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The COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus. The first case of the virus in Sri Lanka was confirmed on 27 January 2020, after a 44-year-old Chinese woman from Hubei , China , was admitted to ...
The Sri Lankan rupee is the world’s worst performing currency, and food and fuel shortages have gripped the island. How COVID and a nationwide pivot to organic farming pushed Sri Lanka’s ...
The Sri Lankan economic crisis [8] is a in Sri Lanka that started in 2019. [9] It is the country's worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. [9] It has led to unprecedented levels of inflation, near-depletion of foreign exchange reserves, shortages of medical supplies, and an increase in prices of basic commodities. [10]
Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena tests positive for COVID-19. [28] A 40-year-old Sri Lankan father Indika Gunathilaka murders his four-year-old daughter, Lily, and six-year-old son, Kohan, before hanging himself in the garage of their home on Essington Street, in the southeast Perth suburb of Huntingdale. [29] [30]
Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Director Josh Lipsky joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss what led to recent protests and the economic collapse in Sri Lanka as well as what it means for other ...
A year after angry Sri Lankans stormed the president's residence and forced his ouster during a meltdown of the economy, the island's streets are calm, there are no serpentine queues at fuel ...
The Next Generation EU (NGEU) is a €750 billion economic recovery plan launched by the European Union in July 2020 in response to the economic challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. [72] It aimed to mitigate the pandemic's immediate economic impacts and lay the groundwork for long-term recovery through investments in green energy, digital ...
Sri Lanka's new president won the election decisively, but his toughest task still lies ahead as he seeks to balance promises to aid the nation's poor against the need to keep crucial supplies of ...