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  IMF delegation to visit Colombo next week to finalise staff-level agreement

  World | August 20, 2022 12:46 IST

  IMF delegation will visit Colombo next week for discussions on finalising a staff-level agreement with the government in the “near term,” indicating that a bailout package would require "adequate assurances" from creditors that debt sustainability will be restored.

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  Sri Lanka news: Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa applies for US green card, says report

  World | August 19, 2022 13:52 IST

  Sri Lanka news: After consulting his lawyers two days back, Rajapaksa had decided to return back to Sri Lanka later this month, Daily Mirror reported citing sources.

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  Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa set for return to Sri Lanka next week, says report

  World | August 18, 2022 9:44 IST

  Sri Lanka news: Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, who is also related to Gotabaya, hinted that Rajapaksa will return to the country on August 24, the Daily Mirror said on Wednesday (August 17).

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  Sri Lanka Cricket seeks Rs 43.4 crore from former World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga

  Cricket | August 16, 2022 22:48 IST

  He made his Test debut at the age of 18 in Sri Lanka's inaugural Test match and is his country's first cricketer to score a fifty in Test.

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  China not allowed to use Hambantota Port for military purposes: Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe

  World | August 16, 2022 20:46 IST

  Sri Lanka can be said to have fallen into a debt trap, sinking deeply into debt before effectively handing over the port’s control to China

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  China's envoy plays down controversy over Chinese research ship docking in Sri Lanka

  World | August 16, 2022 14:38 IST

  India has traditionally taken a stern view of Chinese military vessels in the Indian Ocean and has protested such visits with Sri Lanka in the past.

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  Chinese research ship Yuan Wang 5 arrives in Sri Lanka amid India's security concerns

  World | August 16, 2022 9:41 IST

  Chinese ship in Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka ministry said last weekend that the ship was given permission to dock in Hambantota until August 22.

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  President Wickremesinghe thanks India for gifting Dornier aircraft to Sri Lankan Navy

  World | August 15, 2022 20:07 IST

  The Indian UN representative then V Krishna Menon had helped Wickremesinghe’s father who was then working on behalf of the Sri Lankan government to obtain UN membership.

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  Sri Lanka allows Chinese ship, that India expressed 'concerns' over, to dock at island

  World | August 13, 2022 23:36 IST

  Sri Lanka announced that it has given permission for the vessel to be docked at the port on August 16.

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  Ousted Sri Lankan prez Rajapaksa staying at Bangkok hotel, told not to come out for security reasons

  World | August 12, 2022 18:29 IST

  Rajapaksa arrived in Thailand with three other people on a chartered flight from Singapore at Wing 6 of the military airport adjacent to Don Mueang International Airport around 8 pm local time on Thursday.

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  Gotabaya Rajapaksa, ex-Lankan President who fled, leaves Singapore after social visit pass expires

  World | August 11, 2022 17:06 IST

  Singapore earlier said it has allowed Rajapaksa to enter the city-state on a "private visit" from the Maldives and there was no request for asylum from him, after he fled the country in the face of public revolt against his government's mishandling of the economy.

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  China seeks urgent meeting with Sri Lanka over 'India's concerns'

  World | August 07, 2022 23:42 IST

  Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe reportedly held a closed-door meeting with China's Ambassador Qi Zhenhong after Colombo sought a deferment of the planned docking.

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  Sri Lanka's hard economic times would last another year: President Wickremesinghe

  World | August 06, 2022 14:45 IST

  Sri Lanka Crisis: Ranil Wickremesinghe said that over 6 million of the 21 million population of the country are malnourished. More and more are unemployed.

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  Sri Lanka anti-govt protesters say would defy order to vacate main protest site and adjacent areas

  World | August 04, 2022 15:57 IST

  Protestors claimed that the area was designated as an agitation site by the previous government of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, so there was no need to quit the protest site.

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  'No home to go', says Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe amid threats from protestors

  World | August 01, 2022 9:30 IST

  Sri Lanka crisis: Wickremesinghe urged all political parties to come together to take the country out of the economic mess and repay the debt.

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  Sri Lanka crisis: Ranil Wickremesinghe urges parties to find ways to repay loans

  World | December 16, 2022 15:39 IST

  Sri Lanka crisis: He further said that there is no point in blaming former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa for the economic crisis but rather urged all political parties to come together to take the country out of the economic mess and repay the debt.

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  Commonwealth Games: India qualify for knockouts in mixed team badminton, beat Sri Lanka 5-0

  Other Sports | July 30, 2022 20:04 IST

  A day after registering a win against Pakistan with 5-0, India notched up another convincing win.

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  Sri Lanka crisis: No new financing until 'adequate' macroeconomic policy in place, says World Bank

  World | July 29, 2022 15:52 IST

  The island nation of 22 million is in the midst of an unprecedented economic crisis that has led to severe shortages of fuel and other essentials. “Until an adequate macroeconomic policy framework is in place, the World Bank does not plan to offer new financing to Sri Lanka,” it said in a statement.

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  LIVE SL vs PAK 2nd Test, Day 5 Live Score, Latest Updates: Pakistan need 384 runs

  Cricket | July 28, 2022 10:37 IST

  PAK vs SL, 2nd Test, Day 5: Get the Live Score, Ball by Ball Commentary, Full Scorecard, Latest Match Updates and Highlights.

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  SL vs PAK 2nd Test, Day 5, Highlights: Sri Lanka win by 246 runs, series ends in draw

  Cricket | July 28, 2022 13:44 IST

  SL vs PAK 2nd Test, Day 5, Highlights