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Sri Lanka: More than 200 arrested over nationwide violence
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Over 200 people have been arrested in Sri Lanka on various charges including violation of curfew, attacking the public and causing damages to public and private properties since Monday as the authorities try to bring order back to the Island nation hit by a
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Measures to curb looming economic crisis to be taken: Pak Finance Minister
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): In a high-profile meeting on Saturday, the Finance Minister of Pakistan, Miftah Ismail affirmed measures to curb the outflow of foreign exchange from Pakistan through informal channels.
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Sri Lanka: Two names nominated as Deputy Speaker in Parliament
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Amidst a severe political crisis in Sri Lanka, two names have been proposed to fill the vacancy of the position of the Deputy Speaker in the Sri Lankan Parliament.
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Solutions to economic crisis must be found in accordance with people's wis
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka's leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa in a letter to newly appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that solutions to the economic and political crisis must be found in accordance with the wishes of people.
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Sri Lanka: Protestors demand arrest of Mahinda Rajapaksa in fresh protests
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 14 (ANI): The anti-government protestors in Sri Lanka established a new protest site at the temple trees near the residence of the Prime Minister of the country to rally against the alleged political deal made between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and newly appointed
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Ranil Wickremesinghe returns as Sri Lankan PM with promise to resolve econ
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): Ranil Wickremesinghe, the leader of the United National Party (UNP) of Sri Lanka, took over as the country's Prime Minister for a record sixth term on Thursday to restore stability in the island nation in the midst of a political impasse and unprecedente
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Sri Lanka: 59 social media groups identified for instigated violence
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political catastrophe that fueled unrest in Sri Lanka followed by the subsequent fall of the government, local police have identified 59 social media groups which reportedly instigated violence at the Galle face protest site on Monday.
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Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Thursday sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka amid the worst economic crisis faced by the country that has seen violent anti-government protests.
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Burnt buses, submerged cars become selfie points outside Sri Lanka's PM re
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12, (ANI): Amid the ongoing political crisis in Sri Lanka, including large scale anti-government protests that turned violent on Monday, the country has found for itself new selfie points near burnt buses and cars submerged in ponds outside the Prime Minister's re
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Sri Lanka court bars Mahinda Rajapaksa from leaving country
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): Mahinda Rajapaksa, who recently tendered his resignation from the position of the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, has been barred from leaving the country by a local court, media reports said.
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Pakistan: Former Punjab governor Cheema 'refuses' to step down from office
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab province former governor Omar Sarfaraz Cheema has refused to step down from the position through a notification by the cabinet division despite being denotified as Punjab governor on Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka: Chief Prelate denounce brutal attacks by government against pea
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 10 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing economic and political crisis in Sri Lanka, the Chief Prelates, a group of high-ranking Buddhist monks on Monday condemned the violent attacks by the Sri Lanka police unleashed upon peaceful protesters.
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