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"You Saved Us": Lanka Speaker Thanks India For Providing Aid Amid Crisis
Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Friday thanked India for the financial assistance it extended to the island nation when it reeled under an unprecedented economic crisis last year.
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World Bank Approves $500 Million In Budgetary Support To Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka will enter into an agreement with the World Bank for $500 million in budgetary support after the cabinet approved it on Tuesday, the biggest funding tranche for the crisis-hit nation since an International Monetary Fund deal in March.
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Sri Lanka Uses Part Of Indian Aid To Buy Textbooks For 4 Million Students
India announced a USD 1 billion line of credit to Sri Lanka last year as part of its financial assistance to help the country deal with its economic crisis.
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India Plans To Stop Financial Aid To Sri Lanka After IMF Bailout: Report
India does not plan to provide fresh financial support to Sri Lanka on top of the nearly $4 billion it has extended this year, two sources told Reuters.
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India Provided $4 Billion In Food, Financial Aid To Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka
India on Sunday highlighted its constructive and significant role in human-centric globalization at the United Nations General Assembly and said that it had provided nearly $4 billion in food and financial assistance to Sri Lanka.
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"A Breath Of Life": Lanka President Thanks India For Providing Aid Amid Crisis
President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday thanked India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving Sri Lanka "a breath of life" by providing timely economic assistance to his country as it faced the worst economic crisis in decades.
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India Reacted Swiftly, Calls To China Gone Unanswered: US Agency On Lanka
India reacted "really swiftly" with an absolutely critical set of measures to help Sri Lanka tide over its economic crisis, but calls to Beijing to provide significant relief have gone unanswered, visiting USAID administrator Samantha Power said.
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Foreign Minister S Jaishankar Chairs Panel Meet On Sri Lanka, Calls For "Unanimous Support"
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday chaired a parliamentary consultative committee meeting on the situation in Sri Lanka. He said "unanimous support" is needed to stand with Sri Lanka in its difficult time.
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India Provides 2 Truckloads Of Life-Saving Drugs, Equipment To Sri Lanka
Indian Aid To Sri Lanka: India in its latest aid to Sri Lanka provided two truckloads of life-saving medicines and equipment to Jaffna Teaching Hospital on Saturday. The aid was handed over by Consulate General of India, Jaffna Raakesh Natraj.
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India Sends 40,000 Metric Tonnes Of Diesel To Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka
India on Tuesday said it has delivered one more consignment of 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel to Sri Lanka to help ease the acute fuel shortage.
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India Offers Sri Lanka $200 Million More In Credit For Fuel: Power Minister
India has extended its current credit line by a further USD 200 million to replenish Sri Lanka's rapidly depleting fuel stocks, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said on Monday.
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IMF Asks Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka To Restructure Debt Before Bailout
The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that it has asked cash-strapped Sri Lanka to "restructure" its huge foreign debt before a bailout programme could be finalised as anti-government protests escalated across the island.
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Sri Lanka Seeks Rapid Financial Assistance From IMF As Crisis Deepens
Sri Lanka has requested the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for rapid financial assistance and the global lender could consider it after initial reluctance, an aide to the country's finance minister said on Tuesday.
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US Says Supports Sri Lanka's Fight Against Terror, Offers $480 Million Aid
The United States on Thursday re-affirmed its support for Sri Lanka in its fight against terrorism, in the wake of the Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people across the country last month.
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Decline In India's Financial Aid To Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka: Centre
India's development assistance to war-ravaged Afghanistan has seen a reduction of nearly Rs 660 crore in 2016-17 compared to the year-ago period while its financial grant to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka were also cut significantly.
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"You Saved Us": Lanka Speaker Thanks India For Providing Aid Amid Crisis
Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Friday thanked India for the financial assistance it extended to the island nation when it reeled under an unprecedented economic crisis last year.
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World Bank Approves $500 Million In Budgetary Support To Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka will enter into an agreement with the World Bank for $500 million in budgetary support after the cabinet approved it on Tuesday, the biggest funding tranche for the crisis-hit nation since an International Monetary Fund deal in March.
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Sri Lanka Uses Part Of Indian Aid To Buy Textbooks For 4 Million Students
India announced a USD 1 billion line of credit to Sri Lanka last year as part of its financial assistance to help the country deal with its economic crisis.
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India Plans To Stop Financial Aid To Sri Lanka After IMF Bailout: Report
India does not plan to provide fresh financial support to Sri Lanka on top of the nearly $4 billion it has extended this year, two sources told Reuters.
-
India Provided $4 Billion In Food, Financial Aid To Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka
India on Sunday highlighted its constructive and significant role in human-centric globalization at the United Nations General Assembly and said that it had provided nearly $4 billion in food and financial assistance to Sri Lanka.
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"A Breath Of Life": Lanka President Thanks India For Providing Aid Amid Crisis
President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday thanked India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving Sri Lanka "a breath of life" by providing timely economic assistance to his country as it faced the worst economic crisis in decades.
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India Reacted Swiftly, Calls To China Gone Unanswered: US Agency On Lanka
India reacted "really swiftly" with an absolutely critical set of measures to help Sri Lanka tide over its economic crisis, but calls to Beijing to provide significant relief have gone unanswered, visiting USAID administrator Samantha Power said.
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Foreign Minister S Jaishankar Chairs Panel Meet On Sri Lanka, Calls For "Unanimous Support"
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday chaired a parliamentary consultative committee meeting on the situation in Sri Lanka. He said "unanimous support" is needed to stand with Sri Lanka in its difficult time.
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India Provides 2 Truckloads Of Life-Saving Drugs, Equipment To Sri Lanka
Indian Aid To Sri Lanka: India in its latest aid to Sri Lanka provided two truckloads of life-saving medicines and equipment to Jaffna Teaching Hospital on Saturday. The aid was handed over by Consulate General of India, Jaffna Raakesh Natraj.
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India Sends 40,000 Metric Tonnes Of Diesel To Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka
India on Tuesday said it has delivered one more consignment of 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel to Sri Lanka to help ease the acute fuel shortage.
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India Offers Sri Lanka $200 Million More In Credit For Fuel: Power Minister
India has extended its current credit line by a further USD 200 million to replenish Sri Lanka's rapidly depleting fuel stocks, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said on Monday.
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IMF Asks Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka To Restructure Debt Before Bailout
The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that it has asked cash-strapped Sri Lanka to "restructure" its huge foreign debt before a bailout programme could be finalised as anti-government protests escalated across the island.
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Sri Lanka Seeks Rapid Financial Assistance From IMF As Crisis Deepens
Sri Lanka has requested the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for rapid financial assistance and the global lender could consider it after initial reluctance, an aide to the country's finance minister said on Tuesday.
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US Says Supports Sri Lanka's Fight Against Terror, Offers $480 Million Aid
The United States on Thursday re-affirmed its support for Sri Lanka in its fight against terrorism, in the wake of the Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people across the country last month.
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Decline In India's Financial Aid To Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka: Centre
India's development assistance to war-ravaged Afghanistan has seen a reduction of nearly Rs 660 crore in 2016-17 compared to the year-ago period while its financial grant to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka were also cut significantly.
