Sri Lanka

People take part in a protest march organized by the National Peoples’ Power (NPP) party against the government, in Colombo on August 20, 2022. / Photo: AFP
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12 October 2023
Bankrupt Sri Lanka gets China agreement on debt restructure
Leader of the United National Party (UNP) Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: EPA
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06 July 2022
Sri Lanka admits bankruptcy, warns of crisis...
Sri Lanka is bankrupt and the acute pain of its unprecedented economic crisis will drag...
A Sri Lankan security official stands guard outside a fuel station that ran out of petrol in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Monday. Photo: AFP
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28 June 2022
Sri Lanka suspends fuel sales as economic crisis...
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka announced a two-week halt to all fuel sales except for essential...
Motorists queue along a street to buy fuel at a Ceylon petroleum corporation fuel station in Colombo on June 26, 2022. Photo: AFP
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27 June 2022
Bankrupt Sri Lanka seeks discounted Russian oil
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Sunday announced sending ministers to Russia and Qatar to try...
A street food vendor sets up his stall and waits for customers at Galle Face promenade in Colombo. Photo: Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP
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25 June 2022
India rushes food, medicine to bankrupt Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka accepted a rice and pharmaceuticals shipment from neighbouring India Friday as...
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21 June 2022
Sri Lanka shuts schools, government offices to...
Sri Lanka closed schools and halted non-essential government services on Monday, starting...
Pregnant women wait to get a dose of the Chinese-made Sinopharm Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine in Colombo on June 9, 2021. Photo: ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP
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17 June 2022
UN begins food relief for Sri Lanka's...
Thousands of impoverished women in Sri Lanka began receiving food aid Thursday as part of...
Motorists queue along a street to buy fuel at Ceylon petroleum corporation fuel station in Colombo on May 18, 2022. Photo: AFP
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13 June 2022
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka announces weekly fuel...
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka announced weekly fuel quotas for motorists on Sunday, as an acute...
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10 June 2022
UN warns Sri Lanka could face 'full-blown...
The United Nations warns that Sri Lanka's unprecedented economic crisis could develop...
Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest on the 50th day of anti-government protests demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis, in Colombo on May 28, 2022. Photo: AFP
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29 May 2022
IMF says Sri Lanka aid contingent on debt...
The IMF said Thursday it is committed to helping crisis-battered Sri Lanka, but any aid...
Myanmar military Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (L) participates in a parade during the 76th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 27 March 2021. Photo: EPA
News
29 May 2022
Can Myanmar be the next Sri Lanka? 
Ever since the Myanmar military launched a coup on 1 February 2021, the country’s economy...
Sri Lanka's new prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe visits a Buddhist temple after his swearing in ceremony in Colombo on May 12, 2022. Photo: AFP
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15 May 2022
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka begins 'unity'...
Sri Lanka on Saturday named the first ministers of a 'unity' government tasked with...
Anti-government demonstrators take part in a protest near the President's office in Colombo. Photo: AFP
Business
13 May 2022
How Sri Lanka's economy went into a tailspin
Sri Lanka is suffering its worst economic crisis since its independence from Britain in...

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