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Sri Lanka PM likely to resign this week
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is likely to resign this week so that the new cabinet can take over, local media reported.
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Sri Lanka in talks with AIIB for USD 100 million emergency funding
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is considering granting USD 100 million in emergency support to Sri Lanka, the country's finance ministry said on Sunday.
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Sri Lankan LoP Sajith Premadasa to not accept PM post in interim govt
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): As Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is likely to resign from his post amid ongoing protests, opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) confirmed that its leader Sajith Premadasa will not accept the PM's post in an interim government.
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Foreign diplomats, rights groups decry Sri Lanka's state of emergency
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Foreign envoys to Sri Lanka and rights groups on Saturday expressed concern over the declaration of a state of emergency by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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Sri Lanka cancels leave of security forces after declaration of emergency
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Saturday cancelled the leave of security forces with immediate effect after the declaration of a state of emergency in the island nation.
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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 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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Sri Lankan Bar Association decries imposition of emergency, says 'stifling
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): Expressing grave concern over President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's declaration of a state of emergency, Sri Lankan Bar Association urged him to revoke the decree while pointing out that stifling public protest is not a solution to the crisis.
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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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Sri Lankan President likely to declare state of emergency
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Gotbaya Rajapaksa will declare a state of emergency with effect from Friday midnight, local media reported.
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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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At least 8 killed in building collapse in Nigeria
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], May 2 (ANI/Xinhua): At least eight people were killed when a three-story building collapsed on Sunday night in Nigeria's southwest Lagos state, an emergency management official said Monday.
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