Sri Lankan

Sri Lankan health, railway, port and other state workers were on a daylong strike Wednesday to protest against sharp increases in income taxes and electricity charges, as the island nation awaits approval of an International Monetary Fund…
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Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the new president of Sri Lanka by the chief justice of the country on Thursday, the president’s media office said. Wickremesinghe won 134 votes in the 225 member parliament in a vote count on…
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A state of chaos engulfed the presidential palace in Sri Lanka after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled it, after being stormed by thousands of demonstrators, against the backdrop of the economic crisis afflicting the country. The…
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Sri Lanka’s prime minister said Tuesday that the United Nations has arranged a worldwide public appeal to help the island nation’s food, agriculture and heath sectors amid serious shortages caused by its worst economic crises in recent…
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Sri Lanka's central bank chief said on Wednesday the country's economy will "irreparably collapse" unless a new government is appointed within two days to restore political stability. Nandal Wierasinghe added that the recent wave of "mob…
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Sri Lankan police announced today, Sunday, that two men collapsed and died while waiting in long lines to secure their fuel needs, amid a sharp rise in prices that led to record inflation in the country. Police spokesman Nalin Teldwa said…
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