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Sri Lanka looks to rely more on India's help until IMF funding agreed

Sri Lanka has been plagued by shortages of necessities, power cuts, and rampant inflation, which has triggered calls for the ouster of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka inflation could top 40%, warns PM Ranil Wickremesinghe

'We have no rupee revenue, and now we have to print another (one) trillion rupees,' he said

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Live news updates: A decision in April last year by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to ban all chemical fertilisers drastically cut crop yields

'We are going to die': Lanka's PM Wickremesinghe warns of a food shortage

A decision in April last year by Prez Gotabaya to ban all chemical fertilisers drastically cut crop yields and although the govt has reversed the ban, no substantial imports have yet taken place

Sri Lanka welcomes G7 announcement in securing debt relief: Wickremesinghe

Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday welcomed the G7 announcement that they will assist the country in securing debt relief as it is grappling with its worst economic crisis

Inflation likely to hit 40% in a few months: Sri Lanka's central bank

Holds interest rates, says it will take at least six months to repay debts

Lanka's Parliament defeats no-trust motion against President Rajapaksa

Ruling party wins deputy speaker's election; two lawmakers arrested

Sri Lanka's shattered economy awaits new finance head and rate hike

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, appointed last week, is expected to soon choose a finance minister, who will help lead talks with the International Monetary Fund over badly needed aid

A day's petrol left, power cuts may last 15 hours: Lanka PM Wickremesinghe

Says he aims to save country, not a person or family; curfew till 5 am today

Sri Lanka state carrier likely to be privatised: New PM Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka's new PM Ranil Wickremesinghe said he proposed to privatise the national carrier SriLankan Airlnes as part of his plan to help tackle the debt-ridden country's crippling economic crisis

Sri Lanka Opposition says it will offer conditional support to new PM

As a responsible political party, Samagi Jana Balawegaya believes saving the country from the current crisis is of the utmost importance, the SJB said in a statement

New SL PM invites Oppn to join hands to resolve country's worst crisis

Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has urged the main Opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader to leave aside party politics and join hands with him to form a non-partisan govt

Sri Lanka's ruling SLPP party decides to back PM Ranil Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka's ruling SLPP party has decided to offer crucial support to new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has just one seat in Parliament, to help him prove a majority in the House. The 73-year-old United National Party (UNP) leader was appointed as Sri Lanka's 26th prime minister on Thursday as the country was without a government since Monday when President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's elder brother and prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned after violence erupted following an attack on the anti-government protesters by his supporters. We have political differences with him, but he is known as someone with international support to pull this country out of the economic problems we are facing," S M Chandrasena, a former minister and a senior leader of ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party, told reporters. We see queues everywhere as we go about, we have to end this. I will support Ranil Wickremesinghe as he tries to handle the economic crisis," Premanath Dolewatta, ...

Sri Lanka's new PM Wickremesinghe says will resolve economic crisis

"I want to settle this problem to ensure the supply of petrol, diesel and electricity to the people," said Wickremesinghe, as reported by Colombo Page

Indian envoy calls on new Sri Lankan PM Wickremesinghe, discusses crisis

Wickremesinghe, 73, was sworn-in as Sri Lanka's 26th prime minister on Thursday to stabilise the country's debt-ridden economy and end the political turmoil

Lanka President Rajapaksa names brother Mahinda PM as Wickremesinghe quits

Mahinda won power in 2005 and went on to become South Asia's longest-serving leader. He became the country's youngest ever parliamentarian in 1970 at the age of 24

A lot rides on Sri Lanka elections

The winner of its upcoming presidential elections could alter the nature of India's relationship with that country

Sri Lanka's ousted PM Wickremesinghe gears up for polls, plans legal action

The call for a fresh election came after it seemed unlikely Sirisena could prove a majority of lawmakers support his newly appointed prime minister

Sri Lanka braces for protest over PM Wickremesinghe's sacking today

Wickremesinghe's United National Party (UNP) is set to hold a protest on Tuesday in the capital, Colombo

Troubled waters: Need to resolve Tamil fishermen issue, says Ranil Wickremesinghe

Earlier this week, 12 Tamil fishermen were detained by Lankan Naval personnel for allegedly entering island waters