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Sri Lanka: Army cautions people against 'troops about to cause violence' s
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Army has issued a statement urging the people to not be duped by malicious and misleading media reports that the troops are about to "cause violence in the ongoing protest", local media reported.
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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif blames PTI for energy crisis in country
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 17 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday blamed the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government for the ongoing energy crisis in the country and said that the load shedding across the country is due to the "mismanagement and incompetence of the p
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Sri Lanka: Opposition party SJB may join protest at Galle Face
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Opposition party, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) five MPs (Members of Parliament) will join the hundreds of protesters at Galle Face, the ongoing protests which erupted in the city of Colombo a few days back, if the need arises.
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Drug dealers, fundamentalist groups taking advantage of economic crisis,
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): Amid protests in Sri Lanka over the country's worst economic crisis, an advisor to the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday said the government has tried to control drug dealers "who have a lot of money" and that they are "very angry". Read More
Biggest contributor to Sri Lanka's economic crisis is 'mismanagement': Bud
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 16 (ANI): The President of the Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace (ABCP) - Sri Lanka National Centre, Dr Maitipe Wimalasara Maha Thera on Saturday blamed the "mismanagement" of economic policies by the country's leadership for the present turmoil.
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Sri Lanka stock exchange to stop trading for 5 days from April 18
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 16 (ANI): In midst of one of the country's worst economic crises, Sri Lanka's Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), on Saturday has been directed to temporarily close the stock market for five days starting April 18.
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PM Modi meets BAPS Sadhus, lauds their relief work during COVID, Ukraine c
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with senior saints from Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan (BAPS), Ishwarcharan Swami and Brahmavihari Swami on Saturday.
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China's COVID restrictions spiral into crisis for country, remarkably for
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Hong Kong, April 16 (ANI): As Chinese leader Xi Jinping is expected to step into a nearly unprecedented third term in power at the twice-a-decade Party Congress this fall, the COVID-19 controls are sparking a crisis in the country.
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Punjab waives off pending power bills of those having load of upto 2KW til
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 16 (ANI): Punjab Government on Saturday waived off dues of old electricity bills up to December 31, 2021, of households having a load of up to two kilowatts of electricity.
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Sri Lanka: Opposition party SJB to hold meet on Sunday to discuss no-confi
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 16 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya will hold a meeting on Sunday to decide their next move regarding the no-confidence motion against the ruling government and impeachment motion against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, local media reported.
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Sri Lanka's Litro Gas Company Chairman Theshara Jayasinghe resigns
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 16 (ANI): As Sri Lanka faces the gas crisis, the chairman of Litro Gas Company, Theshara Jayasinghe has stepped down from his post.
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Pak National Assembly to take up no-trust vote against Dy Speaker Qasim Su
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 16 (ANI): The session of the Pakistan National Assembly, with the voting for the removal of Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri and the election of the new speaker on agenda, will be held at noon on Saturday, reported Radio Pakistan.
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