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Have not yet received President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation: Sri Lank
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Shortly after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa landed in Maldivian capital Male on a Sri Lanka Air Force plane, the crisis-hit island country's Parliament Speaker on Wednesday said that he is yet to receive a letter of resignation.
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Digambar Kamat calls for introspection within Congress citing defections,
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Porvorim (Goa) [India], July 13 (ANI): Amid the ongoing crisis within the Congress Goa unit, former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has called for introspection within the party citing losses in elections and defections.
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India denies facilitating travel of Gotabaya Rajapaksa out of Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka has dismissed "baseless" and "speculative" media reports that said that India has facilitated President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's exit from the country. According to reports, Gotabaya had fled the crisis-hit island cou
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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flies out of country amid raging p
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has flown out of the island nation on Wednesday, a media report said quoting officials.
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India focusing on ways it can help Sri Lanka economically: Jaishankar
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 12 (ANI): Reiterating India's support for Sri Lanka, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the situation in the island nation is very sensitive and New Delhi is focusing on ways it can help Colombo economically at this time of need.
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Sri Lanka's Motor Traffic Department to remain closed on Fridays
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 12 (ANI): The Motor Traffic Department in Sri Lanka on Tuesday said that it will remain closed on Fridays and public holidays until further notice.
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Indian Coast Guard on alert, will ensure no influx happens: DG Pathania on
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Indian Coast Guard is on alert and will ensure that no influx takes place from Sri Lanka, said the Indian Coast Guard Director General VS Pathania on Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka's economic, political crisis causes concern to everyone: Maldive
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Maldives on Tuesday expressed concern about the volatile situation in Sri Lanka which is facing an economic and political crisis where thousands of people stormed into the President's House in Fort on Saturday.
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Immigration officers, trade union withdraw services from Silk route at Sri
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 12 (ANI): Sri Lankan Nidahas Sewaka Sangamaya (SLNSS) of SriLankan airlines on Tuesday announced the withdrawal of the services at the Silk Route Lounge of the Sri Lankan airport.
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Motion filed in Supreme Court against formers Sri Lankan ministers to impo
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 12 (ANI): A motion has been filed in the Sri Lankan Supreme Court seeking an interim order restraining the country's former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, former Minister Basil Rajapaksa and two others from leaving the country without the prior approval of the
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China bank protesters win promise of repayments
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 12 (ANI): Following protests by ban depositors that caught the eye of national and international media, Chinese authorities in the central Henan province have promised to start paying back first on behalf of several rural banks funds of some clients that had been frozen
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Sri Lankans turn to bicycles amid fuel shortage, skyrocketing prices
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 12 (ANI): As hundreds of Sri Lankans continue to queue up at petrol pumps across the debt-ridden country every day amid fuel shortage, a large number of people are ditching their cars and motorcycles for bicycles for their daily commute.
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