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Sri Lanka Prime Minister celebrates International Yoga Day
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 21 (ANI): Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe celebrated the 8th International Yoga Day on Tuesday along with his Ministers and Parliamentarians.
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Kusal Mendis likely to play as Sri Lanka look to break 30-year drought
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kusal Mendis was suffering from bad cramps when he had to retire hurt on 87 at a crucial point of Sri Lanka's successful run chase in the third match of the series on Sunday, but the right-hander has made solid progress physically since that game.
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Australia to provide USD 50 million support to Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 21 (ANI): Australia will provide USD 50 million in Official Development Assistance to support Sri Lanka meet urgent food and healthcare needs, the Australian foreign ministry announced on Monday.
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Sri Lankan cabinet passes 21st Amendment to curtail powers of President
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 20 (ANI): Aiming to curtail powers of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan Cabinet on Monday passed the 21st Amendment to its Constitution.
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Former Sri Lankan cricketer serves tea, buns to people waiting at fuel sta
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 20 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented fuel crisis in the country, former Lankan cricketer Roshan Mahanama was spotted serving tea and buns to people waiting in lines outside the stores to buy fuel and cooking gas.
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Sri Lankan govt announces to shut down schools amid power shortage
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 19 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented economic crisis, the Sri Lanka government on Saturday announced to shut down all the schools for the coming week, a local media reported.
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Sri Lankan PM says steps will be taken to mitigate food crisis in country
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 18 (ANI): Amidst the unprecedented economic turmoil in the country, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday said that steps will be taken to mitigate the food crisis in the island nation.
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'I think as a batsman while bowling', reveals SL's Karunarate
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
The five-match ODI series now stands at 1-1. Both the teams will be squaring off for the third ODI on Sunday at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
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Sri Lanka receives 40,000 MT diesel consignment under India's assistance
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 16 (ANI): In continuation of India's assistance to Sri Lanka in fighting its economic crisis, another 40,000 metric tons of diesel consignment under Indian assistance reached Colombo on Thursday.
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Sri Lanka to import 50,000 MT rice under India's loan assistance programme
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 16 (ANI): Sri Lankan has decided to import 50,000 metric tons of rice under the Indian loan assistance program, to check an abnormal rise in rice prices, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Thursday.
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Cabinet approves MoA for setting up BIMSTEC tech transfer centre in Colomb
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a Memorandum of Association (MoA) by India for the establishment of the BIMSTEC Technology Transfer Facility (TTF) was signed by the member countries at the 5th BIMSTEC Summit held at Col
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Sri Lanka declares Fridays as holiday to promote agriculture
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers has approved a proposal to declare Fridays as a holiday for government employees to encourage them to carry out agricultural work to increase production in the country, local media reported on Tuesday.
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