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Monkey blamed for nationwide blackout as Sri Lanka scrambles to restore power
Sri Lanka extended power cuts for a third day on Thursday as it scrambled to restore its national grid to full capacity after a monkey triggered a widespread blackout over the weekend that ...
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High Court issues rule asking why Chinmoy Das shouldn’t get bail in sedition case
The High Court has issued a rule asking why Sammilito Sanatani Jagaran Jote spokesman Chinmoy Krishna Das should not be granted bail in a sedition case. The High Court bench of Justice Md Atoar ...
Reuters5d
Sri Lanka's new president presents first budget with focus on crisis recovery
COLOMBO, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will outline the government's revenue and policy goals in his first full-year budget on Monday, seeking to extend the ...
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Monkey causes nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: An intruding monkey at a Sri Lankan electrical grid sub-station caused a general islandwide blackout on Sunday (Feb 9), government officials said. The power outage began around 11.30am ...
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Nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka blamed on a monkey
A monkey has been blamed for causing a nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka. The island nation's 22 million residents were mostly left without power during the outage, which began around 11am local ...
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Kuhnemann, Lyon consign Sri Lanka to their biggest defeat
Australia brushed aside any concern over Galle's fickle weather by steamrolling through Sri Lanka's listless batting order across two innings on day four to complete a near-flawless performance in ...
BBC9d
Minister blames monkey for Sri Lanka nationwide power cut
A nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a monkey that intruded into a power station south of Colombo. Power is gradually being restored across the island nation of 22 million people ...
The Diplomat24d
Sri Lanka’s Adani Controversy: Navigating Geopolitics, Transparency, and Sovereignty
The recent reports that Sri Lanka has decided to revoke a 20-year power purchase agreement with India’s Adani Group has prompted considerable debate, highlighting the challenges that the nation ...
Forbes8d
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is attempting to sustain economic growth while maintaining macroeconomic stability under the IMF program it began in 2016. The government's high debt payments and bloated civil service ...
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Sri Lanka investigates deaths of 2 tourists taken ill at a hostel earlier this month
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Authorities conducted autopsies on Monday after the deaths of two foreign tourists earlier this month while they were vacationing in Sri Lanka. Police said the two women ...
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Pakistan, Sri Lanka agree to increase bilateral relations
Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Pakistan and Sri Lanka have agreed to increasing high-level exchanges, and exploring new opportunities for enhanced ...