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Sri Lankan president to appoint new PM this week
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri lanka], May 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Wednesday that he will appoint a new prime minister within this week.
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Sri Lanka crisis: Gotabaya Rajapaksa ready to abolish executive presidency
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 11 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday announced that he is ready to abolish the executive presidency after discussing the issue with the Opposition regarding the formation of the new government.
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Sri Lanka President condemns violence during protests over economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 9 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday condemned the violence during the protests over the worsening economic crisis in the island nation.
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Sri Lankan President likely to declare state of emergency
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Gotbaya Rajapaksa will declare a state of emergency with effect from Friday midnight, local media reported.
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Sri Lanka: Former President Sirisena calls for fresh elections
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 2 (ANI): Addressing a May Day rally organised by his party in Polonnaruwa, former Sri Lanka President and the chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday called for fresh elections in the country.
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Sri Lankan President calls for political consensus to deal with economic c
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 1 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has reiterated his call for a political consensus to deal with the challenges faced by the country, local media reported.
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Sri Lankan President says he's willing to form interim government to resol
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 25 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday said that he is willing to take immediate steps to form an interim government to curb and resolve the ongoing economic crisis in the country.
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Sri Lankan President to appoint new Cabinet amid anti-government protests
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Amid the ongoing anti-government protests in Sri Lanka following the economic and political crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is all set to draft fresh blood in the council of ministers in the island nation while it has been learnt that the size of the
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Drug dealers, fundamentalist groups taking advantage of economic crisis,
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): Amid protests in Sri Lanka over the country's worst economic crisis, an advisor to the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday said the government has tried to control drug dealers "who have a lot of money" and that they are "very angry". Read More
Protestors burn effigies of Sri Lanka President, PM at anti-govt protests
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
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
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
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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South Korea to provide more job opportunities to Sri Lankans, says Korean
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 6 (ANI): Considering Sri Lanka's economic crisis, South Korea has said that it will focus on providing more employment opportunities to the nationals of the island country in Korea.
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