A doctored image appearing to show a man in a loincloth depicting the Sri Lankan national flag has surfaced in social media posts that appear to suggest he was disrespecting the country. The posts targeted activists who participated in anti-government protests in 2022. However, the original photo shows the man wearing a loincloth that does not feature the Sri Lankan flag. The filmmaker and activist in the picture told AFP his underwear had been fashioned out of a red scarf and not the country's
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WASHINGTON/COLOMBO, Apr 19: Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Ali Sabry has met IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in Washington and made a request for a Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) amidst the unprecedented economic crisis in the island nation, a media report said on Tuesday. The RFI, which is available to all member countries of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), provides rapid and low-access financial assistance to member countries facing an urgent balance of payments (BoP) need, without the need to have […]