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3,700 MT of LP gas arrives in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 10 (ANI): Amid the ongoing protest against the economic crisis, a ship containing 3,700 metric tonnes of LP gas has arrived in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka: Dhammika Perera resigns as cabinet minister
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 10 (ANI): Amid mayhem and chaos in Sri Lanka, Investment promotion Minister Dhammika Perera has resigned from his ministerial portfolio.
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Opposition leader Premadasa demands resignition of Sri Lankan President an
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): Amid the ongoing protest outside Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapakse's residence, leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa demanded the resignation of the President and Prime Minister.
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Dramatic visuals show protestors breaking into Sri Lankan President Gotaba
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): Dramatic visuals from outside Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapakse's residence on Saturday showed a sea of demonstrators storming into the compound, tearing down security cordons placed by police, taking a dip in the swimming pool and romping through his
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Sri Lankan PM calls emergency meeting after angry protestors storm inside
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): After angry protestors on Saturday stormed inside the residence of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has summoned an emergency Party Leaders meeting to discuss the situation and come to a swift resolutio
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Enraged protestors storm Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's house
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): After thousands of enraged protestors on Saturday barged into his residence in Colombo, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa reportedly fled his home, according to local media.
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Sri Lanka's Church calls on President, PM to resign amid economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 8 (ANI): Amid the ongoing economic crisis and shortage of fuel and gas, Sri Lanka's Church of Ceylon has called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to immediately resign alleging they have failed to take any meaningful steps to al
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India responded with urgency to Sri Lanka's request for assistance for ove
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Under the 'neighbourhood first policy', India has responded with urgency to government of Sri Lanka's request for assistance for overcoming hardships and will enhance economic linkages between the two countries be it through infrastructure connectivity and
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Inflation in Sri Lanka may increase to 70 pc in coming months
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 7 (ANI): Amid the ongoing economic crisis in the country, the headline inflation in Sri Lanka might increase to 70 per cent in the coming months.
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New Zealand asks citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 6 (ANI): Amid the economic crisis and potential civil disorder in Sri Lanka, New Zealand has asked its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to the country.
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In talks with IMF, Sri Lanka is participating as bankrupt country: PM Rani
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 5 (ANI): Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday said that the island country is participating in negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a bankrupt country.
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Sri Lanka shuts schools amid fuel crisis
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 4 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented fuel crisis, the Sri Lankan Education Ministry declared the next week, starting from July 4, a holiday week for all the government and state-approved private schools.
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