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Sri Lanka: Power cuts to resume from tomorrow
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 15 (ANI): Scheduled power cuts will be reimposed across Sri Lanka from Saturday after a temporary suspension of the disruption of power supply in view of the April New Year festival.
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Sri Lankan Airlines issues Request for Proposal to lease 21 aircrafts by 2
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 15 (ANI): State-run Sri Lankan Airlines has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to lease up to 21 aircraft by 2025 to support its business strategy as the airline is planning to grow its business in the next three years through frequency increases and new destinati
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Galle Face area in Sri Lanka echoes with 'Go Gota Go'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 15 (ANI): Sinhalese, Tamils, and Muslims gathered at Galle Face Green, the main beachfront in the capital Colombo, outside Sri Lankan President's secretariat and raised 'Go Gota Go' slogans and also held President Gotabaya Rajapaksa responsible for the country's
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Massive protest erupts in heart of Colombo amid economic crisis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 14 (ANI): A massive protest erupted in the Galle Face Green area in the capital city of Colombo as the Island nation is facing its worst economic crisis since independence with food and fuel shortages, soaring prices and power cuts.
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Sri Lanka: Opposition party JVP plans public march to oust government
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Marxist party, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), plans to hold a massive public march next week to support the public in ousting the current government.
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Sri Lanka plans to talk with IMF on April 18, says Finance Minister
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka is planning to start the talk with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on April 18 to secure at least USD 4 billion in aid for the economy, said Sri Lanka Finance Minister, local media reported.
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Sri Lanka's health ministry reports drug shortage amid economic crisis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 14 (ANI): Amid the continued economic hardship in the country, Sri Lankan Health Ministry has said there is a shortage of some drugs and equipment in certain government hospitals.
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World Bank says Sri Lanka's economic outlook uncertain, needs urgent polic
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka needs urgent policy measures to address its high levels of debt and debt service, reduce the fiscal deficit, and restore external stability, the World Bank said in its twice-a-year regional update.
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LSR cancels BJP leader's talk on Ambedkar citing JNU, Karnataka developmen
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): Claiming outcry from the students' organisations over the recent violence on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus and communal developments in Karnataka, Lady Shri Ram (LSR) College has cancelled BJP spokesperson Guru Prakash's talk on BR Ambedkar on Thur
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Shiv Sena Sanjay Raut takes digs at RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement on
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 14 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday took a jibe at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's recent statement and said that in order for India to become "truly united", the country will need to join borders with Sri Lanka,
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Sri Lanka women to tour Pakistan for ODI, T20I series in May-June
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka women's cricket team will tour Pakistan for a three-match ODI and T20I series in May-June this year.
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Sri Lankans protesting at Galle Face reject PM Rajapaksa's offer for talks
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 14 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented economic crisis in Sri Lanka, a group of protestors at the Galle Face area, which they have renamed "Gota Go Gama", rejected the offer of talks extended by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa while pressing for the resignation of the r
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