SriLanka

Sri Lanka receives 1,000 tons of rice donated by China

Published on: June 29, 2022
10:34

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Colombo, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) A total of 1,000 tons of rice donated by the people of China for Sri Lankan students were handed over to the Ministry of Education in the Colombo port, it was spread on Wednesday.

Sri Lankans demand president’s resignation

Published on: April 11, 2022
11:17

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Colombo, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) Over 100,000 people took to the Galle Face park and its surroundings, in the heart of Colombo, Sri Lanka's financial and commercial capital, to call for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation, local media reported on Monday.

India supplies fuel to Sri Lanka to ease crisis

Published on: April 7, 2022
11:56

By: Ana Luisa Brown

New Delhi, Apr 7 (Prensa Latina) India supplied fuel to Sri Lanka by virtue of a 500-million-dollars credit to help the neighboring island to ease the economic crisis.

Ministers resign en masse in Sri Lanka

Published on: April 4, 2022
10:35

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Colombo, Apr 4 (Prensa Latina) The full cabinet of Sri Lanka, except for Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, resigned with immediate effect, while the country is going through its worst economic crisis, with long power cuts and basic products' shortages.

Sri Lanka’s foreign minister arrived in India on a three-day visit

Published on: February 6, 2022
12:47

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

New Delhi, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) Sri Lanka's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gamini Lakshman Peiris, on Sunday arrived in New Delhi on a three-day visit to India to meet with his counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

Communist Party of Sri Lanka suppports Cuba

Published on: November 19, 2021
13:03

By: Lino Céspedes Rodríguez

Colombo, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) The leader of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL), Edwin Weerasinghe Gunasekera, on Friday expressed his solidarity with Cuba, as well as his rejection of the United States economic, commercial and financial blockade against the Caribbean island.

Sri Lanka’s death toll rises to 20 due to rains

Published on: November 10, 2021
10:07

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Colombo, Nov 10 (Prensa Latina) The death toll from Sri Lanka's adverse weather conditions on Wednesday rose to 20, while five people were injured and one is missing, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) informed.

Cuba to help Sri Lanka make medicines from moringa plants

Published on: October 20, 2021
16:17

By: Prensa Latina

Colombo, Oct 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuba offered to help Sri Lanka with technology to manufacture health products from the moringa plant, the Ministry of Education announced on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka and Cuba exchange on hydraulic development

Published on: October 1, 2021
07:53

By: Prensa Latina

Colombo, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of Sri Lanka and Cuba exchanged on the hydraulic development of both countries and the possibilities of developing ties in this economic sphere, a diplomatic source reported on Friday.

Over 10 million people in Sri Lanka receive Covid-19 vaccines

Published on: September 10, 2021
09:39

By: Prensa Latina

Colombo, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) Sri Lanka has crossed the 10-million mark in administrating the two doses of Covid-19 vaccines since the vaccination program rolled out in late January.

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