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Sri Lanka's Army Chief requests citizens to support armed forces to mainta
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Amid ongoing protests, Sri Lanka's Chief of Defence Staff General Shavendra Silva requested all citizens to give their support to the armed forces to maintain law and order in the crisis-ridden country.
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Ukraine-returned medical students stage protest, seek admission in Indian
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 13 (ANI): A large number of medical students evacuated from war-torn Ukraine and their parents staged a protest in front of the Odisha assembly in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday, seeking admission to Indian medical universities in order to secure their future.
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Speaker confirms Sri Lankan President to handover resignation on Wednesday
Updated : 3 years, 11 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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US Embassy in Sri Lanka cancels all consular services amid fresh protests
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): US Embassy in Sri Lanka on Wednesday cancelled its all consular services for today and tomorrow amid fresh protests.
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Protesters take over office of Sri Lankan Prime Minister
Updated : 3 years, 11 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 Lanka's national TV network goes off air as protests intensify
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka's national broadcaster SLRC, known as Jathika Rupavahini on Wednesday suspended live telecast as protestors surrounded its premises.
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Sri Lanka PM declares emergency as President Rajapaksa flees to Maldives
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday declared an emergency and imposed a curfew in the western province of the country as protests intensified following President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's escape to the Maldives.
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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flies out of country amid raging p
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has flown out of the island nation on Wednesday, a media report said quoting officials.
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Sri Lanka's Motor Traffic Department to remain closed on Fridays
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 12 (ANI): The Motor Traffic Department in Sri Lanka on Tuesday said that it will remain closed on Fridays and public holidays until further notice.
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China bank protesters win promise of repayments
Updated : 3 years, 11 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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UAE's flydubai suspends operations to Sri Lanka amid political unrest
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], July 11 (ANI): After protests intensified in Sri Lanka amid political and economic unrest in the country, UAE's flydubai has suspended its flights to the South Asian country.
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Pakistani soldier killed in IED explosion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 11 (ANI): At least one Pakistani soldier was killed and two more critically injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack by rebels in the Bannu region of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a report said.
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