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Sri Lanka: Amid growing protests, Rajapaksa flees to naval base
Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday reportedly fled to a naval base amidst the growing protests in the country. Rajapaksa and his family members have taken shelter at the…
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Guterres calls for dialogue to solve Sri Lanka crisis
United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres wants Sri Lankans to find a solution through dialogue to the crisis in their country, whose Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned amid violent clashes spurred…
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Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns amid ongoing economic crisis
Colombo: Amid a nation-wide stir demanding his removal, Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday quit from his post, media reports said. The development came in the wake of island-wide curfew…
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Sri Lanka govt defends imposition of emergency, amidst criticism
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government on Saturday defended imposing a state of emergency, saying it was required to tackle the unprecedented economic crisis plaguing the country, even as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa faced…
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Amid worst economic crisis, Sri Lanka under state of emergency again
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency with effect from Friday midnight, according to the presidential media division. The state of emergency gives the police and the security…
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DMK MPs to donate one month’s salary to Sri Lanka relief fund
Chennai:The DMK Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs will contribute one month’s salary to the Sri Lankan relief fund following an appeal by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin. The money will…
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SL: Prez Rajapaksa urges political parties to set aside differences
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s beleaguered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday urged all political parties to set aside their differences and appealed to the protesting citizens to join hands to steer a “pro-people struggle”,…
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Poverty in Sri Lanka to spike this year, warns World Bank
Colombo: More Sri Lankans will slip into poverty this year, the World Bank has warned, as it urged the debt-ridden island nation to undertake urgent policy measures to address the high levels…
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China to help Sri Lanka to solve economic crisis: PM Rajapaksa
Colombo/Beijing: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday said he had a “very productive” conversation with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang and thanked him for assuring support to his government to…
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Sri Lanka requests IMF for rapid financial aid amidst current economic crisis
Washington/Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Ali Sabry has met IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in Washington and made a request for a Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) amidst the unprecedented economic crisis in…
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Six awarded death penalty for mob lynching of Sri Lankan citizen in Pakistan
Lahore: An anti-terrorism court in Lahore announced the verdict in the mob lynching of Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara on false allegations of blasphemy in Sialkot last December, awarding death penalty to…
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Sri Lanka to take steps to stabilise economy
Colombo: Sri Lankan Treasury Secretary Mahinda Siriwardana said on Monday that the country will take steps to stabilise the economy, including strengthening public finance. Siriwardana made the remarks as the Sri Lankan…
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Sri Lankan Army vows to safeguard Constitution; not to interfere with peaceful anti-govt protests
Colombo: In an unusual move, the Sri Lankan Army on Saturday vowed to uphold the Constitution and not to interfere with the ongoing anti-government protests across the island nation against the unprecedented…
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Twitterati asks Musk to buy Sri Lanka instead of Twitter for $43 billion
New Delhi: Twitter users want Tesla CEO Elon Musk to acquire Sri Lanka instead of the microblogging site for $43 billion, as the country faces its worst economic crisis since its Independence.…
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Sanjay Raut takes digs at RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statement on ‘Akhand Bharat’
Mumbai: 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…
