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Sri Lanka: CID arrests suspect involved in Rambukkana incident
Updated : 3 years, 10 months 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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Sri Lankan PM Rajapaksa expresses distress over Rambukkana violence
Updated : 3 years, 10 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 : 3 years, 10 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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Curfew imposed in Sri Lanka's Rambukkana amid unrest
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 20 (ANI): Sri Lanka police imposed a curfew in the Rambukkana Police Division until further notice following unrest in the country with the clash between protesters and police in the city.
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IMF, India pledge to support Sri Lanka in economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and India will support Sri Lanka in the economic crisis that has gripped the country, Sri Lankan Finance Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka: US envoy calls for restraint after violence in Rambukkana town
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 19 (ANI): US ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung called for restraint and calm after reports of violence emerged from Rambukkana town on Tuesday amid the unprecedented protest due to the ongoing economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka: 1 dead, over 10 injured in clash between protesters, police
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 19 (ANI): One person died and over 10 people were injured from the gunshot after the protesters and police clashed in Rambukkana town of Sri Lanka on Tuesday afternoon.
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Sri Lanka: Opposition party SJB to protest against govt next week
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Sri Lanka Opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has decided to launch an anti-government protest march from Kandy to the capital city, Colombo on April 26, local media reported.
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Sri Lankans dressed as the dead demand justice for victims of Easter bombi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): A group of Sri Lankan people dressed as the dead staged a peaceful protest walk from Aluthkade to Galle Face demanding justice for the deaths of more than 260 Sri Lankans in Islamic State-inspired bombings on Easter Sunday three years ago.
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Sri Lanka: Catholic Church backs Galle Face protests
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has extended its support to the ongoing Galle Face protest in Sri Lanka demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, local media reported.
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Sri Lanka: University teachers' association to launch strike on Tuesday in
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Federation of University Teachers' Association (FUTA) has decided to go on a one-day strike on Tuesday in support of the ongoing Galle Face protest which demanded the resignation of the President and the government, local media reported.
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Sri Lanka: Army cautions people against 'troops about to cause violence' s
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Army has issued a statement urging the people to not be duped by malicious and misleading media reports that the troops are about to "cause violence in the ongoing protest", local media reported.
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