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Nepal requests India to procure Covid vaccines for 20% citizens: Report

NDTV
30 Dec 2020
  Nepal;   India

Sri Lanka welcomes tourists after 8-month-long coronavirus interruption

Business Standard
28 Dec 2020
  Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka puts off airspace reopening for commercial flights

Daily FT
28 Dec 2020
  Sri Lanka

President Solih promises vaccines for all Maldivian citizens

The Edition
27 Dec 2020
  Maldives

Turkey extends medical aid to Sri Lanka

Anadolu Agency
25 Dec 2020
  Turkey;   Sri Lanka

Nepal restricts travellers who visited the UK to prevent spread of new virus strain

The Kathmandu Post
23 Dec 2020
  Nepal

Pacific Islands look to US, Australia, New Zealand for help with Covid-19 vaccines

South China Morning Post
23 Dec 2020
  Australia;   New Zealand;   Pacific

ADB, Northern Arc sign loan to support microfinance borrowers and MSMEs in India

ADB
21 Dec 2020
  India

Procedures for travelers to Sri Lanka revised

Colombo Page
21 Dec 2020
  Sri Lanka

Government of Nepal and World Bank sign $80 Million Rural Enterprise and Economic Development Project to strengthen Nepal’s agriculture sector and boost post-pandemic recovery

World Bank
21 Dec 2020
  Nepal

182 guesthouses reopen across Maldives: Ministry

The Edition
20 Dec 2020
  Maldives

Sri Lankans repatriating after the 26th do not require permission from Foreign Ministry

Colombo Page
20 Dec 2020
  Sri Lanka

Sydney isolated from rest of Australia as COVID outbreak grows

Reuters
20 Dec 2020
  Australia

Tourist visas now open for Ne

Nepali Times
16 Dec 2020
  Nepal

Sri Lanka faces worst decline as debt crisis looms

ManilaStandard.net
16 Dec 2020
  Sri Lanka

Some Covid changes are here to stay, Infrastructure Australia says as it ponders 2021 priorities

The Guardian
15 Dec 2020
  Australia

Is Sri Lanka prepared to obtain COVID-19 vaccines?

News 1st
14 Dec 2020
  Sri Lanka

New Zealand agrees on 'travel bubble' with Australia early next year

Reuters
14 Dec 2020
  New Zealand;   Australia

Nepal reopens to tourists coming by air, land borders still closed

Inquirer.net
14 Dec 2020
  Nepal

Sri Lanka PM instructs to expedite scientific validation of indigenous medicines for COVID-19

Colombo Page
13 Dec 2020
  Sri Lanka