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Sri Lanka provides 5-year visas to Indian business leaders to promote inve
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 3 (ANI): Sri Lankan Minister Dhammika Perera handed 5-year visas to Indian business leaders in the island nation to promote investment in the country.
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Sri Lankan customs seize foreign liquor, cigarettes worth Rs 60 million
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 2 (ANI): Sri Lankan Custom officials along with the country's Excise department on Friday seized foreign alcohol worth Rs 60 million along with cosmetics, turmeric and cigarettes sent in several large UPBS (Unaccompanied Passenger Baggage) from Dubai, a local med
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Extra bounce is my biggest weapon: Australia's Nathan Lyon on his spell ag
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
On the very first ball of his spell, Lyon got an excessive amount of turn and bounce from the surface, leaving Sri Lankan batters surprised.
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Sri Lankan President to visit UAE to procure fuel
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 30 (ANI): Amid the fuel shortage in the country, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the coming weeks to procure the fuel.
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Over 600 inmates escape Sri Lanka's rehabilitation centre
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 29 (ANI): Over 600 inmates escaped a rehabilitation centre in Polonnaruwa in central Sri Lanka on Wednesday after a fight broke out between two prisoner groups, Xinhua News Agency reported citing the Sri Lankan police.
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Sri Lankan opposition party to launch "street battles" demanding govt chan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 28 (ANI): Sri Lankan opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya has announced to hit the streets this week demanding a change of government as the nation continues to battle its worst economic crisis.
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Sri Lankan navy thwarts migration attempt, detains over 100 people
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 28 (ANI): Sri Lankan navy detained over 100 people in two days, who were trying to migrate to Australia by boat, a local media reported citing the Sri Lankan Navy media unit.
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Sri Lanka permits companies to import fuel as crisis worsens
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 28 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Cabinet on Tuesday granted to open fuel imports and retail sales market to companies from oil-exporting nations after the country ran out of fuel as only 1,100 tonnes of petrol and 7,500 tonnes of diesel are left, which are not sufficient to
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2 Sri Lankans refugees found at Rameswaram island, probe underway
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 27 (ANI): Amid the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, many citizens are fleeing the island nation. On Monday, two Sri Lankan refugees were found on Rameswaram island and they are investigated by the Tamil Nadu Police.
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Sri Lanka to use USD 70 million from Indian credit line to import food
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 25 (ANI): Sri Lankan government had given its approval to make the use of another USD 70 million from the USD 1 billion Line of Credit (LoC) extended by India during the ongoing crisis to import essential food items.
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CBI conducts surprise check in alleged Tuna scam in Lakshadweep
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team comprising of about 25 officials led by a DIG rank official camped in Lakshadweep are conducting a Joint Surprise Check along with Vigilance officials of Lakshadweep administration related to corruption and irre
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Another humanitarian consignment from India reaches Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 24 (ANI): India provided a humanitarian consignment worth more than SLR 3 billion to Sri Lanka, which is facing the worst economic crisis since its independence.
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