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Sri Lankan Opposition leader slams govt for being reckless
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 1 (ANI): As Sri Lanka faces one of the worst economic crises since gaining independence, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa slammed Sri Lankan government for being reckless, and asked the masses to observe a "Black May Day" this year.
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Sri Lankan leaders promise to address challenges amid economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 1 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government is taking various approaches to address current challenges faced by the country, the country's President and the Prime Minister said in their messages on the International Labour Day.
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Sri Lankan President calls for political consensus to deal with economic c
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 1 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has reiterated his call for a political consensus to deal with the challenges faced by the country, local media reported.
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US embassy issues demonstration alert in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 1 (ANI): The US Embassy in Sri Lanka has issued a "demonstration alert" ahead of the city-wide protests to be held in Colombo.
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Sri Lanka: Opposition to bring no-confidence motion against Mahinda Rajapa
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 1 (ANI): Amid the ongoing economic crisis and the large scale public anger against the ruling government, Sri Lanka's leader of Opposition and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa on Saturday said that the no-confidence motion will be brought again
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Sri Lanka: Former Kegalle SSP remanded in Rambukkana shooting
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 30 (ANI): A Sri Lankan Court has ordered the remand of former Kegalle Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), who was arrested for shooting at unarmed protesters in Rambukkana, local media reported.
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Sri Lanka to relax regulations over foreign earnings conversion control
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 30 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Central Bank has announced that they will remove the regulations that made the exporters convert their foreign currency earnings into rupees in the coming future.
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Drugs price hikes in Sri Lanka by 40 to 60 percent
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 30 (ANI): Adding more burden to the staggering economy of the island nation, the Health Minister of the country Channa Jayasumana issued a special gazette order on Thursday stating a dramatic price hike in the pharmaceutical drugs, yet again shooting up the prices
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Indian Naval Ship Gharial delivers 760 kg of lifesaving medicines to Sri L
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 29 (ANI): With the overarching aim of providing critical medical aid to Sri Lanka during the ongoing economic crisis, Indian Naval Ship Gharial, as part of Mission SAGAR IX, arrived at Colombo on Friday and delivered over 760 kilograms of 107 types of critical life
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Restructuring of Sri Lanka's domestic debt not on top priority: Central Ba
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 29 (ANI): Sri Lanka's central bank governor has said domestic debt in the form of government securities and development bonds will not be restructured as restructuring external debt is a top priority for the island nation.
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Sri Lanka: Trade Unions demand President Rajapaksa's resignation
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 29 (ANI): Hundreds of trade unions in Sri Lanka have been staging a nationwide protest over the mishandling of the ongoing economic crisis in the country and have called for the immediate resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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Indian envoy Gopal Baglay reiterates India's continued commitment to suppo
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 29 (ANI): Indian High Commissioner of Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay received a group of Parliamentarians and reiterated India's continued commitment to support the island nation.
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