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Sri Lankan President says he's willing to form interim government to resol
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 25 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday said that he is willing to take immediate steps to form an interim government to curb and resolve the ongoing economic crisis in the country.
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Sri Lanka stock market halts trading as share prices plummet
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 25 (ANI): Sri Lanka stock market on Monday halted trading again after the index of liquid stocks plummeted, with the All Share Price Index falling 9.6 per cent and the Standard & Poor's Sri Lanka 20 (S&P SL20) plunging 12.64 per cent, according to a media r
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Sri Lanka: 21st Amendment proposal to be presented in new cabinet meeting
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 25 (ANI): Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will present on Monday proposals submitted by political parties to Parliament to draft the 21st Amendment of the Constitution at the first meeting of the new cabinet, local media reported.
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Sri Lanka: Opposition Party SJB claims of having over 113 signatories for
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 25 (ANI): Sri Lanka's opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP (Member of Parliament) Rajitha Senaratne on Sunday claimed that his party had secured over 113 signatures for the no-confidence motion against the government.
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Sri Lankans to face severe power cuts due to lack of sufficient fuel, wate
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 25 (ANI): The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), the largest electricity company in Sri Lanka, on Sunday announced that there will be a 4 hour and 30-minute power cut for three days due to the lack of sufficient fuel and water to generate electricity.
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Sri Lanka crisis: Situation tense near Prime Minster Rajapaksa's residence
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 25 (ANI): As the anti-government protest continues in Sri Lanka over the worsening economic crisis, the tense situation has been reported near the residence of the country's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, according to local media.
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Sri Lanka: University students federation protest march reaches Galle Face
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 24 (ANI): The Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) protest march reached Galle Face in the capital city of Colombo on Sunday evening.
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Sri Lanka to appoint advisors on debt restructuring in next 20 days
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lanka will appoint advisors to help with its debt restructuring in the next 20 days, Finance Minister Ali Sabry has said.
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Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan returns to national side for first
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Dhaka (Bangladesh) [India], April 24 (ANI): Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will return to the Bangladesh side for the first test against Sri Lanka on May 15.
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Sri Lanka: Rebel lawmakers ask Mahinda Rajapaksa to resign honourably or f
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 24 (ANI): The group of ruling party lawmakers who rebelled and became an independent group earlier this month, said that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa should resign from his post, or else will have to face a no-confidence motion.
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Former PM Wickremesinghe predicts food crisis in Sri Lanka
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 24 (ANI): United National Party (UNP) leader and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has predicted food shortage in Sri Lanka as the Indian credit facility given for fuel will end by the first week of May and demanded the Rajapaksa government's resignation.
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Following Sri Lankan economy collapse, worries mount in Pakistan over Chin
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): Drawing warning lessons from the collapsing Chinese-dominated economies of Sri Lanka and Nepal, the Shehbaz Sharif government has decided to scrap the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority (CPECA) to arrest Pakistan's own slide towards a similar fat
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