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Sri Lankan President appoints 17 ministers in Cabinet to firefight economi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday appointed 17 Cabinet Ministers even while anti-government protests continue to pick steam following the economic and political crisis in the country.
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Sri Lankan President to appoint new Cabinet amid anti-government protests
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Amid the ongoing anti-government protests in Sri Lanka following the economic and political crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is all set to draft fresh blood in the council of ministers in the island nation while it has been learnt that the size of the
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Sri Lankans dressed as the dead demand justice for victims of Easter bombi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): A group of Sri Lankan people dressed as the dead staged a peaceful protest walk from Aluthkade to Galle Face demanding justice for the deaths of more than 260 Sri Lankans in Islamic State-inspired bombings on Easter Sunday three years ago.
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Sri Lanka Finance Minister, officials leave for Washington for discussion
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): Amid the ongoing economic crisis and widespread protests against the government, a four-member Sri Lankan delegation led by the newly appointed Finance Minister Ali Sabry has left for Washington for initial discussions with the International Monetary Fund
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Sri Lanka Defence Minister clarifies military will not be deployed to supp
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): Sri Lankan Defence Minister Kamal Gunaratne clarified that the military forces will not be deployed to suppress democratically held peaceful protests as the economic and political crisis deepens in the country.
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China's 'debt-trap diplomacy' behind Sri Lanka crisis: Report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): While Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis since independence with food and fuel shortages, soaring prices and power cuts, many believe that China's "debt-trap diplomacy" is behind the crisis, said a media report.
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Sri Lanka: Army cautions people against 'troops about to cause violence' s
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Army has issued a statement urging the people to not be duped by malicious and misleading media reports that the troops are about to "cause violence in the ongoing protest", local media reported.
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Drug dealers, fundamentalist groups taking advantage of economic crisis,
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): Amid protests in Sri Lanka over the country's worst economic crisis, an advisor to the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday said the government has tried to control drug dealers "who have a lot of money" and that they are "very angry". Read More
Biggest contributor to Sri Lanka's economic crisis is 'mismanagement': Bud
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 16 (ANI): The President of the Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace (ABCP) - Sri Lanka National Centre, Dr Maitipe Wimalasara Maha Thera on Saturday blamed the "mismanagement" of economic policies by the country's leadership for the present turmoil.
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Sri Lanka: Opposition party SJB to hold meet on Sunday to discuss no-confi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 16 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya will hold a meeting on Sunday to decide their next move regarding the no-confidence motion against the ruling government and impeachment motion against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, local media reported.
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Sri Lankan Police sergeant arrested for joining Galle Face protest, releas
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 16 (ANI): A Sri Lankan Police sergeant, who was arrested for joining the protest at the Galle Face Green area in uniform and making a statement to the media, has been released on bail after he was produced in court on Friday.
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Sri Lanka: Protesters call Rajapaksa Govt tyrant, full of nepotism as Gall
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 16 (ANI): A massive crowd continues to remain gathered at Galle Face, the main beachfront in the capital Colombo, outside Sri Lankan President's secretariat to protest against Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa amid the economic cr
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