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Sri Lankan PM calls emergency meeting after angry protestors storm inside
Updated : 3 years, 9 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, 9 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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UNHRC calls for restraint ahead of Sri Lanka protest
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): Ahead of what is expected to be a large demonstration in Colombo on Saturday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Sri Lankan authorities to show restraint in the policing of assemblies and ensure every necessary effort to prevent violence.
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Ahead of Saturday protest, curfew imposed in several areas in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 9 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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SL vs Aus, 2nd Test: Labuschagne, Smith tons put Australia in strong posit
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Opted to bat first, the hosts got off to a good start with Kasun Rajitha providing them with an early breakthrough when he knocked off David Warner's off stump in the fifth over of the day
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Bangladesh protests as China attempts to steal credit for Padma Bridge
Updated : 3 years, 9 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, 9 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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Rohit Sharma becomes first captain to record 13 successive T20I wins
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
After taking over the captaincy from Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma took the Men in Blue to victory against New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, and now England.
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Sri Lanka's crisis should be warning to us all: UNDP
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], July 8 (ANI): With the war in Ukraine dragging on, countries already under pressure from the knock-off effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, risk seeing the same economic crisis as Sri Lanka, the UN said on Thursday as it advised the international community to introduce radical fin
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BJP leader slams filmmaker Manimekalai, says 'Kaali'poster row preplanned
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Amid the row over the poster of the documentary 'Kaali', Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national secretary Anupam Hazra on Thursday slammed filmmaker Leena Manimekalai and said the controversy was a preplanned strategy by the filmmaker to come into the limel
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6th Deputy National Security Advisor level meeting concludes in Kochi
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kochi [India], July 7 (ANI): Under the National Security Council Secretariat of India, the member states of the Colombo Security Conclave comprising India, Maldives, Mauritius and Sri Lanka, successfully concluded the 6th Deputy National Security Advisor level meeting held on Thursday in Koc
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Bharat Petroleum refuels Sri Lankan airlines flights at Indian airports, a
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Over 100 flights of Sri Lankan airlines have been refuelled by India's gas and petroleum refineries company, Bharat Petroleum at Indian airports as a support to the country reeling under its worst economic crisis and facing fuel shortage.
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