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‘India-funded MRCC threat to Lanka’

“While Hambantota harbour is given to China, a MRCC has been set up in the same area. This is a foolish decision that would lead to a war,” Fernando claimed….reports SUSITHA FERNANDO

March 23, 2022

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Army deployed in Lankan fuel stations

Three people died with one person killed in recent days while standing in the fuel queues in different parts of the country…reports Asian Lite News Army personnel were deployed at all fuel

March 22, 2022

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Lankan inflation hits new high

The higher inflation for the month of February 2022 was mainly due to the higher price levels in both food and non-food categories…reports Asian Lite News Sri Lanka’s Department of Census and

March 22, 2022

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China mulls $2.5 bn financial aid to Lanka

China announced Sri Lankan government’s request for financial support in the backdrop of last Thursday’s Sri Lanka signing of $1 billion credit line with India…reports Asian Lite News Days after India announced

March 21, 2022

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Debt-ridden Lanka seeks helping hands

Started with the Easter Sunday bombing in 2019 followed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka is currently facing a sever foreign exchange crisis with foreign reserves fell to $ 2.36 billion as

March 17, 2022

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Breather for crisis-hit Lanka as tourism revives

Earnings from tourism in February were $314.5 million, while the country earned $268 million in January, the data shows….reports Asian Lite News Sri Lanka earned about $583 million from tourism in the

March 15, 2022

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Currency depreciation lands Lanka in soup

The country’s biggest wheat importer PRIMA increased the price of a kg of wheat flour by 35 LKR….reports Asian Lite News The prices of a number of essential items in Sri Lanka

March 11, 2022

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Lanka woos foreign investors

Sri Lanka’s state-owned investment agency the Board of Investment (BOI) last week said the country is aiming to attract $3 billion in the FDI by 2026…reports Asian Lite News Sri Lanka’s cabinet

March 8, 2022

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32 Lankans evacuated from Ukraine

The Foreign Ministry is also monitoring the status of Sri Lankan nationals in countries which share land borders with Ukraine….reports Asian Lite News Thirty-two Sri Lankan nationals who were stranded in Ukraine

March 2, 2022

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Lanka on mission to combat fuel shortage

The Central Bank has also recommended that the use of private vehicles must be discouraged …reports Asian Lite News The Sri Lankan Central Bank presented the cabinet of ministers earlier this week

February 26, 2022

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