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Sri Lankan President requests Vladimir Putin for credit to import fuel
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 7 (ANI): As Sri Lanka continues to battle its worst financial crisis in seven decades, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has sought urgent credit support to import fuel to the island nation in a telephonic conversation with the Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesd
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Sri Lankan President to visit UAE to procure fuel
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 30 (ANI): Amid the fuel shortage in the country, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the coming weeks to procure the fuel.
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Top Indian delegation holds talks with Sri Lanka President on economic sup
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 23 (ANI): A high-level Indian delegation led by Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra held talks with Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo on Thursday amid the ongoing economic crisis in the island nation.
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Sri Lankan cabinet passes 21st Amendment to curtail powers of President
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 20 (ANI): Aiming to curtail powers of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan Cabinet on Monday passed the 21st Amendment to its Constitution.
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Sri Lanka receives 40,000 MT diesel consignment under India's assistance
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 16 (ANI): In continuation of India's assistance to Sri Lanka in fighting its economic crisis, another 40,000 metric tons of diesel consignment under Indian assistance reached Colombo on Thursday.
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Sri Lanka: Ceylon Electricity Board head quits; apologizes after alleging
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 14 (ANI): The Chairman of Sri Lanka's Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), M M C Ferdinando has resigned days after he alleged before the parliamentary panel that Prime Minister Narendra Modi influenced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to award a wind power project to the Ad
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Sri Lanka: Protest erupts outside new MP's house
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 12 (ANI): After Sri Lanka's business tycoon Dhammika Perera was sworn in as a national list MP (Member of Parliament), protests erupted on Sunday, outside his home, demanding accountability for his casino business.
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Sri Lanka President orders release of Rs 1.8 billion from COVID-19 fund fo
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 4 (ANI): Amid Sri Lanka's unprecedented economic crisis, its President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered the release of Rs 1.8 billion from COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund for the import of essential medicines.
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Sri Lankan President instructs officials to maintain adequate stocks of es
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 3 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented economic crisis in the island nation, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed officials to maintain adequate stocks of all essential food items to prevent a shortage of goods.
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'Gota Go Gama' demonstrators deny 'false claims' of meeting Sri Lanka Pres
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 2 (ANI): Demonstrators against Gotabaya Rajapaksa-led government in Sri Lanka have denied claims that they had met the Sri Lankan President and alleged that false claims were being made in an attempt to scuttle the ongoing struggle at Galle Face.
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Former Sri Lanka PM to summon before Human Rights Commission regarding att
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 29 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has decided to call former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to obtain a statement regarding the attacks on protesters at Galle Face and Temple Trees in Colombo on May 9 and the subsequent unrest.
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Primary goal of educational reforms should be to create good citizens: Sri
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 28 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said that the primary goal of educational reforms should be to create good citizens, who would be able to contribute to the economy of the island country.
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