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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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Pak's wheat output to fall short by nearly 3 million tonnes
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): In yet another blow even while Pakistan remains in the grip of a severe economic crisis, the country's wheat output is estimated to fall short of the target for this year by almost three million tonnes.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan's growing youth support sends Army in damage control
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Pakistani Army's attempt to paint itself in glory and put all the failures on former Prime Minister Imran Khan has failed immensely as General Qamar Javed Bajwa was leading on the economic front and had senior positions in various ministries and departments
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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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Sales of top 3 Chinese housing companies fall below 40 pc
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 6 (ANI): As China deals with significant economic turbulence, a data report revealed that the top three Chinese estate companies witnessed sales dips of over 40 per cent.
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Sri Lanka: BASL President urges politicians to unite to avert economic cri
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): As Sri Lanka battles with one of the worst economic crises, Saliya Pieris PC, President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), urged all the Sri Lankan politicians to act as statesmen and avert the imminent crisis.
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Bangladesh sends emergency medical supplies to Sri Lanka amid economic cri
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 5 (ANI): Bangladesh on Thursday sent emergency medical supplies to Sri Lanka as the island nation faces one of the worst economic crises since gaining independence.
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Pak minister Marriyum Aurangzeb claims new PM Shehbaz Sharif improved coun
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Thursday claimed that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has improved the country's economy in two weeks thus providing relief to the masses who had been hit hard by the inflation for the last
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