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Sri Lanka: 9 arrested during clashes at Galle Face protest site, says Poli
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): As many as nine people were arrested in the early hours of Friday at the Galle Face protest site, in a face-off between protesters and armed security personnel.
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Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as 15th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years 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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"Brutal and Despicable" says Sri Lanka's rights body on action against Gal
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): Terming the actions of Sri Lankan authorities on the peaceful protesters at Galle Face "brutal and despicable", the country's Human Rights Commission condemned the act and urged the state to conduct its own investigation to ensure that rule of law is ma
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US expresses concerns over dismantling of protest site at Galle Face
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): US Ambassador to Colombo Julie Chun on Friday expressed deep concerns about the actions taken by Sri Lankan authorities against protestors at Galle Face in the middle of the night.
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Security personnel dismantle protest camps in Colombo
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): A large number of protestors confronted armed security personnel as the latter set up barricades outside the premises of the Sri Lankan Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.
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India will continue to be supportive of people's requirements in Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): As Sri Lanka continues to suffer the blow of a poor economy and political turmoil, India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay said that India will continue to assist the people of the island nation and contribute to the country through investm
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Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi ruled out of 2nd Test against Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Afridi, the 2021 ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year, suffered an injury to his knee on day four of the first Test.
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Asia Cup to be held in UAE, confirms BCCI president Sourav Ganguly
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Asia Cup 2022 was supposed to be held in Sri Lanka but due to the ongoing economic crisis, the event has been shifted to UAE.
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Pak: Business community warns of Sri Lanka-like crisis as rupee in freefal
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Karachi [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): As the dollar touched an all-time high of 224.92 against the Pakistani rupee, the business community gathered at the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) to analyse the looming threat of a Sri Lanka-like economic emergency.
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Sri Lanka to hold swearing-in ceremony for new Cabinet ministers on Friday
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): Sri Lanka's new Cabinet of ministers is scheduled to be sworn in on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
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India will continue to stand by people of Sri Lanka: MEA
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New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday reiterated its stance to stand by the people of Sri Lanka at the time of crisis, saying that India has been at forefront of extending economic assistance to Sri Lanka and will continue to do so.
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Sri Lanka: LoP Premadasa meets Wickremesinghe, urges to reinforce parliame
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): Sri Lanka's main Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa on Thursday met the country's newly elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe and urged him to reinforce the Parliament committee system "to achieve national consensus rather than dishing out ministerial por
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