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Rajapaksa arrives in Singapore, expected to fly to Middle East
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Singapore, July 14 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who flew from the Maldives arrived in Singapore on board a Saudia Airlines flight on Thursday evening, media reports said.
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Sri Lanka: Gotabaya Rajapaksa to stay in Singapore, not travel to Middle E
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife will stay in Singapore and not travel further to the Middle East.
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Army tanks deployed near Sri Lankan Parliament as crisis worsens
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka Army deployed tanks near Parliament on Thursday to prevent protesters from entering the Parliament.
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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa departs for Singapore from Maldive
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who reached the Maldivian Capital Male following raging protests in Sri Lanka, departed for Singapore today.
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Sri Lanka announce 18-member squad for Pakistan Tests
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
All-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva, pacer Asitha Fernando and spinner Jeffrey Vandersay are all named in the squad and are in contention to return to Sri Lanka's XI after the trio missed the second Test against Australia due to Covid.
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'GotoGoGama' activists announce to withdraw from President, PM's houses an
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): Activists representing the "GotaGoGama" protest campaign announced that they will peacefully hand over government-occupied buildings including President's house, Presidential Secretariat, and Prime Minister's office, aiming to restore peace in the country.
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Yet to receive resignation letter from President Rajapaksa: Sri Lankan Spe
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): Amid the deteriorating political situation in the country, Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Yapa Abeywardena on Thursday said that he is yet to receive the resignation letter from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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BCCI monitoring situation in Sri Lanka: Sourav Ganguly
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
The current political and economical crisis has raised questions about whether the island nation will be able to the host Asia Cup.
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Important to address Sri Lanka conflict, protestors' grievances: UN Chief
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], July 14 (ANI): Amid the unrest in Sri Lanka, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said that it is important to address the conflict and grievances of protestors.
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Sri Lanka's Central bank warns public on possible risks in crypto trade
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has put out a warning of the possible exposure to significant financial, operational, legal, and security-related risks posed by investments in virtual currencies, essentially cryptocurrencies, while asking them not to fall pr
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Sri Lanka Ministers hold party leaders' meet to resolve ongoing crisis
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): In order to tackle the ongoing political crisis in Sri Lanka, leaders of political parties met and decided that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should resign immediately to resolve the current situation in the country.
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Peaceful transfer of power within Sri Lanka is essential: US
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], July 14 (ANI): Amid the unrest in Sri Lanka, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung has urged for the peaceful transfer of power within the country's constitutional framework and said that the US condemns all violence and calls for the rule of law to be upheld in the crisis
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