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Rameswaram fishermen stage protest condemning attacks by Sri Lankan Navy
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 24 (ANI): Fishermen in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram on Sunday staged a protest condemning the imprisonment and attacks by the Sri Lankan Navy on Indian fishermen.
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Sri Lanka Cricket felicitates Angelo Mathews as he becomes sixth Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mathews, 35, was honoured by Sri Lanka Cricket at the beginning of the second Test match in Galle.
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"Not willing to be a slave": Sri Lankan Air Force personnel leaves service
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 24 (ANI): A member of Sri Lankan Air Force left the service claiming that he did not want to be a slave to country's armed forces, media reports said.
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EU urges Sri Lanka to work in full compliance with GSP+ commitments
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 23 (ANI): The European Union (EU) expects the newly formed Sri Lankan government to work in full compliance with its GSP+ commitments.
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Pakistan is not far from 'Sri Lanka moment': Imran Khan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday warned that Pakistan is not far from a 'Sri Lanka moment' when the public will pour out into the streets for 'Haqeeqi Azadi' against the 'mafia' led by Asif Zardari and
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Lankan President Wickremesinghe orders fuel distribution
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 23 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday instructed officials to accelerate the fuel distribution process and focus on providing fuel for school and public transport.
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Unclear data on Chinese debts poses challenges for Sri Lanka's negotiation
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 23 (ANI): Newly-appointed Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has a tough task ahead of him negotiating a financial lifeline from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help his country combat its worst-ever economic crisis but what makes the process diffic
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Sri Lankan President expresses concerns over diplomats' statements against
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 23 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe raised unofficial concerns over the statements made by some diplomats about the military operation carried out by the security forces to clear the Presidential Secretariat area where the protestors were gathered.
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Rights group condemns assault on peaceful protesters in Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], July 23 (ANI): A New York-based rights group has condemned the assault on peaceful protesters in Sri Lanka that led to injury to more than 50 people and the arrest of at least 9 others.
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Over 6 million Sri Lankans unsure of their next meal, WFP says urgently ne
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 23 (ANI): Over 6 million people in crisis-hit Sri Lanka, are "food insecure", according to the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) which says it has so far managed to secure only 30 per cent of the USD 63 million funds it has targeted to provide 3 million
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Xi congratulates Sri Lanka's new president Wickremesinghe, looks forward t
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): China, which turned a blind eye to Sri Lanka while it struggled with the economic and political crisis, is now looking forward to advancing bilateral ties and traditional friendship between the two countries, as evident from President Xi Jinping's congratu
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New Sri Lankan PM Dinesh Gunawardena has Indian connection
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): As Dinesh Gunawardena took oath as Sri Lanka's 15th prime minister, its local media highlighted the background of his father Don Philip Rupasinghe Gunawardena who was at the centre of the anti-imperialist and anti-colonial campaign and had played a role in
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