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Amid massive protests, Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down as Sri Lankan Presi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka] July 9 (ANI): Hours after thousands of protesters stormed his official residence in the capital of Sri Lanka, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday agreed to step down from his post.
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Opposition leader Premadasa demands resignition of Sri Lankan President an
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): Amid the ongoing protest outside Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapakse's residence, leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa demanded the resignation of the President and Prime Minister.
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Dramatic visuals show protestors breaking into Sri Lankan President Gotaba
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): Dramatic visuals from outside Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapakse's residence on Saturday showed a sea of demonstrators storming into the compound, tearing down security cordons placed by police, taking a dip in the swimming pool and romping through his
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Sri Lankan PM calls emergency meeting after angry protestors storm inside
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): After angry protestors on Saturday stormed inside the residence of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has summoned an emergency Party Leaders meeting to discuss the situation and come to a swift resolutio
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Enraged protestors storm Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's house
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): After thousands of enraged protestors on Saturday barged into his residence in Colombo, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa reportedly fled his home, according to local media.
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Ahead of Saturday protest, curfew imposed in several areas in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): Ahead of a massive protest on Saturday demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka's police imposed a curfew in several police divisions in Western Province with effect from 9 pm local time Friday until further notice.
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Sri Lanka's Church calls on President, PM to resign amid economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 8 (ANI): Amid the ongoing economic crisis and shortage of fuel and gas, Sri Lanka's Church of Ceylon has called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to immediately resign alleging they have failed to take any meaningful steps to al
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Sri Lankan President requests Vladimir Putin for credit to import fuel
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 7 (ANI): As Sri Lanka continues to battle its worst financial crisis in seven decades, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has sought urgent credit support to import fuel to the island nation in a telephonic conversation with the Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesd
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Sri Lankan President to visit UAE to procure fuel
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 30 (ANI): Amid the fuel shortage in the country, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the coming weeks to procure the fuel.
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Top Indian delegation holds talks with Sri Lanka President on economic sup
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 23 (ANI): A high-level Indian delegation led by Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra held talks with Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo on Thursday amid the ongoing economic crisis in the island nation.
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Sri Lankan cabinet passes 21st Amendment to curtail powers of President
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 20 (ANI): Aiming to curtail powers of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan Cabinet on Monday passed the 21st Amendment to its Constitution.
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Sri Lanka receives 40,000 MT diesel consignment under India's assistance
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 16 (ANI): In continuation of India's assistance to Sri Lanka in fighting its economic crisis, another 40,000 metric tons of diesel consignment under Indian assistance reached Colombo on Thursday.
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