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Sri Lanka Shuts Schools Amid Fuel Crisis: Report
Amid an unprecedented fuel crisis, the Sri Lankan Education Ministry declared a holiday week from July 4 for all government and state-approved private schools.
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Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Urges Work From Home To Save Fuel, Shuts Schools
Troops in Sri Lanka handed tokens on Monday to people queueing for petrol amid a severe fuel shortage in the nation battling its worst economic crisis in seven decades, while schools shut in Colombo and public employees were asked to work from home.
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Sri Lanka Shuts Schools For 2 Weeks Amid Fuel Crisis
Sri Lankan authorities on Friday announced a two-week shutdown of government offices and schools, as public transport ground almost entirely to a halt due to a lack of dollars to pay for imported fuel.
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"Sri Lanka To Take At Least 6 Months To Repay Its Debts": Central Bank
Sri Lanka will take at least six more months to start repaying its debts, the central bank said Thursday as the government shut schools because of fuel shortages.
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"Tired Of Broken Promises" Crisis-Hit Lankan Workers Are On The Streets
Many schools in Colombo were shut and several train stations deserted on Thursday as teachers and train drivers joined mass walkouts demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's government quit over Sri Lanka's worst financial crisis in decades.
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Burqa "Sign Of Extremism, We Will Definitely Ban It": Sri Lanka Minister
Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a government minister said on Saturday, the latest actions affecting the country's minority Muslim population.
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"Bombed Our Livelihoods": Sri Lanka Tourism Firms Struggle After Attacks
Pearl Divers, a diving school on one of Sri Lanka's most popular southern beaches, shut shop for two months after suicide bombers attacked churches and hotels on the island on Easter Sunday, killing about 250 people. It had no customers as tourists cancelled holidays, and its manager Nuwan Harshana says he took two months leave and a pay cut.
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Schools Re-Open Amid Fears Of More Terrorist Attacks In Sri Lanka
State schools in Sri Lanka resumed classes on Monday amid tight security after the Easter Sunday bombings, but many anxious parents kept their children at home over fears of more attacks by ISIS terrorists.
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Sri Lankan Schools To Remain Shut Till April 29: Education Minister
All government schools across Sri Lanka will remain closed until April 29 in view of the security situation, Education Minister Akila V. Kariyawasam announced on Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka Shuts Schools Amid Fuel Crisis: Report
Amid an unprecedented fuel crisis, the Sri Lankan Education Ministry declared a holiday week from July 4 for all government and state-approved private schools.
-
Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Urges Work From Home To Save Fuel, Shuts Schools
Troops in Sri Lanka handed tokens on Monday to people queueing for petrol amid a severe fuel shortage in the nation battling its worst economic crisis in seven decades, while schools shut in Colombo and public employees were asked to work from home.
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Sri Lanka Shuts Schools For 2 Weeks Amid Fuel Crisis
Sri Lankan authorities on Friday announced a two-week shutdown of government offices and schools, as public transport ground almost entirely to a halt due to a lack of dollars to pay for imported fuel.
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"Sri Lanka To Take At Least 6 Months To Repay Its Debts": Central Bank
Sri Lanka will take at least six more months to start repaying its debts, the central bank said Thursday as the government shut schools because of fuel shortages.
-
"Tired Of Broken Promises" Crisis-Hit Lankan Workers Are On The Streets
Many schools in Colombo were shut and several train stations deserted on Thursday as teachers and train drivers joined mass walkouts demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's government quit over Sri Lanka's worst financial crisis in decades.
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Burqa "Sign Of Extremism, We Will Definitely Ban It": Sri Lanka Minister
Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a government minister said on Saturday, the latest actions affecting the country's minority Muslim population.
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"Bombed Our Livelihoods": Sri Lanka Tourism Firms Struggle After Attacks
Pearl Divers, a diving school on one of Sri Lanka's most popular southern beaches, shut shop for two months after suicide bombers attacked churches and hotels on the island on Easter Sunday, killing about 250 people. It had no customers as tourists cancelled holidays, and its manager Nuwan Harshana says he took two months leave and a pay cut.
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Schools Re-Open Amid Fears Of More Terrorist Attacks In Sri Lanka
State schools in Sri Lanka resumed classes on Monday amid tight security after the Easter Sunday bombings, but many anxious parents kept their children at home over fears of more attacks by ISIS terrorists.
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Sri Lankan Schools To Remain Shut Till April 29: Education Minister
All government schools across Sri Lanka will remain closed until April 29 in view of the security situation, Education Minister Akila V. Kariyawasam announced on Tuesday.
