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Sri Lankan President likely to declare state of emergency
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Gotbaya Rajapaksa will declare a state of emergency with effect from Friday midnight, local media reported.
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Sri Lanka parliament adjourned until May 17
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): Following a tense situation in Sri Lanka Parliament, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has adjourned the session until May 17, local media reported.
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Sri Lanka: MPs trapped inside Parliament amid students protest
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): As the ongoing protests of university students in Sri Lanka near the Parliament continue, the parliamentarians of Sri Lanka are trapped inside the Parliament premises, unable to leave.
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Andhra Pradesh: 4 of family set themselves on fire; Woman, daughter dead
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 6 (ANI): Four of a family in Elamanchili village in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district attempted self-immolation in which a woman and her daughter succumbed while her other daughter and son sustained severe burns on Thursday morning, police said.
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Sri Lanka: Railways, transport workers to join nationwide strike
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): The Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters' Union (SLRSMU) announced that they will participate in the nationwide strike on Friday.
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Sri Lanka Police fires tear gas on university students protesting outside
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): Sri Lanka Police fired tear gas on the protesters on Thursday in order to disperse the protest staged by University students under the theme "Let's oust the government! Let's reverse the system!" outside the parliament.
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Sri Lanka: Court extends travel ban imposed on former Central bank Governo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): The Colombo Chief Magistrate's court on Thursday further extended the travel ban imposed on former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal.
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Sri Lanka: BASL President urges politicians to unite to avert economic cri
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): As Sri Lanka battles with one of the worst economic crises, Saliya Pieris PC, President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), urged all the Sri Lankan politicians to act as statesmen and avert the imminent crisis.
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Two accused arrested in Hyderabad interfaith marriage murder case
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 5 (ANI): Hyderabad's Saroornagar police arrested two relatives of Ashrin Sulthana alias Pallavi for their involvement in the murder of Billipuram Nagaraju on Thursday.
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Sri Lanka faces diesel shortage as foreign exchange crisis worsens
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): Sri Lankan Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera on Thursday said the country is facing a shortage of diesel as the foreign exchange crisis worsens in the South Asian country.
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Sri Lanka: Pedestrian hit by MP's car, dies
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): A Sri Lankan pedestrian lost his life at Mampuri on Palavi, on Wednesday, after he got hit allegedly by Puttalam District Muslim Congress Parliamentarian, Ali Sabri's motor vehicle.
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Bangladesh sends emergency medical supplies to Sri Lanka amid economic cri
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 5 (ANI): Bangladesh on Thursday sent emergency medical supplies to Sri Lanka as the island nation faces one of the worst economic crises since gaining independence.
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