Afghan quake survivors without food and shelter as floods hamper relief effort
Many survivors of Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake in more than two decades were on Friday without food, shelter and water as they waited in devastated villages for relief workers to reach them, with rain compounding their misery.
India rushes food, medicine to bankrupt Sri Lanka
India has extended $1.5 billion in credit lines to allow Sri Lanka to keep meeting a portion of its food and energy needs, and Friday’s shipment followed a visit by Indian experts for aid talks.
Economy has collapsed, unable to buy oil: Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe
PM Ranil Wickremesinghe told the parliament that the country is “facing a far more serious situation beyond the mere shortages of fuel, gas, electricity and food. Our economy has completely collapsed.” While Sri Lanka’s crisis is considered its worst in recent memory, Wickremesinghe’s assertion that the economy has collapsed did not cite any specific new …
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India to support crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s economic recovery
India has been the principal source of foreign assistance to Sri Lanka this year, supplying more than $4 billion, PM Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament this week.
Powerful earthquake strikes eastern Afghanistan: 1,000 dead, 1,500 injured
According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the epicentre of the quake was 44km southwest of Khost in Afghanistan at a depth of 50.8km and its exact time was 1:54 am (local time).
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka plans donor conference with China, India and Japan
US-SRI-LANKA-Crisis-hit Sri Lanka plans donor conference with China, India and Japan
Myanmar junta shifts Suu Kyi trial to prison venue
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1,000 dead in deadliest quake in 2 decades in Afghanistan
A powerful earthquake struck a rugged, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing at least 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more in the country’s deadliest quake in two decades. Officials warned that the already grim toll may still rise. The European seismological agency said the tremors were felt over 500km by 119 million people …
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Sri Lanka’s Parliament sessions curbed as fuel crisis bites
Sri Lanka’s Parliament sessions will be restricted to two days this week instead of four amid the current fuel supply crisis in the country, the leader of the House, Dinesh Gunawardena, said on Tuesday. The island nation, home to around 22 million people, is currently facing its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years. …
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Afghan officials meet Sikhs in Kabul, offer support in reconstruction of damaged Gurdwara
The Afghanistan government gave financial assistance in cash of Rs 1 lakh Afghani each to the families of the dead, Rs 50,000 Afghani each to the three injured people and Rs 1.50 lakh Afghani for immediate supplies for the Gurudwara’s maintenance.
IMF team holds talks with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday held talks with a visiting IMF team on an economic programme that could be supported by the global lender’s lending arrangement for the cash-starved government which is seeking to find $6 billion to keep the country afloat for the next six months.
Bankrupt Sri Lanka opens IMF talks, begins shutdown
On Monday schools were shut and state offices worked with skeleton staffing as part of government plans to reduce commuting and save precious petrol and diesel. The country of 22 million people is in the grip of its worst economic crisis after running out of foreign exchange to finance even the most essential imports including …
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Sri Lanka troops open fire to contain fuel riots
Police said four civilians and three soldiers were wounded when the army opened fire for the first time to quell unrest linked to the worsening economic crisis. Sri Lanka is suffering its worst economic crisis since independence, with the country unable to find dollars to import essentials, including food, fuel and medicines.
2 killed in attack on gurdwara in Afghan capital Kabul
At least two persons were killed and seven sustained injuries in an attack on a gurdwara in Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, following a blast in a car loaded with explosives, officials said. The ministry of external affairs has expressed concern over reports of the attack. “We are closely monitoring the situation,” foreign ministry spokesman …
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