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Lankan Airlines asks passengers to produce tickets, passports to reach...
Sri Lanka is currently in the throes of unprecedented economic turmoil since its independence from Britain in 1948.
Ready to form govt if President resigns: Lankan Opposition Leader...
12 May 2022 11:15 AMEarlier, Sajith had rejected the post of the prime minister of the crisis-ridden country. This comes a day after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya...
Timeline of Sri Lanka crisis
12 May 2022 6:26 PMSri Lanka emerged from devastating civil war in 2009 only to be rocked by bombings in 2019 and then have its economy walloped by Covid.
Lankans run out of food, fuel, medicines
13 May 2022 8:48 PMThe economy got battered by the Covid pandemic which wrecked the tourism industry — a key revenue generator for the country — and hit other major...
Sri Lanka PM to address crisis-hit nation as fuel runs short
16 May 2022 11:41 AMA chronic foreign exchange shortage has led to rampant inflation and shortages of medicine, fuel and other essentials, bringing thousands out on the...
'We are going to die': Sri Lanka warns of food shortages
20 May 2022 7:12 AM"While there may not be time to obtain fertiliser for this Yala (May-August) season, steps are being taken to ensure adequate stocks for the Maha...
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka lifts state of emergency
21 May 2022 10:52 AMSri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had declared a state of emergency with effect from May 6 midnight, the second time in just over a month
Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed Finance Minister by Prez Gotabaya
25 May 2022 7:27 AMWickremesinghe, 73 was sworn in as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stability and National Policies.The five-time prime minister was re-appointed to...