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Foreign diplomats, rights groups decry Sri Lanka's state of emergency
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Foreign envoys to Sri Lanka and rights groups on Saturday expressed concern over the declaration of a state of emergency by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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Sri Lanka cancels leave of security forces after declaration of emergency
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Saturday cancelled the leave of security forces with immediate effect after the declaration of a state of emergency in the island nation.
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India rubbishes report of Sri Lanka using Line of Credit to import water c
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): The Indian embassy in Sri Lanka on Saturday rubbished the reports suggesting that the Sri Lankan government used the Line of Credit (LoC) extended by India during the ongoing crisis to import a water cannon vehicle.
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Sri Lanka: UNICEF expresses concern over violence during protests
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri lanka], May 7 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) expressed its concern over reports of violence during protests involving children in Sri Lanka, amid the ongoing economic and political crisis in the country.
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Sri Lanka: Deputy Speaker Ranjith Siyambalapitiya to resigns his post
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): As the ongoing protests in Sri Lanka against the Rajapaksa government continue, MP Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, who was re-elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament, decided to resign from his post.
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EU, US voice concerns over imposition of emergency in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): After the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared an island-wide state of emergency, the envoys of the European Union, the United States, and several other western countries have expressed their concern over the move by the government.
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Sri Lanka, IMF to start next round of technical discussions
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The International Monetary Fund would begin the next round of technical discussions with Sri Lanka from May 9 to May 23, IMF' mission chief for Sri Lanka Masahiro Nozaki has said.
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa likely to resign
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is learnt to have responded positively to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's request to him to quit in the face of the deepening economic crisis along with the imposition of the state of emergency in the island nati
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Sri Lankan Bar Association decries imposition of emergency, says 'stifling
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): Expressing grave concern over President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's declaration of a state of emergency, Sri Lankan Bar Association urged him to revoke the decree while pointing out that stifling public protest is not a solution to the crisis.
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Sri Lanka declares state of emergency amid protest over economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): The crisis-hit Sri Lanka on Friday declared a state of emergency after the crippling strike and protest over the external debt for the second time in five weeks.
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Sri Lankan President likely to declare state of emergency
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Gotbaya Rajapaksa will declare a state of emergency with effect from Friday midnight, local media reported.
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Sri Lanka parliament adjourned until May 17
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): Following a tense situation in Sri Lanka Parliament, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has adjourned the session until May 17, local media reported.
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