[ad_1] Mamata Banerjee’s remarks on Droupadi Murmu keeps everyone guessing West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee on July 1 had softened her stand on the NDA candidate, saying that if she was aware of Ms. Murmu’s candidature earlier, things would have been different. New U.K. Prime Minister to be announced on September 5 […]
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[ad_1] Sri Lanka’s beleaguered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence in the capital Saturday, a top defence source told AFP, before television footage showed protesters demanding the leader’s resignation storming the compound. “The President was escorted to safety,” the source said, adding that troops fired in the air to prevent angry crowds from overrunning […]
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[ad_1] PM Wickresinghe outlines roadmap to carry Sri Lanka out of its crisis. PM Wickresinghe outlines roadmap to carry Sri Lanka out of its crisis. Crisis-hit Sri Lanka will present to the International Monetary Fund by the end of August a plan to restructure its debt, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament on Tuesday, July […]
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[ad_1] Gotabaya Rajapaksa will also embark on a tour of the United Arab Emirates soon to import fuel from the oil-rich Gulf nation Gotabaya Rajapaksa will also embark on a tour of the United Arab Emirates soon to import fuel from the oil-rich Gulf nation Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has called his Russian counterpart […]
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[ad_1] Sri Lanka has hired heavyweight financial and legal advisers Lazard and Clifford Chance as it prepares for the difficult task of renegotiating its complex web of creditors. Sri Lanka has hired heavyweight financial and legal advisers Lazard and Clifford Chance as it prepares for the difficult task of renegotiating its complex web of creditors. […]
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[ad_1] Sri Lanka must find $6 billion to keep the country afloat for the next six months, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday, as he outlined the government’s plans to combat an unprecedented economic crisis. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed Mr. Wickremesinghe as PM on May 12, days after Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned as PM […]
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[ad_1] Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, while speaking with a group of irrigation officials on the next harvesting season’s requirements, said Indian PM Narendra Modi had assured him of fertilizer supplies for the next cultivation season. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, while speaking with a group of irrigation officials on the next harvesting season’s requirements, […]
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[ad_1] Australia are scheduled to play a T20 series, five ODIs and two Tests in Sri Lanka in June-July, but the players are worried about the ethical issue of playing in the country as it battles a severe economic crisis Australia are scheduled to play a T20 series, five ODIs and two Tests in Sri […]
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[ad_1] Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on May 25 that he will present an interim budget within six weeks, slashing infrastructure projects to re-route funds into a two-year relief programme for the crisis-hit island nation. Mr. Wickremesinghe, who took office two weeks ago, warned that inflation would rise as the government gets […]
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[ad_1] The decision to raise the Octane 92 petrol price by 24.3% or 82 Sri Lankan rupees and diesel by 38.4% or 111 Sri Lankan rupees per litre was taken by the state fuel entity, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation The decision to raise the Octane 92 petrol price by 24.3% or 82 Sri Lankan rupees and […]
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