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Cash-strapped Sri Lanka to give weekly fuel quotas amid acute shortage

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka announced weekly fuel quotas for motorists on Sunday, as an acute shortage worsened and longer queues formed outside the few pumping...

Sri Lanka, Russia in diplomatic spat over detained plane

Sri Lanka’s main airport on Saturday denied the island nation’s government was behind a decision to detain an Aeroflot aircraft, after Russia lodged a...

DFA set to deploy rapid response team to Sri Lanka

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will send a rapid response team tasked to bring assistance to Filipinos in Sri Lanka amid the ongoing...

Sri Lanka police tear-gas students in fresh clashes

Police fired tear gas to disperse thousands of students trying to storm the Sri Lankan president's home Sunday as the government offered an olive...

DFA moves to repatriate Pinoys in Sri Lanka

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has ordered the immediate repatriation of Filipinos in Sri Lanka who want to return home amid the ongoing...

IMF: Sri Lanka aid contingent on fixing debt

WASHINGTON—The IMF said Thursday it is committed to helping crisis-battered Sri Lanka, but any aid program will be contingent on ensuring the nation’s unsustainable...

‘Economic war cabinet’ set for crisis-hit Sri Lanka government

Colombo—Sri Lanka was set to form a new cabinet on Monday as bitter political rivals make common cause to tackle a worsening economic crisis...

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka set for uneasy ‘economic war cabinet’

By Amal Jayasinghe Sri Lanka was set to form a new cabinet on Monday as bitter political rivals make common cause to tackle a worsening economic...

Sri Lanka president set to name new PM

Colombo—Beleaguered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was set to name a new prime minister Thursday to try to steer Sri Lanka out of its dire economic...

Sri Lanka orders ‘offensive’ to contain organized riots

Sri Lankan police have been ordered to go on the offensive and use live ammunition to stop rioting, a top official told AFP Wednesday,...

Sri Lanka curfew after deadly unrest

Sri Lanka deployed thousands of troops and police Tuesday to enforce a curfew after five people were killed in the worst violence in weeks...

Lawyers: Repeal emergency state

Sri Lanka’s influential lawyers’ body Saturday urged the president to repeal a state of emergency, which was imposed after a general strike brought the...

Sri Lanka to sell ‘golden’ visas

Colombo—Cash-strapped Sri Lanka announced on Tuesday it would sell long-term visas to attract desperately needed foreign currency after the island nation ran out of...

Sri Lanka bourse stops again after nearly 13% drop

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—Crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s stock exchange halted again Monday after a nearly 13 percent plunge, derailing the bourse’s tentative reopening after a two-week...
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