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Year Ender: Sri Lanka witnesses economic, political crisis and mass protes
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
People of Sri Lanka demanded the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa as they blamed their government for the mismanagement of the country's economy.
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I don't believe it's time for him to return: Sri Lankan President on Gotab
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 1 (ANI): Sri Lanka's President, Ranil Wickremesinghe Sunday said that it is not the right time for Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to the island nation, stressing that it could agitate the protesters who have been demanding the resignation of former President and hol
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On protest threat, Sri Lanka's President Wickremesinghe says he has no hom
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 1 (ANI): Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday said that there is no point in demanding that he "goes home" as he has no home to go to while referring to the threats received from the protestors.
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Sri Lanka ex-president Rajapaksa extends stay in Singapore
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Singapore, July 27 (ANI): Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has extended his stay in Singapore for another 14 days, the Straits Times reported on Wednesday.
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New Sri Lankan PM Dinesh Gunawardena, 17 ministers take oath
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in as the prime minister of Sri Lanka by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday along with 17 other cabinet ministers.
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Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as 15th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): Dinesh Gunawardena on Friday took oath as Sri Lanka's new prime minister.
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Sri Lanka crisis: Since January, over 1.5 lakh people left country for job
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): As Sri Lanka scrambles to get back on track following the election of a new President, the people in the country -- who are facing severe economic hardship -- are still uncertain about the future.
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Sri Lanka: Brigadier Anil Somaweera has not been suspended, says Army
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 17 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Army on Sunday said that Brigadier Anil Somaweera of Sri Lanka Light Infantry, who was on duty on July 13 when the Prime Minister's Office was taken over by protesters, has not been suspended.
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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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