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Sri Lankan protesters continue to occupy President's Secretariat, vacate a
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): All Sri Lankan government buildings have been vacated except for President's Secretariat, Danish Ali, a Sri Lankan protester said, adding that they held the protests peacefully and the ones who damaged the properties belonged to former President Gotabaya R
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Sri Lanka: Gotabaya Rajapaksa to stay in Singapore, not travel to Middle E
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife will stay in Singapore and not travel further to the Middle East.
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Army tanks deployed near Sri Lankan Parliament as crisis worsens
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka Army deployed tanks near Parliament on Thursday to prevent protesters from entering the Parliament.
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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa departs for Singapore from Maldive
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who reached the Maldivian Capital Male following raging protests in Sri Lanka, departed for Singapore today.
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'GotoGoGama' activists announce to withdraw from President, PM's houses an
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): Activists representing the "GotaGoGama" protest campaign announced that they will peacefully hand over government-occupied buildings including President's house, Presidential Secretariat, and Prime Minister's office, aiming to restore peace in the country.
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Yet to receive resignation letter from President Rajapaksa: Sri Lankan Spe
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): Amid the deteriorating political situation in the country, Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Yapa Abeywardena on Thursday said that he is yet to receive the resignation letter from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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Important to address Sri Lanka conflict, protestors' grievances: UN Chief
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 14 (ANI): Amid the unrest in Sri Lanka, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said that it is important to address the conflict and grievances of protestors.
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Sri Lanka Ministers hold party leaders' meet to resolve ongoing crisis
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): In order to tackle the ongoing political crisis in Sri Lanka, leaders of political parties met and decided that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should resign immediately to resolve the current situation in the country.
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Nationwide curfew imposed in Sri Lanka till Thursday morning
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): A nationwide curfew has been imposed until Thursday morning in Sri Lanka in the wake of intensifying protests against the government.
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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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Speaker confirms Sri Lankan President to handover resignation on Wednesday
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Amid massive protests, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abywardena that he will hand over his resignation letter on Wednesday as earlier announced.
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Protesters take over office of Sri Lankan Prime Minister
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): As protests intensified in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, protestors who had gathered outside Sri Lanka PM's office have taken over his residence at Flower Road here.
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