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  • India to provide additional $500-mn assistance to Sri Lanka for fuel

    India to provide additional $500-mn assistance to Sri Lanka for fuel0

    India will provide an additional $500 million in financial assistance to Sri Lanka for it to buy fuel, Sri Lanka’s foreign minister told reporters on Wednesday, adding Bangladesh was also willing to postpone a $450 million in swap repayments. “Assistance by the IMF will take about six months to come to us and it will come in

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  • Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revokes state of emergency

    Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revokes state of emergency0

    Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa late Tuesday night revoked the state of emergency he had declared on April 1 with immediate effect in his island nation. In a gazette notification no 2274/10 issued on Tuesday night, the president said he has withdrawn the emergency rule ordinance which gave security forces sweeping powers to curb any

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  • Airstrike hits Ukraine maternity hospital, 17 reported hurt

    Airstrike hits Ukraine maternity hospital, 17 reported hurt0

    A Russian airstrike devastated a maternity hospital Wednesday in the besieged port city of Mariupol amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow’s invasion is about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn. Ukrainian officials said the attack wounded at least 17 people, including women near childbirth. The ground shook more than a mile

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