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Sri Lankans to face severe power cuts due to lack of sufficient fuel, wate
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 25 (ANI): The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), the largest electricity company in Sri Lanka, on Sunday announced that there will be a 4 hour and 30-minute power cut for three days due to the lack of sufficient fuel and water to generate electricity.
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Sri Lanka crisis: Situation tense near Prime Minster Rajapaksa's residence
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 25 (ANI): As the anti-government protest continues in Sri Lanka over the worsening economic crisis, the tense situation has been reported near the residence of the country's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, according to local media.
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Sri Lanka: University students federation protest march reaches Galle Face
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 24 (ANI): The Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) protest march reached Galle Face in the capital city of Colombo on Sunday evening.
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Sri Lanka to appoint advisors on debt restructuring in next 20 days
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lanka will appoint advisors to help with its debt restructuring in the next 20 days, Finance Minister Ali Sabry has said.
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Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan returns to national side for first
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Dhaka (Bangladesh) [India], April 24 (ANI): Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will return to the Bangladesh side for the first test against Sri Lanka on May 15.
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Sri Lanka: Rebel lawmakers ask Mahinda Rajapaksa to resign honourably or f
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 24 (ANI): The group of ruling party lawmakers who rebelled and became an independent group earlier this month, said that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa should resign from his post, or else will have to face a no-confidence motion.
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Former PM Wickremesinghe predicts food crisis in Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 24 (ANI): United National Party (UNP) leader and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has predicted food shortage in Sri Lanka as the Indian credit facility given for fuel will end by the first week of May and demanded the Rajapaksa government's resignation.
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Following Sri Lankan economy collapse, worries mount in Pakistan over Chin
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): Drawing warning lessons from the collapsing Chinese-dominated economies of Sri Lanka and Nepal, the Shehbaz Sharif government has decided to scrap the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority (CPECA) to arrest Pakistan's own slide towards a similar fat
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IMF says it held 'fruitful' talks with Sri Lanka on loan request
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], April 24 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Saturday said that it held "fruitful technical discussions" with Sri Lankan authorities on the island nation's request for an IMF-supported loan program this week.
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If interim govt formed, should be under my leadership: Sri Lankan PM
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 23 (ANI): Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa asserted that if an interim government is formed in the country then it should be under his leadership.
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Sri Lanka: CID arrests suspect involved in Rambukkana incident
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 23 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigations Department (CID) arrested a man as the suspect who set fire to the container carrying fuel during the protest in Rambukkana on April 19, local media reported.
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Maldives may face Sri Lanka-like economic crisis if not careful in taking
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Male [Maldives], April 23 (ANI): Maldives and Sri Lanka-- two nations whose economies are heavily dependent on tourism-- suffered a big blow due to COVID-enforced regulations after the outbreak of the pandemic.
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