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NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka's Board of Investment has approved two wind power plants by Adani Green Energy with a total investment of $442 million. The announcement comes amid market rout in Adani Group stocks who have lost some $125 billion in…

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka hopes to double tourist arrivals to 1.5 million next year and bring in $5 billion in vital foreign exchange, the tourism minister said on Thursday, as the island nation seeks ways to tackle its worst financial crisis in…

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has less than a day's worth of fuelleft, the energy minister said on Sunday, even as the cash-strapped nation extended school closures for one week because there isn't enough fuel for teachers and parents to get kids to…

<!-- -->Most shops were closed Sunday, with the situation expected to worsen on Monday. (File)Colombo: Sri Lanka has less than a day's worth of fuel left, the energy minister said Sunday, with public transport grinding to a halt as…

COLOMBO: Doctors and bankers were among hundreds of Sri Lankans who marched on Wednesday to demand the government resolve a severe fuel shortage at the heart of the Indian Ocean island's worst economic crisis in decades or step down.…

COLOMBO: Lanka IOC, the subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation in Sri Lanka, kept its pumps open throughout Tuesday as the cash-starved government's fuel entity's fuel stations did not operate in the island nation due to the worsening energy…

COLOMBO: A high-level US delegation on Monday met Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and discussed measures to help the island nation cope with an unprecedented economic crisis and severe shortages of essential supplies. US Ambassador …

Sri Lanka will be paying a whopping $72.6 million for purchasing a 90,000-tonne shipment of Russian oil docked at Colombo's port for weeks. The energy minister on Saturday said that the country intends to restart its refinery…

COLOMBO: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka took delivery Saturday of Russian oil -- which could soon be subject to a European embargo -- to restart operations at the country's only refinery, the energy minister said. The island nation is suffering…

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan government has allowed private companies to import fuel, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said on Friday, a move aimed at easing the burden on cash-strapped state-run fuel retailer Ceylon Petroleum…