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Sri Lanka crisis: President Rajapaksa announces 4 new ministers in cabinet
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): Following the mass resignation of his Cabinet ministers, President Rajapaksa on Monday named at least four ministers, to maintain legitimacy and stability of Parliament and other functions of the country until a full Cabinet is appointed, even as he asked
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Sri Lankan President invites opposition parties to join government to tack
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has invited all political parties in the country to accept ministerial portfolios and work together to find a solution to the national crisis.
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Sri Lanka's Central Bank Governor resigns amid economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 4 (ANI): As Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis since independence, the Governor of the country's Central Bank, Ajith Nivard Cabraal on Monday said he has submitted his resignation to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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Sri Lanka: Opposition leader terms Cabinet Ministers' resignation ploy to
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): Claiming that the Cabinet Ministers' resignation is a melodrama, Sri Lankan Opposition leader and Member of Parliament (MP) Sajith Premadasa said the drama is being enacted to fool the people of the country.
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Sri Lanka: State of emergency still in place as curfew lifted
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): The 36-hour long curfew that was imposed on Sri Lanka on Saturday evening has been lifted on Monday morning at 6 am but the country is still under the effect of a state of emergency.
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Sri Lanka's entire Cabinet Ministers resign amid economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): Sri Lanka's entire Cabinet Ministers apart from Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided to resign amid rising public anger against the government over the economic crisis in the country.
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Sri Lankan PM's son resigns from all his portfolios
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): Namal Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka's Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs and son of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, has resigned from all his portfolios.
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Sri Lanka Prime Minister's office refutes reports of Mahinda Rajapaksa's r
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister's Office on Sunday refuted the reports of the resignation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and termed them "false" adding that there are no such plans at present.
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With curfew in force, Sri Lanka's capital wears deserted look
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): The streets of Colombo wore a deserted look, resembling a "no man's land" here on Sunday as a curfew was imposed on the city on top of a 36-hour nationwide curfew already in force following protests outside the residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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Man ends life in front of Sri Lankan President's house over power cuts
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): A 53-year-old man committed suicide in front of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's house in Mirihana.
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India extends credit line, fuel, food to bail Sri Lanka out of economic cr
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi/Columbo [India/Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka is reeling under a deep economic crisis as the country's foreign reserves have been depleted and the Rajapaksa government is struggling to pay for the import of fuel.
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Sri Lanka prohibits people from staying in public places
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday issued an Extraordinary Gazette barring people from staying in public places ahead of a planned protest for Sunday.
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