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Sri Lanka: Catholic Church backs Galle Face protests
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has extended its support to the ongoing Galle Face protest in Sri Lanka demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, local media reported.
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Drug dealers, fundamentalist groups taking advantage of economic crisis,
Updated : 3 years, 11 months 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
Sri Lanka: Opposition party SJB to hold meet on Sunday to discuss no-confi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months 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: Protesters call Rajapaksa Govt tyrant, full of nepotism as Gall
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 16 (ANI): A massive crowd continues to remain gathered at Galle Face, the main beachfront in the capital Colombo, outside Sri Lankan President's secretariat to protest against Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa amid the economic cr
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Galle Face area in Sri Lanka echoes with 'Go Gota Go'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 15 (ANI): Sinhalese, Tamils, and Muslims gathered at Galle Face Green, the main beachfront in the capital Colombo, outside Sri Lankan President's secretariat and raised 'Go Gota Go' slogans and also held President Gotabaya Rajapaksa responsible for the country's
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Sri Lanka's opposition leader Sajith signs impeachment and no-confidence m
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 13 (ANI): The leader of the Opposition, Sajith Premadasa, on Wednesday signed the impeachment motion against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the no-confidence motion against the government.
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Sri Lanka will choose constitutional provision to oust government, says op
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 11 (ANI): Dismissing the possibility of a no-confidence motion like Pakistan to oust the present government in Sri Lanka, Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa said that they will use their Constitutional provisions to change the government.
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Political stalemate continues in Sri Lanka as meeting between President Ra
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 11 (ANI): The meeting between President Gottabaya Rajapaksa and former President Maithripala Srisena-led Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to discuss the political and economic crisis affecting the country ended without any conclusion on Sunday, reported local media.
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Sri Lanka's political alliance moves bill to remove powers of executive pr
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 10 (ANI): Sri Lanka's parliamentary group of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) on Sunday said that they have come up with a private member's bill to scrap the 20th amendment and remove the powers of the executive presidency.
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Sri Lanka's Prez Gotabaya Rajapaksa to hold crucial meeting with 41 MPs
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 10 (ANI): In a bid to find a solution to the current economic, political and social crisis in the country, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be holding a crucial meeting with 41 MPs who recently quit the ruling dispensation.
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Former PM Wickremesinghe alleges 'incompetent' Gotabaya govt plunged Sri L
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 10 (ANI): Former Prime minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday accused the incumbent government of plunging the country into a deep economic and political crisis with its "incompetence in dealing with the financial challenges" while also stating tha
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Sri Lanka's main opposition party to move no-confidence motion against Pre
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 9 (ANI): Sri Lanka's main opposition party Samagi Jana Balwegaya (SJB) announced that it will move a no-confidence motion against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's government if it fails to provide immediate relief to the people of the island nation adversely impacted
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