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People should be ready to face economic challenges in forthcoming months,
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 16 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in an address to the nation on Monday gave an account of the grave economic situation facing the island nation and said that the people need to be prepared to make sacrifices.
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Sri Lanka to impose 9-hour curfew from 8 pm today amid raging violence
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 16 (ANI): Sri Lankan government will impose a curfew from 8 pm on Monday till 5 am Tuesday, local media reported on Monday.
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Sri Lanka: Failing economy forces auto drivers to sell flags at Galle Face
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 16, (ANI): Sri Lanka is facing a large-scale economic crisis, a level of economic emergency of unprecedented nature, with nationwide anti-government protests demanding the resignation of the country's president Gotabaya Rajpaksa.
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If Imran Khan is arrested, country will turn into Sri Lanka: Ex Pak minist
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Former Pakistan Interior minister and Awami Muslim League (AML) President Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Sunday warned that if the former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan is arrested then Pakistan will turn into Sri Lanka.
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UN stands with Sri lanka, hopes for peaceful recovery from current crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Admiring the resilience shown by the Sri Lankan people, the United Nations said that it stands with the people and hopes for a peaceful recovery from the current crisis, local media reported.
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SLFP will support formation of new govt: Former Sri Lankan President infor
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Leader Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday in a letter to newly appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that his party will support the formation of a new government with the Prime Minister.
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Over 600 families in Sri Lanka affected by floods, landslides
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Center (DMC) on Sunday said that over 600 families in the Island nation have been affected by floods and landslides as the rainy weather prevails in the country.
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'Lot to be done and undone': New Sri Lankan PM on severe financial crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Newly appointed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said he will provide a full explanation of the financial crisis faced by the island nation on Monday, days after he was appointed as the prime minister in the midst of the violent protests t
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Tamil Nadu govt to send medical supplies worth Rs 28 crores to Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 15 (ANI): In view of the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Sunday said as many as 137 types of medical supplies worth Rs 28 crores will be sent to Sri Lanka in a couple of days.
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Sri Lanka PM holds talks with World Bank, Asian Development Bank represent
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday held discussions with the country's representatives of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) amid the ongoing economic crisis in the Island nation.
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Sri Lanka: More than 200 arrested over nationwide violence
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Over 200 people have been arrested in Sri Lanka on various charges including violation of curfew, attacking the public and causing damages to public and private properties since Monday as the authorities try to bring order back to the Island nation hit by a
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Sri Lanka to probe reports on planned LTTE attack
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Sri Lankan Defence Ministry has said that it will probe the reports on the planned attacks by the LTTE on Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day on May 18, a day observed by Sri Lankan Tamils to remember those who died in the final stages of the country's civil war.
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