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Sri Lanka: Rebel lawmakers ask Mahinda Rajapaksa to resign honourably or f
Updated : 4 years, 2 months 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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Next election after present govt completes tenure, says Pak Minister
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Pakistan Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday said that the general election will take place after the present government complete their tenure.
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Pak Interior Minister suggests new representative should be nominated for
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Saturday said that President Arif Alvi should nominate someone else for the oath ceremony of the newly-elected Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz as Senate Chairman's position is constitutional.
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Pakistan newly elected PM Sharif to face same old problems during his regi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 22 (ANI): Pakistan's newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will now inherit the same old problems, including the economic crisis, which were there during the former cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan regime, said a media report.
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Sri Lankan PM Rajapaksa expresses distress over Rambukkana violence
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 20 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday said that he is deeply distressed following the violence that took place in Rambukkana town.
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Sri Lankan police caution protesters from jeopardizing fuel transportation
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 20 (ANI): Amid the ongoing anti-government protests in Sri Lanka following the economic and political crisis, the police have urged the public not to jeopardise the fuel transportation system while protesting.
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Pakistan: Army scurries for damage control after Imran Khan's 'foreign con
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's ouster, his US foreign conspiracy rhetoric which contradicts with Army's standing, and the country's troubled polity have all placed the military in an uneasy spot which is now trying to do damage control and recover
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Man in Kabul sets himself on fire over financial stress
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 18 (ANI): A man set himself on fire in Dehmazang Square in Afghanistan's Kabul on Monday with the media reports stating that he had been facing financial difficulties.
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Sri Lankan President appoints 17 ministers in Cabinet to firefight economi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday appointed 17 Cabinet Ministers even while anti-government protests continue to pick steam following the economic and political crisis in the country.
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Sri Lankan President to appoint new Cabinet amid anti-government protests
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Amid the ongoing anti-government protests in Sri Lanka following the economic and political crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is all set to draft fresh blood in the council of ministers in the island nation while it has been learnt that the size of the
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Sri Lanka Defence Minister clarifies military will not be deployed to supp
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): Sri Lankan Defence Minister Kamal Gunaratne clarified that the military forces will not be deployed to suppress democratically held peaceful protests as the economic and political crisis deepens in the country.
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Drug dealers, fundamentalist groups taking advantage of economic crisis,
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): Amid protests in Sri Lanka over the country's worst economic crisis, an advisor to the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday said the government has tried to control drug dealers "who have a lot of money" and that they are "very angry". Read More
