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More than a billion people will head to the polls across South Asia in 2024

CNN  —  An election boycotted by the main opposition as the world’s longest serving female prime minister looks set to extend her rule. A cricket legend and former prime minister languishing in prison versus a one-time fugitive looking to make a comeback as a powerful military keeps watch. A populist leader hoping to enter his …

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World Bank approves $700 million for crisis-hit Sri Lanka

Colombo CNN  —  The World Bank approved $700 million in budgetary and welfare support for Sri Lanka on Thursday, in the biggest funding tranche for the crisis-hit island nation since an International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal in March. About $500 million of the funds will be allocated for budgetary support while the remaining $200 million …

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