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09 Apr

Sri Lanka May Run Out Of Diesel By April End Despite India’s Help

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Sri Lanka is predicted to exhaust $500 million in fuel resource furnished by means of India to mitigate the island nation’s power crisis with the shipping of 120,000 tons of diesel and 40,000 heaps of petrol over the subsequent two weeks. India is scheduled to ship three 40,000 ton-shipments of diesel on April 15, 18 and 23, with a petrol cargo of the equal volume to be despatched on April 22. India on Wednesday despatched two extra fuel consignments to Sri Lanka – 36,000 lots of petrol and 40,000 heaps of diesel. Amid fears Sri Lanka may run out of…

08 Apr

Sri Lanka arranges expert panel, imposes tax on rich

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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has formed a professional panel to bail out his United States from an exceptional financial disaster characterized by shortages of essential goods and massive protests. A panel of eminent economists has been mandated to come up with a solution of $8. 6 billion dollars in debt and inflation, luring the IMF and various potential lenders. The President's Advisory Group on Multilateral Engagement and Debt Stability will include Indrajit Kumaraswamy, former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and former Director of Financial Affairs at the Commonwealth Secretariat, an announcement issued from the Office of…

07 Apr

Sri Lanka President Revokes State Of Emergency As Protests Spread

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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revoked the emergency rule ordinance that had long past into effect on April 1 the day gone by as protests spread in the island united states amid the nation's worst economic disaster in decades. Earlier on Tuesday, Sri Lanka's President lost his parliamentary majority as former allies advised his resignation. Severe shortages of food, fuel and different necessities -- along with file inflation and crippling power cuts -- have inflicted large misery in the country's most painful downturn since 1948. Massive protests reflect public anger which is at a fever pitch in the united states…

01 Apr

45 Arrested For Protests As Crisis Worsens In Sri Lanka

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45 people were arrested and a curfew was imposed in much of the city of Colombo as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the residence of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to demand his resignation for failing to deal with the worst economic crisis. The foreign exchange crisis in Sri Lanka has led to shortages of essential items such as fuel, cooking gas and electricity shortages that last up to 13 hours a day. Demonstrators protested on Thursday with instructions against their awareness, as gross mismanagement by the Rajapakse regime has exacerbated Sri Lanka's foreign exchange woes. They were also demanding…