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Sri Lanka's First Presidential Vote Since Unrest To Be Held On September 21
The election will be the first test of the public mood since the height of the 2022 downturn, which caused months of food, fuel and medicine shortages across the island nation.
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India's Much-Needed Moves To Counter China Influence In Sri Lanka
When Sri Lanka slid into its worst economic crisis in seven decades leading to deadly riots and alarming shortages of fuel, food and medicines earlier this year, India stepped into the breach.
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UN Warns Of Critical Food Shortage In Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka
The United Nations Tuesday warned of a worsening food crisis in bankrupt Sri Lanka and said the number of people needing urgent humanitarian help had doubled to 3.4 million.
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"No Kerosene, No Food": Sri Lanka's Fishermen Struggle To Survive
As the sun rose over Sri Lanka one morning in late August, around a dozen fishermen were laying out their nets on a beach in Mannar, a small island just off the country's northwestern coast, the start of the day's work.
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Who Will Be Sri Lanka's Next President? These Are The Candidates
Sri Lanka is voting to elect a new president as it reels under a deepening economic crisis and its 22 million people suffer due to a shortage of basic supplies, including food and fuel.
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Ex Lankan Cricketer Serves Tea, Buns To People Waiting In Petrol Queues
As Sri Lanka fights off acute shortages - of food, fuel, medicines - former cricketer Roshan Mahanama shared images of him serving tea and bun to those waiting in serpentine queues at a petrol station in Colombo.
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Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe Speaks To NDTV: Full Transcript
Sri Lanka is grappling with its worst financial crisis in over seven decades with a severe foreign exchange shortage that has left it struggling to pay for essential imports including food, fuel, fertilisers and medicines.
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Sri Lanka Seeks United Nations Help To Tide Over Food Shortages
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is seeking urgent United Nations help to build a stockpile of essential foods, the prime minister's office said Friday, after authorities warned of looming starvation.
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Sri Lanka's Appeal To Farmers Amid Food Shortage: Plant More Rice
Sri Lanka wants farmers to plant more rice as part of plans to avert a severe food shortage, a top official said on Tuesday, as experts warned of a 50% drop in production that would worsen the impact of its already-severe financial crisis.
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Thousands Queue For Petrol, Gas In Sri Lanka Amid Warnings Of Food Shortages
Lines formed in many parts of Colombo, a city of around 900,000 people, as residents tried to stock up on fuel, which is mostly imported and is in extremely short supply
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"Last Option What?": Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Could Face Food Shortage
Thousands of people queued for cooking gas and petrol in Sri Lanka's commercial capital on Friday and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis.
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"We're Going To Die": Food Crisis Looms As Sri Lankans Queue Up For Fuel
Sri Lanka's prime minister has warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis and vowed the government will buy enough fertiliser for the next planting season.
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Lanka Parliament Reconvenes As New PM Warns Of Fuel Shortages
Sri Lanka's parliament reconvened on Tuesday for the first time since violence flared last week and the PM quit, as his replacement warned that the country was in a precarious economic situation and down to its last day of petrol supplies.
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In Sri Lanka's Giant Economic Mess, The Big China Link
Months of lengthy blackouts and acute shortages of food, fuel and medicines in Sri Lanka have infuriated the public, with huge protests demanding the government's resignation turning violent this week.
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Thousands Of Students Mob Lanka PM's Home Over Economic Crisis
Thousands of Sri Lankan university students mobbed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's home on Sunday demanding his resignation over the island nation's worsening economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka's First Presidential Vote Since Unrest To Be Held On September 21
The election will be the first test of the public mood since the height of the 2022 downturn, which caused months of food, fuel and medicine shortages across the island nation.
-
India's Much-Needed Moves To Counter China Influence In Sri Lanka
When Sri Lanka slid into its worst economic crisis in seven decades leading to deadly riots and alarming shortages of fuel, food and medicines earlier this year, India stepped into the breach.
-
UN Warns Of Critical Food Shortage In Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka
The United Nations Tuesday warned of a worsening food crisis in bankrupt Sri Lanka and said the number of people needing urgent humanitarian help had doubled to 3.4 million.
-
"No Kerosene, No Food": Sri Lanka's Fishermen Struggle To Survive
As the sun rose over Sri Lanka one morning in late August, around a dozen fishermen were laying out their nets on a beach in Mannar, a small island just off the country's northwestern coast, the start of the day's work.
-
Who Will Be Sri Lanka's Next President? These Are The Candidates
Sri Lanka is voting to elect a new president as it reels under a deepening economic crisis and its 22 million people suffer due to a shortage of basic supplies, including food and fuel.
-
Ex Lankan Cricketer Serves Tea, Buns To People Waiting In Petrol Queues
As Sri Lanka fights off acute shortages - of food, fuel, medicines - former cricketer Roshan Mahanama shared images of him serving tea and bun to those waiting in serpentine queues at a petrol station in Colombo.
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Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe Speaks To NDTV: Full Transcript
Sri Lanka is grappling with its worst financial crisis in over seven decades with a severe foreign exchange shortage that has left it struggling to pay for essential imports including food, fuel, fertilisers and medicines.
-
Sri Lanka Seeks United Nations Help To Tide Over Food Shortages
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is seeking urgent United Nations help to build a stockpile of essential foods, the prime minister's office said Friday, after authorities warned of looming starvation.
-
Sri Lanka's Appeal To Farmers Amid Food Shortage: Plant More Rice
Sri Lanka wants farmers to plant more rice as part of plans to avert a severe food shortage, a top official said on Tuesday, as experts warned of a 50% drop in production that would worsen the impact of its already-severe financial crisis.
-
Thousands Queue For Petrol, Gas In Sri Lanka Amid Warnings Of Food Shortages
Lines formed in many parts of Colombo, a city of around 900,000 people, as residents tried to stock up on fuel, which is mostly imported and is in extremely short supply
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"Last Option What?": Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Could Face Food Shortage
Thousands of people queued for cooking gas and petrol in Sri Lanka's commercial capital on Friday and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis.
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"We're Going To Die": Food Crisis Looms As Sri Lankans Queue Up For Fuel
Sri Lanka's prime minister has warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis and vowed the government will buy enough fertiliser for the next planting season.
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Lanka Parliament Reconvenes As New PM Warns Of Fuel Shortages
Sri Lanka's parliament reconvened on Tuesday for the first time since violence flared last week and the PM quit, as his replacement warned that the country was in a precarious economic situation and down to its last day of petrol supplies.
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In Sri Lanka's Giant Economic Mess, The Big China Link
Months of lengthy blackouts and acute shortages of food, fuel and medicines in Sri Lanka have infuriated the public, with huge protests demanding the government's resignation turning violent this week.
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Thousands Of Students Mob Lanka PM's Home Over Economic Crisis
Thousands of Sri Lankan university students mobbed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's home on Sunday demanding his resignation over the island nation's worsening economic crisis.
