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Sri Lanka: Police receive 484 photos, 73 videos on attack on protesters
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 21 (ANI): Sri Lanka's police Media Spokesman Superintendent of Police (SSP) Nihal Thalduwa on Friday said that they have received 484 photographs and 73 videos regarding the attack on protesters at Temple Trees and Galle Face Green site.
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Japan provides USD 1.5 million for medicines to Sri Lanka through UNICEF
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 21 (ANI): Grappling with severe medicine shortages, the Japanese government came forward to help Sri Lanka by providing USD 1.5 million for essential medicines through UNICEF to meet the urgent needs of the population.
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Sri Lanka: Protestors gather outside President Secretary's office over acu
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 19 (ANI): With their country in the grips of a devastating economic crisis, frustrated protesters accumulated outside Sri Lanka's President Secretary's office on Thursday amidst large scale security deployment in place.
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Sri Lanka PM assures parliament of sufficient fuel stocks till mid-June
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri lanka], May 19 (ANI): Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday assured the country's lawmakers that the island nation has been able to secure sufficient stocks of diesel and petrol which will last till mid-June.
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High Commission asks Indians living in Sri Lanka to register
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 19 (ANI): India on Thursday asked all its citizens living in crisis-hit Sri Lanka to register themselves at the High Commission.
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Sri Lanka: CID interrogates four MPs over attack on protesters in Temple T
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 19 (ANI): Sri Lanka's team of Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officers on Wednesday questioned four MPs, including former Ministers Rohitha Abeygunawardena and CB Ratnayake, over the violence near Temple Trees and Galle Face Green in Colombo, a local media r
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Sri Lanka: PM Wickremesinghe seeks support of SJB's two MPs for non-partis
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 19 (ANI): Sri Lanka newly appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday in a letter to the opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentarians Manusha Nanayakkara and Harin Fernando sought their support in the formation of non-partisan government.
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Sri Lanka PM says, USD 160 million received from World Bank but cannot be
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Sri Lanka [Colombo], May 18 (ANI): Grappling with severe food and fuel shortages, the newly-elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe in the Parliament on Wednesday said that the island country has received USD 160 million from the World Bank, however, the money would not be
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Sri Lanka: Several MPs accost two scribes covering parliamentary proceedin
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 18 (ANI): Several MPs from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna accosted two journalists covering parliamentary proceedings on Tuesday amid the country's economic crisis.
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Ajith Rajapakse elected new Deputy Speaker of Sri Lanka Parliament
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Colombo[Sri lanka], May 17 (ANI): The ruling party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Hambanthota District parliamentarian Ajith Rajapakse has been elected as the new Deputy Speaker of Parliament, reported Colombo Page.
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Sri Lankans look towards India amid unprecedented economic crisis
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 17 (ANI): As Sri Lanka continues to face a dearth of fuel across the country, the island nation is looking toward India for assistance in the face of the unprecedented economic crisis.
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Ramayana fame Ashok Vatika faces financial crunch amid Sri Lankan crisis
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Nuwara Eliya [Sri Lanka], May 17 (ANI): Amid the ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka, Ashok Vatika of the Ramayana fame located in Nuwara Eliya of the island nation, which is also known as Sita Amman Temple, is facing the financial crunch.
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