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India delivers over 400,000 MT of fuel to Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years 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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Sri Lanka: Protestors demand arrest of Mahinda Rajapaksa in fresh protests
Updated : 4 years 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 : 4 years 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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India to supply 65,000 MT of urea to Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 14 (ANI): Amid Sri Lanka's devastating economic crisis, India in another initiative to extend support will be supplying 65,000 metric tons of urea to the island nation.
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Sri Lanka court bars Mahinda Rajapaksa from leaving country
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): Mahinda Rajapaksa, who recently tendered his resignation from the position of the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, has been barred from leaving the country by a local court, media reports said.
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Sri Lanka: Prez assures to amend Constitution to empower Parliament amid r
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri lanka], May 12 (ANI): Amid tension over the economic crisis, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that steps will be taken to amend the Constitution of the country to re-enact the contents of the 19th Amendment to further empower the Parliament.
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Former Sri Lankan PM to stay in naval base until normalcy returns: Defense
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 11 (ANI): Sri Lanka's former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was airlifted to Trincomalee naval base for security reasons, Defense Secretary Kamal Gunaratne told the media on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka issues shoot-on-sight orders as protests intensify
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 10 (ANI): Sri Lanka tri forces have been ordered to shoot all those who plunder public property or cause personal harm, local media reported on Tuesday as large-scale protests continue to take place across the island nation.
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Sri Lanka defence ministry asks people to be 'patient' amid crisis
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Sunday requested the people to practice "utmost intelligence and patience" amid the ongoing political and economic crisis in the Island nation.
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Sri Lanka: UNICEF expresses concern over violence during protests
Updated : 4 years, 1 month 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 : 4 years, 1 month 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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Sri Lanka's liquid reserves plummeted below USD 50 million, Finance Minist
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 4 (ANI): In the face of an adverse economic crisis in Sri Lanka, Finance Minister Ali Sabry raised concerns over the declining liquid reserves in the island country which have currently plunged below USD 50 million.
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