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Sri Lanka: Nine new cabinet ministers take oath amid political, economic t
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 20 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday administered oath to nine new cabinet ministers as political instability and economic crisis continue to affect the island nation.
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Sri Lanka PM appoints former Maldives President Nasheed to coordinate reli
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 20 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed former Maldives President and Speaker of Parliament Mohammed Nasheed on Thursday to coordinate the relief efforts for the island nation.
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Sri Lanka: Protestors gather outside President Secretary's office over acu
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 19 (ANI): With their country in the grips of a devastating economic crisis, frustrated protesters accumulated outside Sri Lanka's President Secretary's office on Thursday amidst large scale security deployment in place.
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Sri Lankan envoy meets NSA Doval, request India's assistance in garnering
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda on Thursday met National Security Advisor Ajit Doval to discuss the present crisis in the island country and requested India's assistance in garnering international support for the economic recovery in S
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Sri Lanka PM assures parliament of sufficient fuel stocks till mid-June
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri lanka], May 19 (ANI): Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday assured the country's lawmakers that the island nation has been able to secure sufficient stocks of diesel and petrol which will last till mid-June.
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Sri Lankan govt medical officers warn of trade union action over pay cuts,
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 19 (ANI): Health services may be disrupted after fuel and gas shortages in Sri Lanka, said the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) of the country if the salaries of health workers are cut during this severe crisis.
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High Commission asks Indians living in Sri Lanka to register
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 19 (ANI): India on Thursday asked all its citizens living in crisis-hit Sri Lanka to register themselves at the High Commission.
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Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam ruled out of remainder of test series agai
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 19 (ANI): Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test series against Sri Lanka after sustaining an injury on his right hand during the fourth day of the match at Chattogram.
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Sri Lankan economic crisis brings opportunity for Indian tea industry
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Siliguri (West-Bengal) [India], May 19 (ANI): Gripped by a severe economic crisis, Sri Lanka, a major player in the global tea market, has not been able to export tea, creating an opportunity for the Indian tea industry to tap the market.
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Sri Lanka: CID interrogates four MPs over attack on protesters in Temple T
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 19 (ANI): Sri Lanka's team of Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officers on Wednesday questioned four MPs, including former Ministers Rohitha Abeygunawardena and CB Ratnayake, over the violence near Temple Trees and Galle Face Green in Colombo, a local media r
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Sri Lanka: PM Wickremesinghe seeks support of SJB's two MPs for non-partis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 19 (ANI): Sri Lanka newly appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday in a letter to the opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentarians Manusha Nanayakkara and Harin Fernando sought their support in the formation of non-partisan government.
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India looks a lot like Sri Lanka, government distracting from real issues:
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday targeted the government on "unemployment, petrol price and communal violence" saying "India looks a lot like Sri Lanka" which is facing its worst economic crisis.
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