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Drug seizure from Sri Lankan boat case: ED attaches properties of accused
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth Rs 3.59 crore of four accused named in the case of seizure of drugs and arms from Sri Lankan nationals in a Sri Lankan boat named 'Ravihansi' last year, the agency said on Monday.
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Sri Lankan PM to issue special statement tonight
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 11 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is going to issue a special statement on Monday evening, the PM Office said in a statement.
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Sri Lanka will choose constitutional provision to oust government, says op
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 11 (ANI): Dismissing the possibility of a no-confidence motion like Pakistan to oust the present government in Sri Lanka, Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa said that they will use their Constitutional provisions to change the government.
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Political stalemate continues in Sri Lanka as meeting between President Ra
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 11 (ANI): The meeting between President Gottabaya Rajapaksa and former President Maithripala Srisena-led Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to discuss the political and economic crisis affecting the country ended without any conclusion on Sunday, reported local media.
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Sri Lanka: Perinatal Society appeals for help to 'save newborn babies' as
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 11 (ANI): Perinatal Society of Sri Lanka has made a desperate appeal to the Sri Lankans living in and outside the island nation to save newborn babies in hospitals that are running out of essential consumables amid the country's deepening economic crisis.
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Sri Lankan leaders use Chinese money for personal benefit, say locals arou
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Hambantota [Sri Lanka], April 10 (ANI): Amid one of the worst economic crises in Sri Lanka, locals around the country's Hambantota port blame the government for the situation the island nation is facing at present while saying that the leaders use the money they receive from China for the
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Protestors burn effigies of Sri Lanka President, PM at anti-govt protests
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Milan [Italy], April 10 (ANI): Some 1000 Sri Lankan nationals staged an anti-government protest at Central Railway Station in Milan, Italy.
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Sri Lanka: President Rajapaksa meets ex-President Srisena, discusses econo
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 10 (ANI): President Gottabaya Rajapaksa and former President Maithripala Srisena-led Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) held a crucial meeting on Sunday evening to discuss the political and economic crisis affecting the country.
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Sri Lanka's political alliance moves bill to remove powers of executive pr
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 10 (ANI): Sri Lanka's parliamentary group of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) on Sunday said that they have come up with a private member's bill to scrap the 20th amendment and remove the powers of the executive presidency.
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Sri Lanka's Prez Gotabaya Rajapaksa to hold crucial meeting with 41 MPs
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 10 (ANI): In a bid to find a solution to the current economic, political and social crisis in the country, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be holding a crucial meeting with 41 MPs who recently quit the ruling dispensation.
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Amid economic crisis in Sri Lanka, ration, vegetables from India reach Col
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 10 (ANI): As vegetables and daily ration items sent by New Delhi reached Colombo, India again stepped forward to help Sri Lanka amid the worst economic crisis in the island nation.
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Former PM Wickremesinghe alleges 'incompetent' Gotabaya govt plunged Sri L
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 10 (ANI): Former Prime minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday accused the incumbent government of plunging the country into a deep economic and political crisis with its "incompetence in dealing with the financial challenges" while also stating tha
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