.
Vanessa Gu
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Sri Lanka said it won't go into lockdown yet, despite a "COVID bomb" in the country where bodies are piling up and there's a backlog of mass cremations
The Sri Lankan government held mass cremations last weekend after Colombo's main hospital ran out o…
Matthew Loh
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The carcasses of turtles, dolphins, and whales are washing up on Sri Lanka beaches after a cargo ship carrying toxins sank in the Indian Ocean
Marine species "never die in this way" around this period, said Sri Lanka's environment minister. T…
Matthew Loh
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Coronavirus in Sri Lanka: Thousands arrested for violating curfew
The number of positive cases has risen to 106 and the government has ordered police to strictly imp…
PTI
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A two metre-long crack on oil tanker New Diamond can likely pose a problem
Even as fire fighting efforts were underway on the blazing very large crude carrier (VLCC) New Diam…
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Tourists visiting Sri Lanka are down to less than a third -- and hotel rooms are dirt cheap
Lavanga Resort & Spa is reportedly offering a room for $35 a night with breakfast, much less…
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After declaring a state of emergency, Sri Lanka has banned Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp
After a state of emergency was declared on Tuesday, curfews were instated in the central district o…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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India’s impending public health crisis, suicide
Every 4 in 10 people who commit suicide around the world are from India. And, between the ages o…
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The EU's upcoming ban on Russian crude could shift 1 million barrels a day to these 7 nations next year, energy researcher says
The future of Russian flows could change dramatically as Europe's oil ban kicks in, Here's what the…