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Protests near Maldives Prez’s house urging to send Gotabaya Rajapaksa back
Colombo: Maldivians and Sri Lankan expatriates are protesting near Maldives President Ibrahim Solih’s house urging the authorities to send ousted Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa out from their country’s soil, the Head…
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India denies facilitating travel of Gotabaya Rajapaksa out of Sri Lanka
Colombo: The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka has dismissed “baseless” and “speculative” media reports that said that India has facilitated President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s exit from the country. According to reports, Gotabaya…
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Sri Lanka’s situation is very sensitive, very complicated: Jaishankar
Thiruvananthapuram: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday described as “very sensitive and very complicated” the situation prevailing in Sri Lanka and said India’s focus right now is on the economic aspects…
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Sri Lanka: SC petition seeks travel restrictions on Rajapaksa brothers, others
Colombo: A petition has been filed in Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court seeking an interim order restraining former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and other influential officials of the Rajapaksa regime from fleeing the…
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Loss to SL in 2nd Test has plenty of learnings for series in India: Cummins
Galle: Australia Test skipper Pat Cummins believes the lessons learnt in his team’s innings defeat to Sri Lanka in the second Test at Galle were huge, and would help the side in…
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Sri Lanka: Role of activists in bringing down government within weeks
Colombo: A few activists played a key role in bringing down Sri Lankan government within weeks. Their initial meetings at a seaside in Colombo turned into massive protests later. As per Reuters,…
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa still in SL: Parliament Speaker dismisses reports of Prez fleeing
Colombo: Speaker of Sri Lanka’s Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Monday clarified that Gotabaya Rajapaksa is still in the country, soon after reports emerged that President has left the island nation. Sri…
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Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers to resign if new govt formed: PM’s office
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers have decided to resign if an agreement is reached to form an all-party government, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement on Monday. In discussions held…
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Sri Lankan PM residence now a ‘picnic spot’
Colombo: After intruding in Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s house, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s residence in Colombo became a picnic spot for the protestors, as they take over the place — playing…
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign, confirms Sri Lanka PM
Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister’s office on Monday confirmed that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will resign from the post as announced earlier. Earlier, Rajapaksa informed the Speaker that he would resign from the…