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Sri Lanka crisis: Since January, over 1.5 lakh people left country for job
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): As Sri Lanka scrambles to get back on track following the election of a new President, the people in the country -- who are facing severe economic hardship -- are still uncertain about the future.
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Sri Lanka: UN experts sound alarm on economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): Greater support must be given to Sri Lanka as the country faces economic crisis and political turmoil, a group of UN human rights experts stated in an appeal to the international community.
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China's debt trap diplomacy responsible for economic calamity in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): China's debt trap diplomacy has become a major cause of Sri Lanka's unprecedented economic crisis due to the failure of the island nation to take better steps to restructure its debts in dialogue with the IMF.
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AP following path of Sri Lanka, says TDP MLA Payyavula
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 20 (ANI): The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Wednesday expressed serious concern over the deeper financial crisis in Andhra Pradesh which is pushing the state into the worst economic emergency.
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Narcotics, arms trafficking from Sri Lanka: NIA raids at 22 places in TN
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches at 22 locations in Tamil Nadu in a case of narcotics and arms trafficking from Sri Lanka to India.
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Pakistan win first Test against Sri Lanka by 4 wickets
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Mohammad Rizwan put on a good partnership with opener Abdullah Shafique to put Sri Lanka close to winning the game. Shafique finished the game at an unbeaten 160 runs.
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Ranil Wickremesinghe to be sworn in as Sri Lanka's new President tomorrow
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 20 (ANI): Ranil Wickremesinghe will take oath as the President of Sri Lanka at the parliament complex on Thursday after his victory in a parliament vote to choose a new president for the South Asian country.
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Sri Lanka: Protesters gather outside Presidential Secretariat after Wickre
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 20 (ANI): Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on Wednesday after Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as Sri Lanka's President.
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Sri Lanka in very difficult situation, big challenges ahead: Newly elected
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 20 (ANI): Ranil Wickremesinghe who was on Wednesday elected as Sri Lanka's new President said that he was "in a very difficult situation" and that he faces "big challenges ahead" to lead the country out of the dire economic crisis.
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Ranil Wickremesinghe wins Presidential polls in Sri Lanka, succeeds Gotaba
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 20 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe won the Presidential election on Wednesday amid the ongoing economic turmoil in the island nation.
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"Baseless": India denies reports of political influence amid Sri Lanka's P
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 20 (ANI): India on Wednesday categorically denied media reports that New Delhi is making efforts at the political level to influence leaders in Sri Lanka regarding elections in the Parliament for the post of the Sri Lankan President.
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Voting underway in Parliament to elect next President of Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 20 (ANI): Voting is underway in Sri Lanka to elect a new president following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa amid an unprecedented economic crisis that has led to a shortage of fuel and other essential commodities in the country.
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