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Sri Lanka Bar Association asks protesters to vacate PM office, calls it ag
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) on Wednesday asked the protesters to immediately return the office of the Prime Minister to the respective authorities saying 'attempts to occupy Government Offices and to cause destruction or damage to property do n
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Sri Lankan political party pledges support for 'immediate establishment' o
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party on Wednesday urged for the "immediate establishment" of full law and order in the country and pledged its full support.
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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flies out of country amid raging p
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has flown out of the island nation on Wednesday, a media report said quoting officials.
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Motion filed in Supreme Court against formers Sri Lankan ministers to impo
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 12 (ANI): A motion has been filed in the Sri Lankan Supreme Court seeking an interim order restraining the country's former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, former Minister Basil Rajapaksa and two others from leaving the country without the prior approval of the
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US extends support to Sri Lanka, urges cooperation from all political part
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 10 (ANI): The United States on Sunday extended its support to Sri Lanka amid the ongoing political crisis in the country and urged cooperation from all the political parties to resolve the debt crisis in the country.
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Sri Lankans look towards India amid unprecedented economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
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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People should be ready to face economic challenges in forthcoming months,
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 16 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in an address to the nation on Monday gave an account of the grave economic situation facing the island nation and said that the people need to be prepared to make sacrifices.
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Sri Lanka: More than 200 arrested over nationwide violence
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Over 200 people have been arrested in Sri Lanka on various charges including violation of curfew, attacking the public and causing damages to public and private properties since Monday as the authorities try to bring order back to the Island nation hit by a
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Sri Lanka: Protestors demand arrest of Mahinda Rajapaksa in fresh protests
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 14 (ANI): The anti-government protestors in Sri Lanka established a new protest site at the temple trees near the residence of the Prime Minister of the country to rally against the alleged political deal made between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and newly appointed
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Ranil Wickremesinghe returns as Sri Lankan PM with promise to resolve econ
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): Ranil Wickremesinghe, the leader of the United National Party (UNP) of Sri Lanka, took over as the country's Prime Minister for a record sixth term on Thursday to restore stability in the island nation in the midst of a political impasse and unprecedente
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Sri Lanka: 59 social media groups identified for instigated violence
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political catastrophe that fueled unrest in Sri Lanka followed by the subsequent fall of the government, local police have identified 59 social media groups which reportedly instigated violence at the Galle face protest site on Monday.
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Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Thursday sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka amid the worst economic crisis faced by the country that has seen violent anti-government protests.
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