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Sri Lanka pacer Suranga to retire after India Tour

Sri Lanka will tour India later this month to play two Tests (on February 25 and March 5) and three T20Is (on March 13, March 15 and March 18)…reports Asian Lite News

February 3, 2022

Sport·Sports·Sri Lanka

MEDIA SCAN: Air India cancels US flights and Bangladesh hailed a model country

Air India cancelled several of its flights to the US over 5G fears and the World Economic Forum has said lessons can be learned from Bangladesh to deal with the world’s humanitarian

January 20, 2022

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Kenyans on protest as China proposes Lanka Model

Kenya and China have just signed six trade agreements and have even proposed to form a joint working group to carve out ways to reduce trade imbalances…writes Mahua Venkatesh China’s Foreign Minister

January 11, 2022

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India steps in to bail out Lanka

Facing bankruptcy fears Sri Lanka gets India’s backing. External Affairs Minister, Dr. S Jaishankar says India would support the island nation in difficult times in affirmation of the Neighborhood First policy, reports

January 10, 2022

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Sri Lanka asks China to ease debt burden

President Rajapaksa met China’s Foreign Minister and State Councilor Yi who was visiting Sri Lanka marking the 65 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, reports Susitha Fernando Amidst the ongoing

January 10, 2022

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Sri Lanka National Day celebrated at Expo 2020

The event shed light on Sri Lanka’s readiness for growth and revival of the Tourism industry post-pandemic…reports Asian Lite News Buoyed on by a steady increase in tourist arrivals, Sri Lanka, with

January 7, 2022

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Dubai offers $100 million for the world’s largest blue sapphire found in Sri Lanka

The owner of the stone recently said that one of the French gem scientists had valued the corundum sapphire at more than $200 million…reports Asian Lite News The Sri Lankan government announced

January 7, 2022

Dubai·News·Sri Lanka

SRI LANKA Tourism: Indians Return

To get more visitors from the neighbouring nation, flag carrier SriLankan Airlines launched a ‘Buy One, Get One Free Ticket’ campaign for Indian tourists…reports Susitha Fernando Although the Sri Lankan tourism sector

January 5, 2022

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SRI LANKA 2022: Financial Crisis Deepens

The crisis is compounded by high government spending and tax cuts eroding state revenues, vast debt repayments to China and foreign exchange reserves at their lowest levels in a decade…reports Asian Lite

January 3, 2022

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Lankans blame Rajapaksa family for economic crisis

Many analysts have said that the current economic crisis is worse than the erstwhile LTTE problem that the nation faced. …writes Mahua Venkatesh In 2019, the year when Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya

December 28, 2021

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