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India always stood by Sri Lanka, no refugee crisis right now: Jaishankar
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 10 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said that India has been providing assistance to Sri Lanka and is monitoring the developments in the island nation adding that there is no refugee crisis now.
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44,000 MT urea under India's credit line set to arrive in Colombo
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 10 (ANI): Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay met with Sri Lanka's Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera and informed him about the arrival of over 44,000 MT of urea supplied under a credit line extended by New Delhi to Colombo.
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Sri Lankan protesters find millions of rupees from Gotabaya Rajapaksa's ho
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 10 (ANI): Protesters who stormed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's house on Saturday amid the country's worst economic crisis claimed to have recovered a large sum of money from the mansion, local media reported.
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Sri Lanka: The last remaining Rajapaksa announces resignation, dramatic pi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 10 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday agreed to step down from his post hours after thousands of protesters stormed his official residence in the capital of Colombo, forcing him to flee to an unknown location.
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Amid massive protests, Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down as Sri Lankan Presi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka] July 9 (ANI): Hours after thousands of protesters stormed his official residence in the capital of Sri Lanka, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday agreed to step down from his post.
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Opposition leader Premadasa demands resignition of Sri Lankan President an
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): Amid the ongoing protest outside Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapakse's residence, leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa demanded the resignation of the President and Prime Minister.
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Dramatic visuals show protestors breaking into Sri Lankan President Gotaba
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): Dramatic visuals from outside Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapakse's residence on Saturday showed a sea of demonstrators storming into the compound, tearing down security cordons placed by police, taking a dip in the swimming pool and romping through his
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Sri Lankan PM calls emergency meeting after angry protestors storm inside
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): After angry protestors on Saturday stormed inside the residence of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has summoned an emergency Party Leaders meeting to discuss the situation and come to a swift resolutio
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Enraged protestors storm Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's house
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): After thousands of enraged protestors on Saturday barged into his residence in Colombo, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa reportedly fled his home, according to local media.
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Ahead of Saturday protest, curfew imposed in several areas in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): Ahead of a massive protest on Saturday demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka's police imposed a curfew in several police divisions in Western Province with effect from 9 pm local time Friday until further notice.
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Bangladesh protests as China attempts to steal credit for Padma Bridge
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 8 (ANI): In the run-up to the inauguration of the bridge over the river Padma, Bangladesh has protested vehemently against an attempt by China to steal credit for its construction.
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Sri Lanka's Church calls on President, PM to resign amid economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 8 (ANI): Amid the ongoing economic crisis and shortage of fuel and gas, Sri Lanka's Church of Ceylon has called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to immediately resign alleging they have failed to take any meaningful steps to al
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