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Sri Lanka's First Presidential Vote Since Unrest To Be Held On September 21
The election will be the first test of the public mood since the height of the 2022 downturn, which caused months of food, fuel and medicine shortages across the island nation.
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India's Much-Needed Moves To Counter China Influence In Sri Lanka
When Sri Lanka slid into its worst economic crisis in seven decades leading to deadly riots and alarming shortages of fuel, food and medicines earlier this year, India stepped into the breach.
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Sri Lanka's Economy Shrinks 8.4 Per Cent Amid Fertiliser, Fuel Shortages
Sri Lanka's economy shrank 8.4% in the quarter through June from a year ago in one of the steepest declines seen in a three-month period, amid fertiliser and fuel shortages during the nation's most severe financial crisis in more than seven decades.
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"No Kerosene, No Food": Sri Lanka's Fishermen Struggle To Survive
As the sun rose over Sri Lanka one morning in late August, around a dozen fishermen were laying out their nets on a beach in Mannar, a small island just off the country's northwestern coast, the start of the day's work.
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Sri Lanka's Fuel Rationing Plan Amid Severe Shortage
Sri Lanka will restrict fuel imports for the next 12 months as it is facing a severe shortage of foreign exchange, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera has said while announcing a rationing system.
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Sri Lanka Energy Minister Introduces Fuel Rationing Scheme Amid Shortage
Sri Lanka's Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara on Saturday introduced "National Fuel Pass", a fuel rationing scheme amid the raging economic crisis and shortage of fuel in the island country.
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Sri Lankans Turn To Bicycles As Hundreds Line Up Outside Petrol Pumps
As hundreds of Sri Lankans continue to queue up at petrol pumps across the debt-ridden country every day amid fuel shortage, a large number of people are ditching their cars and motorcycles for bicycles for their daily commute.
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Emergency Ambulance Service Stopped In Several Areas Amid Lanka Fuel Crisis: Report
Amid the fuel shortage in Sri Lanka, the 1990 emergency ambulance service has been suspended in several areas.
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Sri Lanka Left With Less Than A Day's Worth Of Fuel: Sri Lankan Minister
Sri Lanka has less than a day's worth of fuel left, the energy minister said Sunday, with public transport grinding to a halt. He said the petrol reserves in the country were at about 4,000 tonnes.
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Sri Lanka Allows Countries To Import, Sell Fuel To Ease Shortages
Sri Lanka will allow companies from oil-producing countries to import and sell fuel, the power and energy minister said on Tuesday, ending a duopoly as it tries to overcome a shortage of petrol and diesel that is exacerbating an economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka's First Presidential Vote Since Unrest To Be Held On September 21
The election will be the first test of the public mood since the height of the 2022 downturn, which caused months of food, fuel and medicine shortages across the island nation.
-
India's Much-Needed Moves To Counter China Influence In Sri Lanka
When Sri Lanka slid into its worst economic crisis in seven decades leading to deadly riots and alarming shortages of fuel, food and medicines earlier this year, India stepped into the breach.
-
Sri Lanka's Economy Shrinks 8.4 Per Cent Amid Fertiliser, Fuel Shortages
Sri Lanka's economy shrank 8.4% in the quarter through June from a year ago in one of the steepest declines seen in a three-month period, amid fertiliser and fuel shortages during the nation's most severe financial crisis in more than seven decades.
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"No Kerosene, No Food": Sri Lanka's Fishermen Struggle To Survive
As the sun rose over Sri Lanka one morning in late August, around a dozen fishermen were laying out their nets on a beach in Mannar, a small island just off the country's northwestern coast, the start of the day's work.
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Sri Lanka's Fuel Rationing Plan Amid Severe Shortage
Sri Lanka will restrict fuel imports for the next 12 months as it is facing a severe shortage of foreign exchange, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera has said while announcing a rationing system.
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Sri Lanka Energy Minister Introduces Fuel Rationing Scheme Amid Shortage
Sri Lanka's Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara on Saturday introduced "National Fuel Pass", a fuel rationing scheme amid the raging economic crisis and shortage of fuel in the island country.
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Sri Lankans Turn To Bicycles As Hundreds Line Up Outside Petrol Pumps
As hundreds of Sri Lankans continue to queue up at petrol pumps across the debt-ridden country every day amid fuel shortage, a large number of people are ditching their cars and motorcycles for bicycles for their daily commute.
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Emergency Ambulance Service Stopped In Several Areas Amid Lanka Fuel Crisis: Report
Amid the fuel shortage in Sri Lanka, the 1990 emergency ambulance service has been suspended in several areas.
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Sri Lanka Left With Less Than A Day's Worth Of Fuel: Sri Lankan Minister
Sri Lanka has less than a day's worth of fuel left, the energy minister said Sunday, with public transport grinding to a halt. He said the petrol reserves in the country were at about 4,000 tonnes.
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Sri Lanka Allows Countries To Import, Sell Fuel To Ease Shortages
Sri Lanka will allow companies from oil-producing countries to import and sell fuel, the power and energy minister said on Tuesday, ending a duopoly as it tries to overcome a shortage of petrol and diesel that is exacerbating an economic crisis.
