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Sri-Lanka

Middle East and Africa 1 week ago

Middle East war enters seventh day as Israel strikes Beirut

The Israeli military had earlier issued an unprecedented evacuation warning for the entire area -- "save your lives and evacuate your residences immediately" -- that sent residents fleeing in panic.

Middle East and Africa 1 week ago

At least 101 people missing after submarine attack on Iranian ship off Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said the country rescued 32 "critically wounded" sailors aboard the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, which sank just outside the island's territorial waters, said.

Archipelago 3 months ago

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Medan Immigration nabs four Sri Lankans in alleged human trafficking syndicate

The suspects promised victims a job in France at a cost of US$5,000.

Asia & Pacific 3 months ago

Sri Lanka unveils cyclone aid plan as rains persist

The government has confirmed 607 deaths, with another 214 people missing and feared dead, in what President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has called the country's most challenging natural disaster.

Asia & Pacific 3 months ago

Military deployed in Indonesia, Sri Lanka to aid of flood victims

Separate weather systems brought torrential, extended rainfall to the entire island of Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia's Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia last week.

Asia & Pacific 5 months ago

Singapore firm rejects $1billion Sri Lankan pollution damages

Tonnes of microplastic granules from the ship inundated an 80-kilometer stretch of beach along Sri Lanka's western coast. Fishing was prohibited for months.

Asia & Pacific 6 months ago

Sri Lanka's most-wanted man arrested in Indonesia

Among those detained was Mandinu Padmasiri Perera, better known as Kelehelbaddara Padme, who is accused of organizing the courtroom murder of a rival in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo.

Economy 1 year ago

As poor nations' default wave peaks, cash shortage could take its place

The World Bank aims to boost lending capacity by $30 billion over 10 years. The IMF cut surcharges, lowering the cost for the most overstretched borrowers by $1.2 billion annually.

Asia & Pacific 1 year ago

Sri Lankans elect Marxist-leaning Dissanayake as president to fix economy

The election was a referendum on Wickremesinghe, who led the heavily indebted nation's fragile economic recovery from an economic meltdown but the austerity measures that were key to this recovery angered voters.

Economy 1 year ago

Sri Lanka plans to sign trade deal with Indonesia in March

Sri Lanka's cabinet has approved the signing of a trade agreement with Indonesia in March, a government official said on Tuesday, as the island seeks to revive its crisis-hit economy following a severe foreign exchange crunch in 2022.

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