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Sri Lanka lifts import ban on buses, trucks
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Sri Lanka lifts import ban on buses, trucks

COLOMBO: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka partially lifted a ban on vehicle imports on Tuesday by allowing buses and trucks back into the island after more than…

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Sri Lanka to join RCEP trade bloc to rebuild its crisis-hit economy: President Wickremesinghe
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Sri Lanka to join RCEP trade bloc to rebuild its crisis-hit economy: President Wickremesinghe

COLOMBO: President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said Sri Lanka seeks to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade bloc comprising China and Japan to bolster…

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Gautam Adani meets Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe, proposes green hydrogen project
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Gautam Adani meets Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe, proposes green hydrogen project

NEW DELHI: Billionaire Gautam Adani on Friday proposed to set up a green hydrogen plant in Sri Lanka, where his conglomerate is already developing a…

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Sri Lanka not averse to using Indian rupee as common currency: President Wickremesinghe
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Sri Lanka not averse to using Indian rupee as common currency: President Wickremesinghe

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka would want to see the Indian rupee used as much as the US dollar, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said, days ahead of…

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Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe to visit India on July 21
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Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe to visit India on July 21

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will embark on a two-day visit to India on July 21 during which he is expected to meet Prime…

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Wickremesinghe: Sri Lanka to complete domestic and external debt reworking by September: President Wickremesinghe

COLOMBO: President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that Sri Lanka‘s debt restructuring programme will be completed by September this year and its bankrupt economy will be…

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