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Covid risk on rise, get vaccinated promptly: Wickremesinghe
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 2 (ANI): Sri Lankan President, Ranil Wickremesinghe made a special request to the people of the country to resort to vaccination as soon as possible amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in the island nation, in a special statement today.
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Sri Lanka: 3 arrested for setting Ranil's private residence ablaze
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 2 (ANI): Three suspects were arrested on Tuesday by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Sri Lanka for allegedly setting ablaze President Ranil Wickremesinghe's private residence in Colombo on July 9, according to local media reports.
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PM Modi assures Sri Lanka's new PM Gunawardena of unwavering support
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday assured newly-elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Dinesh Gunawardena of India's continued support to island nation in a congratulatory letter.
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Sri Lanka Navy rescues Indian fishermen stranded in its territorial waters
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 1 (ANI): Sri Lankan Navy on Monday rescued six Indian fishermen who were stranded after their boat drifted in Lankan waters due to a glitch.
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I don't believe it's time for him to return: Sri Lankan President on Gotab
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 1 (ANI): Sri Lanka's President, Ranil Wickremesinghe Sunday said that it is not the right time for Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to the island nation, stressing that it could agitate the protesters who have been demanding the resignation of former President and hol
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Sri Lanka looks forward to enhancing ties with Russia
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 1 (ANI): In order to enhance ties with Russia, the newly appointed Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry met with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Sri Lanka Yury Materiy on Sunday.
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On protest threat, Sri Lanka's President Wickremesinghe says he has no hom
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 1 (ANI): Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday said that there is no point in demanding that he "goes home" as he has no home to go to while referring to the threats received from the protestors.
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Sri Lanka to implement QR Code system-based fuel distribution from today
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 1 (ANI): Sri Lankans have been urged not to overcrowd fuel stations in the country as the fuel distribution process for vehicles as per the QR code system which was delayed earlier, will be implemented from Monday at fuel stations across the island nation, loca
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Poverty compels few Sri Lankan women towards prostitution
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 31 (ANI): As Sri Lanka is gripped under a reeling economic crisis, numerous women in the country have changed their professions and turned to prostitution for daily meals.
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SAFF U-20: Win against Sri Lanka provides team with confidence, says Head
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
India had won 4-0 against Sri Lanka in their previous SAFF U-20 Championship match
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Petrol reserves in Sri Lanka insufficient to meet needs of people
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 31 (ANI): The World Food Programme said that the remaining petrol reserves in Sri Lanka are likely to be insufficient to meet the needs of people.
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Wickremesinghe urges parties to find ways to repay loans as unrest delayed
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 31 (ANI): Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday said that the unrest had delayed a possible deal with the International Monetary Fund to help pull the bankrupt nation out of its economic crisis and urged political parties must work together on find
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