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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa likely to resign
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is learnt to have responded positively to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's request to him to quit in the face of the deepening economic crisis along with the imposition of the state of emergency in the island nati
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Sri Lankan Bar Association decries imposition of emergency, says 'stifling
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): Expressing grave concern over President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's declaration of a state of emergency, Sri Lankan Bar Association urged him to revoke the decree while pointing out that stifling public protest is not a solution to the crisis.
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Sri Lanka declares state of emergency amid protest over economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): The crisis-hit Sri Lanka on Friday declared a state of emergency after the crippling strike and protest over the external debt for the second time in five weeks.
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Sri Lankan President likely to declare state of emergency
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Gotbaya Rajapaksa will declare a state of emergency with effect from Friday midnight, local media reported.
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Sri Lanka parliament adjourned until May 17
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): Following a tense situation in Sri Lanka Parliament, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has adjourned the session until May 17, local media reported.
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Sri Lanka: MPs trapped inside Parliament amid students protest
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): As the ongoing protests of university students in Sri Lanka near the Parliament continue, the parliamentarians of Sri Lanka are trapped inside the Parliament premises, unable to leave.
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Sri Lanka: Railways, transport workers to join nationwide strike
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): The Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters' Union (SLRSMU) announced that they will participate in the nationwide strike on Friday.
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Sri Lanka Police fires tear gas on university students protesting outside
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): Sri Lanka Police fired tear gas on the protesters on Thursday in order to disperse the protest staged by University students under the theme "Let's oust the government! Let's reverse the system!" outside the parliament.
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Sri Lanka: Court extends travel ban imposed on former Central bank Governo
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): The Colombo Chief Magistrate's court on Thursday further extended the travel ban imposed on former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal.
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Sri Lanka: BASL President urges politicians to unite to avert economic cri
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): As Sri Lanka battles with one of the worst economic crises, Saliya Pieris PC, President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), urged all the Sri Lankan politicians to act as statesmen and avert the imminent crisis.
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Sri Lanka faces diesel shortage as foreign exchange crisis worsens
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): Sri Lankan Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera on Thursday said the country is facing a shortage of diesel as the foreign exchange crisis worsens in the South Asian country.
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Sri Lanka: Pedestrian hit by MP's car, dies
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): A Sri Lankan pedestrian lost his life at Mampuri on Palavi, on Wednesday, after he got hit allegedly by Puttalam District Muslim Congress Parliamentarian, Ali Sabri's motor vehicle.
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