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UN stands with Sri lanka, hopes for peaceful recovery from current crisis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Admiring the resilience shown by the Sri Lankan people, the United Nations said that it stands with the people and hopes for a peaceful recovery from the current crisis, local media reported.
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SLFP will support formation of new govt: Former Sri Lankan President infor
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Leader Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday in a letter to newly appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that his party will support the formation of a new government with the Prime Minister.
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'Lot to be done and undone': New Sri Lankan PM on severe financial crisis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Newly appointed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said he will provide a full explanation of the financial crisis faced by the island nation on Monday, days after he was appointed as the prime minister in the midst of the violent protests t
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Sri Lanka to probe reports on planned LTTE attack
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Sri Lankan Defence Ministry has said that it will probe the reports on the planned attacks by the LTTE on Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day on May 18, a day observed by Sri Lankan Tamils to remember those who died in the final stages of the country's civil war.
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India delivers over 400,000 MT of fuel to Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Amid the worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka, India took another initiative to extend support and supplied 12 shipments and over 400,000 Metric Tones (MT) of fuel to the island nation.
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Tourism collapse deepens Sri Lankan economic crisis, hospitality bears bru
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Tourism industry in Sri Lanka is severely affected as the country is gripped by a severe economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka: Two names nominated as Deputy Speaker in Parliament
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Amidst a severe political crisis in Sri Lanka, two names have been proposed to fill the vacancy of the position of the Deputy Speaker in the Sri Lankan Parliament.
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Sri Lanka: New PM appoints Ruwan Wijewardena to protect Gota Go Gama
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Newly-appointed Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that he has entrusted the Sri Lankan State Minister of Defense and Deputy Leader of the UNP, Ruwan Wijewardena with the responsibility to give protection to the protest site at Galle
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Sri Lankan PM calls on Oppn leader Premadasa to join hands, form non-parti
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister and United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe invited opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and his party to form a non-partisan government that goes beyond traditional parliamentary politics.
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Solutions to economic crisis must be found in accordance with people's wis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka's leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa in a letter to newly appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that solutions to the economic and political crisis must be found in accordance with the wishes of people.
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India to supply 65,000 MT of urea to Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 14 (ANI): Amid Sri Lanka's devastating economic crisis, India in another initiative to extend support will be supplying 65,000 metric tons of urea to the island nation.
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Lawyer moves court for arrest of ex-Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa for attack
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 14 (ANI): A lawyer has moved a Sri Lankan court seeking direction to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to immediately arrest seven persons, including former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa while alleging conspiracy to commit criminal intimidation and abett
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