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A look at China's role in Sri Lankan Crisis
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 15 (ANI): While Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis since independence with food and fuel shortages, China has turned a blind eye to the crisis and shifted the blame to the borrower, a media report said.
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Sri Lanka crisis sends warning signals to debt-ridden Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 15 (ANI): The economic meltdown in Sri Lanka triggering unrest and unprecedented political upheaval has sent alarm bells ringing in the Indian Ocean region and the loudest among them is in Pakistan, according to foreign policy analysis.
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Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as interim President of Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 15 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe Friday has sworn in as the interim President after Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena accepted the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation as Sri Lankan President accepted
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 15 (ANI): As massive protests across Sri Lanka continue, the country's Parliament Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Friday said that the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa as President has been accepted.
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Maldives granted diplomatic clearance for transit visit to aircraft carryi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], July 15 (ANI): After Gotabaya Rajapaksa's visit to the Maldives triggered protests in the nation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives clarified that the aircraft carrying Sri Lankan President was granted diplomatic clearance for a transit visit.
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China's investment in Sri Lanka is part of Lankan crisis: Arvind Panagariy
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Former Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog Arvind Panagariya on Thursday said that China's investment in Sri Lanka is a part of the Sri Lankan crisis, but it's not the sole or the principal cause of the problem.
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India will continue to stand with people of Sri Lanka and their aspiration
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Reiterating its commitment to Sri Lanka, India on Thursday said that New Delhi will continue to stand with the people of the island nation and their aspirations through democratic means and a constitutional framework.
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Sri Lankan protesters continue to occupy President's Secretariat, vacate a
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): All Sri Lankan government buildings have been vacated except for President's Secretariat, Danish Ali, a Sri Lankan protester said, adding that they held the protests peacefully and the ones who damaged the properties belonged to former President Gotabaya R
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Pakistan's 'benefactors' uninterested in rescuing country from economic tu
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 14 (ANI): Pakistan's "friend and benefactor" China is showing half-heartedness in rescuing the country from a severe economic situation and amid this dire situation, the anger of the people is at its peak.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa steps down as Sri Lanka's President
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): Amid pressure from the public uprising in Sri Lanka, the country's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday tendered his resignation to the Speaker of the Parliament.
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Singapore's Foreign Affairs Ministry confirms Rajapaksha on private visit,
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Singapore, July 14 (ANI): Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been allowed entry into Singapore on a private visit and he has not asked for asylum and nor has he been granted asylum.
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Sri Lankan parties to reach consensus, propose PM's name to Speaker on Fri
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): Sri Lankan parties after holding a discussion will reach a consensus and propose a name for the position of Prime Minister to the Speaker of the Parliament, local media reported.
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