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Sri Lanka PM holds talks with World Bank, Asian Development Bank represent
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday held discussions with the country's representatives of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) amid the ongoing economic crisis in the Island nation.
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Sri Lanka: More than 200 arrested over nationwide violence
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Over 200 people have been arrested in Sri Lanka on various charges including violation of curfew, attacking the public and causing damages to public and private properties since Monday as the authorities try to bring order back to the Island nation hit by a
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Sri Lanka to probe reports on planned LTTE attack
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Sri Lankan Defence Ministry has said that it will probe the reports on the planned attacks by the LTTE on Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day on May 18, a day observed by Sri Lankan Tamils to remember those who died in the final stages of the country's civil war.
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India delivers over 400,000 MT of fuel to Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Amid the worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka, India took another initiative to extend support and supplied 12 shipments and over 400,000 Metric Tones (MT) of fuel to the island nation.
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Tourism collapse deepens Sri Lankan economic crisis, hospitality bears bru
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Tourism industry in Sri Lanka is severely affected as the country is gripped by a severe economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka: Two names nominated as Deputy Speaker in Parliament
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Amidst a severe political crisis in Sri Lanka, two names have been proposed to fill the vacancy of the position of the Deputy Speaker in the Sri Lankan Parliament.
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Sri Lanka: New PM appoints Ruwan Wijewardena to protect Gota Go Gama
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Newly-appointed Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that he has entrusted the Sri Lankan State Minister of Defense and Deputy Leader of the UNP, Ruwan Wijewardena with the responsibility to give protection to the protest site at Galle
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Sri Lankan PM calls on Oppn leader Premadasa to join hands, form non-parti
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister and United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe invited opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and his party to form a non-partisan government that goes beyond traditional parliamentary politics.
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Sri Lanka: Nation's economic meltdown uncovers Chinese 'debt-trap' policy
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 14 (ANI): China offered debt-stricken Sri Lanka more loans to overcome its economic distress amid rising protests in the country.
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Solutions to economic crisis must be found in accordance with people's wis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka's leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa in a letter to newly appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that solutions to the economic and political crisis must be found in accordance with the wishes of people.
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Sri Lanka: Protestors demand arrest of Mahinda Rajapaksa in fresh protests
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 14 (ANI): The anti-government protestors in Sri Lanka established a new protest site at the temple trees near the residence of the Prime Minister of the country to rally against the alleged political deal made between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and newly appointed
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Acute shortage of LPG cylinders aggravating protests in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 14 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing economic catastrophe in Sri Lanka, the inaccessibility to LPG cylinders for over a month has resulted in locals' protest outside Slave Island PS in Colombo on Saturday.
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