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Sri Lanka: 1 dead, over 12,000 affected by bad weather
Colombo: Sri Lanka‘s Disaster Management Centre said that one person was killed with over 12,000 others were affected by heavy rain and gale-force winds in many parts of the country on Thursday.…
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Sri Lanka, out of lifesaving drugs, receives consignment from India
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s medical system, ailing with the shortage of over 270 drugs including some life-saving medicines, received a boost on Friday with the receipt of a 25 ton consignment of drugs valued…
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Sri Lanka: Ship carrying relief materials from India reaches Colombo
Colombo: An Indian ship carrying urgent relief supplies like rice, life-saving medicines and milk powder for the people of crisis-hit Sri Lanka arrived in Colombo on Sunday and the consignment was handed…
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Poverty in Sri Lanka to spike this year, warns World Bank
Colombo: More Sri Lankans will slip into poverty this year, the World Bank has warned, as it urged the debt-ridden island nation to undertake urgent policy measures to address the high levels…
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SL Prez revokes Emergency Law with doubt of defeat in Parliament
Colombo: With a majority support in doubt in Parliament, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Tuesday late night revoked the state of Emergency which he had imposed amid violent street protests demanding him to quit.…
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Sri Lanka declares state of emergency amid unrest
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday declared a state of emergency in the country giving the security forces wide authority to arrest and detain suspects with immediate effect. Rajapaksa has…