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Sri Lanka to implement QR Code system-based fuel distribution from today
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 1 (ANI): Sri Lankans have been urged not to overcrowd fuel stations in the country as the fuel distribution process for vehicles as per the QR code system which was delayed earlier, will be implemented from Monday at fuel stations across the island nation, loca
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Poverty compels few Sri Lankan women towards prostitution
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 31 (ANI): As Sri Lanka is gripped under a reeling economic crisis, numerous women in the country have changed their professions and turned to prostitution for daily meals.
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Wickremesinghe urges parties to find ways to repay loans as unrest delayed
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 31 (ANI): Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday said that the unrest had delayed a possible deal with the International Monetary Fund to help pull the bankrupt nation out of its economic crisis and urged political parties must work together on find
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India committed to assist Sri Lanka in overcoming economic crisis: Preside
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Newly-elected President Droupadi Murmu while extending felicitations to Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that India has been committed to assist the people of Sri Lanka in overcoming the challenges posed by the economic crises.
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Sri Lankan government initiates talks to form 'All-party' government
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 29 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government initiated a negotiation with the opposition parties on Thursday in a bid to form an 'all-party' government.
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Dalai Lama advocates democracy, freedom for the world: Sri Lankan professo
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 28 (ANI): The Dalai Lama, one of the most admired spiritual leaders, is an icon who advocates democracy and freedom not only for his country but also for the world, a Sri Lanka-based professor said.
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Sri Lanka extends state of emergency for a month
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 27 (ANI): Sri Lanka's parliament on Wednesday voted to approve the proclamation of the state of emergency imposed earlier in July, allowing it to extend it.
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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina wishes newly-elected Sri Lankan President Wick
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 27 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina conveyed her congratulatory wishes to newly-elected Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and expressed her conviction for strengthening the ties between the two nations.
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US envoy, President Wickremesinghe discuss Sri Lankan economic, political
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 27 (ANI): US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung met Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday and discussed the ongoing economic and political crisis and ways to work together to navigate toward a brighter future.
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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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Protestor who disrupted Sri Lanka's state TV programme arrested
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 26 (ANI): Dhaniz Ali, a Sri Lankan protestor who entered the premises of Sri Lanka's national television network, Rupavahini Corporation, disrupting scheduled programming, was arrested while attempting to leave the island nation, media reports said.
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PM Modi assures full support to Sri Lanka in letter to President Wickremes
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated the newly elected Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe for his election and assured full support to the people of Sri Lanka.
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