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World Bank's New Warning On Sri Lanka Amid Severe Food Price Inflation
Sri Lanka is ranked fifth among the 10 countries with the highest food price inflation in the world, according to the latest World Bank assessment.
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Why World Bank Denied New Financing To Sri Lanka Amid Crisis
The World Bank does not plan to offer new financing to crisis-hit Sri Lanka until an "adequate" macroeconomic policy framework is in place, the global funding body has said.
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"Took All Possible Steps To Address Crisis": Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka's ousted president, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his government, has said he took "all possible steps" to avert the economic crisis that has engulfed the island nation.
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Sri Lanka Acting President To Implement Urgent Food, Fuel Relief Programme
Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided to implement an urgent relief programme to provide fuel, gas and essential food items to the public who are struggling due to the economic turmoil.
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New Lanka President Next Week, Over To R Wickremesinghe For Now: 10 Facts
Sri Lanka's parliament will elect a new President on Wednesday, an official said, as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation was accepted by the Speaker after the leader fled the country earlier this week.
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Viral Video Shows Sri Lankan Protesters Helping Dog Exposed To Tear Gas
Amid the chaos in Sri Lanka, a group of protesters helped a street dog exposed to tear gas, and a video of the same has surfaced online.
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Sri Lanka's Economic Journey To Crisis, From Promise To Dystopia: 10 Facts
The economic crisis in Sri Lanka has become political, with protesters taking to the streets against the political class. However, the genesis of the present crisis lies in rampant economic mismanagement since the 2000s.
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Sri Lanka Protesters In Talks To Hand Back Buildings, End Occupation
Sri Lanka's anti-government demonstrators were in talks Thursday to hand back official buildings they seized, protest representatives said, even as they insisted the president and prime minister both quit in the face of an economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka Crisis Live Updates: Fleeing Sri Lanka President Heads To Singapore
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was on his way to Singapore on Thursday and was expected to stay there for the time being, a Sri Lankan government source told Reuters, after the president fled to the Maldives from his home country.
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Viral Photo Shows Sri Lankan Protesters Watching Their Own Demonstration On Live TV In President's Home
A picture of Sri Lankan protesters watching their own demonstration on live television in the Presidential house has surfaced online.
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"They Enjoyed, We Suffered": Lankans' Awe And Anger At President's Home
Sri Lankans roamed through a ransacked presidential palace on Sunday as calm returned to the commercial capital, Colombo, a day after protesters barged into the building and forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to announce his resignation.
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What Next If Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Resigns - 4 Latest Facts
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence today shortly before protesters demanding the leader's resignation amid an unprecedented economic crisis overran the compound of the presidential palace in Colombo.
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Video: Protesters In Kitchen, Pool - Scenes Inside Lanka President's Home
Thousands of Sri Lankan protesters broke through police barricades and entered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence in Colombo today in one of the largest anti-government marches in the country.
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"This Is For Our Future": Ex Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Backs Protesters
Protesters have been demanding the ouster of the President for many months now and descended on his residence after he refused to comply.
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Sri Lanka Crisis Live Updates: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa To Resign On July 13
Sri Lanka Crisis: Thousands of protesters broke through police barricades in Colombo and stormed the president's official residence, the latest in the deeply escalating crisis in Sri Lanka.
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World Bank's New Warning On Sri Lanka Amid Severe Food Price Inflation
Sri Lanka is ranked fifth among the 10 countries with the highest food price inflation in the world, according to the latest World Bank assessment.
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Why World Bank Denied New Financing To Sri Lanka Amid Crisis
The World Bank does not plan to offer new financing to crisis-hit Sri Lanka until an "adequate" macroeconomic policy framework is in place, the global funding body has said.
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"Took All Possible Steps To Address Crisis": Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka's ousted president, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his government, has said he took "all possible steps" to avert the economic crisis that has engulfed the island nation.
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Sri Lanka Acting President To Implement Urgent Food, Fuel Relief Programme
Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided to implement an urgent relief programme to provide fuel, gas and essential food items to the public who are struggling due to the economic turmoil.
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New Lanka President Next Week, Over To R Wickremesinghe For Now: 10 Facts
Sri Lanka's parliament will elect a new President on Wednesday, an official said, as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation was accepted by the Speaker after the leader fled the country earlier this week.
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Viral Video Shows Sri Lankan Protesters Helping Dog Exposed To Tear Gas
Amid the chaos in Sri Lanka, a group of protesters helped a street dog exposed to tear gas, and a video of the same has surfaced online.
-
Sri Lanka's Economic Journey To Crisis, From Promise To Dystopia: 10 Facts
The economic crisis in Sri Lanka has become political, with protesters taking to the streets against the political class. However, the genesis of the present crisis lies in rampant economic mismanagement since the 2000s.
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Sri Lanka Protesters In Talks To Hand Back Buildings, End Occupation
Sri Lanka's anti-government demonstrators were in talks Thursday to hand back official buildings they seized, protest representatives said, even as they insisted the president and prime minister both quit in the face of an economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka Crisis Live Updates: Fleeing Sri Lanka President Heads To Singapore
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was on his way to Singapore on Thursday and was expected to stay there for the time being, a Sri Lankan government source told Reuters, after the president fled to the Maldives from his home country.
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Viral Photo Shows Sri Lankan Protesters Watching Their Own Demonstration On Live TV In President's Home
A picture of Sri Lankan protesters watching their own demonstration on live television in the Presidential house has surfaced online.
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"They Enjoyed, We Suffered": Lankans' Awe And Anger At President's Home
Sri Lankans roamed through a ransacked presidential palace on Sunday as calm returned to the commercial capital, Colombo, a day after protesters barged into the building and forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to announce his resignation.
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What Next If Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Resigns - 4 Latest Facts
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence today shortly before protesters demanding the leader's resignation amid an unprecedented economic crisis overran the compound of the presidential palace in Colombo.
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Video: Protesters In Kitchen, Pool - Scenes Inside Lanka President's Home
Thousands of Sri Lankan protesters broke through police barricades and entered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence in Colombo today in one of the largest anti-government marches in the country.
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"This Is For Our Future": Ex Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Backs Protesters
Protesters have been demanding the ouster of the President for many months now and descended on his residence after he refused to comply.
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Sri Lanka Crisis Live Updates: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa To Resign On July 13
Sri Lanka Crisis: Thousands of protesters broke through police barricades in Colombo and stormed the president's official residence, the latest in the deeply escalating crisis in Sri Lanka.
