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Sri Lankan protesters continue to occupy President's Secretariat, vacate a
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): All Sri Lankan government buildings have been vacated except for President's Secretariat, Danish Ali, a Sri Lankan protester said, adding that they held the protests peacefully and the ones who damaged the properties belonged to former President Gotabaya R
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Army tanks deployed near Sri Lankan Parliament as crisis worsens
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka Army deployed tanks near Parliament on Thursday to prevent protesters from entering the Parliament.
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Sri Lanka Bar Association asks protesters to vacate PM office, calls it ag
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) on Wednesday asked the protesters to immediately return the office of the Prime Minister to the respective authorities saying 'attempts to occupy Government Offices and to cause destruction or damage to property do n
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Sri Lankan political party pledges support for 'immediate establishment' o
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party on Wednesday urged for the "immediate establishment" of full law and order in the country and pledged its full support.
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Sri Lanka: 4 hospitalised after clash in Colombo
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Four protesters agitating against the Gotabaya Rajapaksa-led government in Sri Lanka were hospitalised after receiving injuries during a clash at Galle Face Green park here early on Wednesday.
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Speaker confirms Sri Lankan President to handover resignation on Wednesday
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Amid massive protests, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abywardena that he will hand over his resignation letter on Wednesday as earlier announced.
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Protesters take over office of Sri Lankan Prime Minister
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): As protests intensified in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, protestors who had gathered outside Sri Lanka PM's office have taken over his residence at Flower Road here.
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Sri Lankan police use tear gas outside PM's residence to disperse protesto
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Sri Lankan police used tear gas outside the premises of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's residence in Colombo to disperse protestors.
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Protestors storm Sri Lankan PM's residence
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Shortly after Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker said that he is yet to receive Gotabaya Rajapaksa's letter of resignation, thousands of protestors took to the street and some of them stormed the Prime Minister's residence in Colombo demanding the President an
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China bank protesters win promise of repayments
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 12 (ANI): Following protests by ban depositors that caught the eye of national and international media, Chinese authorities in the central Henan province have promised to start paying back first on behalf of several rural banks funds of some clients that had been frozen
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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign, PM confirms
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 11 (ANI): Amid mounting pressure from protesters, Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has officially informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he is resigning from his post.
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Indian High Commission dismisses reports of sending troops to Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 11 (ANI): The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka on Sunday categorically dismissed speculative media reports about New Delhi sending its troops to Colombo as the protesters stormed into President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official home and later broke into Prime Mini
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