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Sri Lanka: Man arrested for stealing 50 tear gas canisters from police
Colombo: As the Sri Lankan economic crisis persists, a 31-year-old suspect was arrested for stealing about 50 tear gas canisters from police during protests at Polduwa Junction near Parliament, media reports said.…
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Sri Lanka: State of emergency declared ahead of July 20 prez polls
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday declared a state of emergency in the country with immediate effect, ahead of the July 20 election for the post of the president which…
- India
Govt calls all-party meet on SL crisis on Tuesday; Sitharaman, Jaishankar to brief MPs
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will brief leaders of various political parties on the Sri Lankan crisis during an all-party meeting on Tuesday, Parliamentary Affairs…
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Food crisis: G7 alliance offers aid to Sri Lanka
Colombo: Sri Lankan acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has revealed that the G7 alliance on global food crisis has offered the country US$ 14 billion aid to spend on food. During an international…
- India
Sri Lanka crisis: Students in India worried about families, finances
New Delhi: Families, future and finances- Srilankan students in India are on hooks getting bothered about the three as their kin back home struggle with the developments in wake of the Island…
- World
SL facing frequent power cuts due to lack of sufficient fuel, water
Colombo: Sri Lanka will witness three hours of power cuts in the next two days, i.e. July 18 and 19, announced the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL). One hour and…
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Sri Lanka: Wickremesinghe, Premadasa among 4 leaders to contest presidential election
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe and main Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa are among the four leaders who have joined the race to become the country’s next President as the lawmakers…
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Over 6M people in crisis-hit Sri Lanka ‘food insecure’: World Food Programme
United Nations: Over six million people or over 28 per cent of Sri Lanka’s population are “food insecure” and this situation is likely to deteriorate as the crisis unfolds in the island…
- Opinions
Learning from Sri Lankan crisis
Ram Puniyani The crisis in Sri Lanka has shaken not only the citizens of Sri Lanka but also the neighbors and the World as a whole. At one level there is a…
- World
SL: Wickremesinghe prohibits use of ‘His Excellency’ to address President
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s interim President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday decided to prohibit the use of the word ‘His Excellency’ to address the President and abolished the presidential flag, as he underlined his…
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Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn-in as interim President
Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn-in as the interim President of the island nation on Friday. Prime Minister Wickremesinghe was sworn-in before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, Daily Mirror reported. Earlier…
- World
Central banker warns Sri Lanka faces shutdown without stable government
Colombo: The governor of Sri Lanka’s central bank, Nandalal Weerasinghe, has warned that the country may shut down if no stable government is formed soon, local media reported. There is a “lot…
- World
Rajapaksa sent resignation letter to Speaker through email: Reports
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday sent his resignation letter through an email to Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardenaon whose office is checking the legality of the document, according…
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Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa allowed entry on ‘private visit’: Singapore govt
Singapore/Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was allowed to enter Singapore on Thursday on a “private visit”, a day after he fled the country to the Maldives without resigning as promised in…
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Sri Lanka: One dead, 84 injured in protests
Colombo: One person died and 84 others injured in anti-government protests in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, media reports said. The 26-year-old man died from breathing difficulties after police lobbed teargas at protesters…
