Sri Lanka

As observed on the physical map above most of Sri Lanka is low-lying and is ringed by almost endless sandy beaches and small irregular lagoons. Proximity to the Indian subcontinent has facilitated close cultural.

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Today Sri Lanka is a multinational state home to.

. The coastal areas merge into a flat coastal plain. 9 hours agoSri Lanka is struggling under a severe foreign exchange shortage that has limited essential imports of fuel food and medicine plunging. Sri Lanka currently seeks an immediate 3 million IMF bridge loan and 75 million in foreign currency to pay for essential goods and fuelThe World Bank India and the G7 countries have agreed to aid Sri Lanka in securing debt relief but the IMF maintains that Sri Lanka must raise interest rates and taxes to secure any loan.

It won independence from British rule in 1948Three ethnic groups - Sinhalese Tamil and Muslim - make up 99 of the countrys 22 million population. The IMF has said Sri Lanka needs to whittle down existing debt to sustainable levels before it can receive any aid. Sri Lanka formerly Ceylon island country lying in the Indian Ocean and separated from peninsular India by the Palk Strait.

It is located between latitudes 555 and 951 N and longitudes 7941 and 8153 E and has a maximum length of 268 miles 432 km and a maximum width of 139 miles 224 km. 10 hours agoSri Lanka is an island nation off southern India. Sri Lankan army soldiers guard a check point outside prime ministers residence a day after clashes between government supporters and anti-government protesters in Colombo Sri Lanka Tuesday May.

Sri Lanka is an island country located to the south of the Indian Peninsula in the Indian Ocean and has an area of 65610 sq. Sri Lankas more recent history was marred by a 26-year civil war which began in 1983 and ended decisively in 2009 when the Sri Lanka Armed Forces defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. 5 hours agoSri Lankas Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed him that he will resign on July 13 the speakers office announced Saturday.

7 hours agoThousands of protesters in Sri Lankas commercial capital Colombo stormed the presidents official residence and his secretariat on Saturday amid months of mounting public anger over the.

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