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Ex-Sri Lanka President Gotabaya applies for US green card: Report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 19 (ANI): The former President of Sri Lanka who fled the island nation in July amid mass protests demanding his resignation is awaiting to obtain a US green card to return back to the United States along with his wife and son, a media report said.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa set for return to Sri Lanka next week: Report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 18 (ANI): Sri Lanka's former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is all set to return next week to the island nation that he was forced to flee in July after massive protests against him, local media reported.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa not using state funds for expenses abroad: Sri Lankan g
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 17 (ANI): Amid the row surrounding the frequent travel of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to foreign countries since his ouster from power, the new Sri Lankan leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has come forward to clarify that the current government is not playing fo
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Sri Lanka's pulses production on track for recovery: Global Pulse Confeder
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 12 (ANI): With fuel shortages raging across the country and prices skyrocketing as the currency rapidly depreciates and foreign reserves deplete, Sri Lankan citizens are facing, among other issues, difficulty accessing food.
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Sri Lankan SC extends travel ban on Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 11 (ANI): Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the travel ban imposed on the country's former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa until September 5.
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Bangladesh's foreign reserves are good, won't see repeat of Lankan crisis:
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Amid raging protests against skyrocketing fuel prices, the Bangladesh government has asserted that Dhaka won't see a similar fate to the Sri Lankan crisis because the country has a substantial amount of foreign reserves.
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India gets an opening to regain influence in South Asia amid Sri Lanka cri
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 9 (ANI): Sri Lanka's economic crisis has resulted in a serious political and socio-economic impact on its residents. But for India, analysts regard this situation as an opportunity to regain lost ground in the island nation.
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UN chief extends support to Sri Lanka amid crisis
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 6 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has extended support to the Sri Lankan government and the people to meet their immediate and long-term needs.
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Jaishankar meets Australian counterpart Penny Wong ahead of ASEAN meeting
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Phnom Penh [Combodia], August 4 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Australian counterpart Penny Wong in Cambodia ahead of the ASEAN ministerial meeting on Thursday.
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India among "our closest partners" Blinken tells Jaishankar ahead of ASEAN
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Phnom Penh [Combodia], August 4 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Cambodia ahead of the ASEAN ministerial meeting on Thursday, said that New Delhi is among Washington's "closest partners".
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"Always good to meet", Jaishankar tells Blinken ahead of ASEAN meeting in
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Phnom Penh [Combodia], August 4 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Cambodia ahead of the ASEAN ministerial meeting on Thursday.
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Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe thanks PM Modi for India's support to
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 3 (ANI): Newly elected Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday thanked India which he said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has provided the crisis-hit island nation "a breath of life" in tough times.
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