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Sri Lankan Navy arrests 7 foreigners, seizes 240 kg narcotics in internati
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Navy in coordination with the Police Narcotics Bureau in international waters south of the country, arrested seven foreign nationals and seized 240kg of narcotics suspected to be heroin, Sri Lankan media reported.
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Protestors hoot at Sri Lanka PM during his temple visit
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was hooted at by protestors when he visited Anuradhapura on Sunday morning, Sri Lankan media reported.
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Complete system change needed with help of youth, says former Sri Lanka PM
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Amid the economic crisis in the country, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka's former Prime Minister and leader of the United National Party, said in a meeting on Saturday that Sri Lanka requires a complete system change with the help of the nation's youth.
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Sri Lankan LoP Sajith Premadasa to not accept PM post in interim govt
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): As Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is likely to resign from his post amid ongoing protests, opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) confirmed that its leader Sajith Premadasa will not accept the PM's post in an interim government.
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Foreign diplomats, rights groups decry Sri Lanka's state of emergency
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Foreign envoys to Sri Lanka and rights groups on Saturday expressed concern over the declaration of a state of emergency by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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Sri Lanka cancels leave of security forces after declaration of emergency
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Saturday cancelled the leave of security forces with immediate effect after the declaration of a state of emergency in the island nation.
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India rubbishes report of Sri Lanka using Line of Credit to import water c
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): The Indian embassy in Sri Lanka on Saturday rubbished the reports suggesting that the Sri Lankan government used the Line of Credit (LoC) extended by India during the ongoing crisis to import a water cannon vehicle.
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Sri Lanka: UNICEF expresses concern over violence during protests
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri lanka], May 7 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) expressed its concern over reports of violence during protests involving children in Sri Lanka, amid the ongoing economic and political crisis in the country.
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China again looking to trap Sri Lanka by offering more loans
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 7 (ANI): At the time when Sri lanka is struggling for its worst econimc crisis due to the huge Chinese loan debt, Beijing has once trying to entrap the Island nation by offering more loans and so-called aid to the country, according to media report.
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Sri Lanka: Deputy Speaker Ranjith Siyambalapitiya to resigns his post
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): As the ongoing protests in Sri Lanka against the Rajapaksa government continue, MP Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, who was re-elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament, decided to resign from his post.
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EU, US voice concerns over imposition of emergency in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): After the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared an island-wide state of emergency, the envoys of the European Union, the United States, and several other western countries have expressed their concern over the move by the government.
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Sri Lanka, IMF to start next round of technical discussions
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The International Monetary Fund would begin the next round of technical discussions with Sri Lanka from May 9 to May 23, IMF' mission chief for Sri Lanka Masahiro Nozaki has said.
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