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Iran offers to undertake infrastructural projects in Sri Lanka
Sep 26, 2022 07:25Iranian companies are prepared to carry out infrastructural projects in Sri Lanka and promote economic cooperation with the South Asian country, Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said.
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Sri Lanka’s deposed president faces arrest calls after return
Sep 03, 2022 07:17Sri Lanka’s deposed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has returned to the country from self-imposed exile and is now facing arrest warrants.
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Sri Lanka’s deposed president Rajapaksa ‘to return home’ on Sept. 3: Reports
Sep 02, 2022 08:30Sri Lanka's deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to end his self-imposed exile in Thailand and return home on Saturday, according to reports, citing senior defense officials.
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Sri Lanka gains IMF's provisional agreement for $2.9 billion loan
Sep 01, 2022 08:21Sri Lanka has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan of about $2.9 billion, the global lender said on Thursday, as the country seeks a way out its worst economic crisis in decades.
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Chinese research ship leaves Sri Lanka after riling India, US
Aug 23, 2022 09:36A Chinese research vessel departed from Sri Lanka's Hambantota port on Monday after six days marked by tensions between India and China with New Delhi becoming increasingly uneasy over Beijing’s growing influence in the region.
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India says monitoring reports of Chinese vessel’s planned visit to Sri Lanka
Jul 29, 2022 00:49India says it is aware of reports about a Chinese vessel's planned visit to a Sri Lankan port as both countries are vying for influence in the island nation amid the ongoing political turmoil.
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Sri Lanka arrests protest leaders, as parliament extends state of emergency
Jul 28, 2022 07:35Two activists who helped lead mass demonstrations that toppled Sri Lanka’s president have been arrested, police said, as the parliament has extended tough emergency laws imposed to restore order.
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Rights group seeks arrest of ex-Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa in Singapore
Jul 25, 2022 02:05A rights group documenting alleged abuses in Sri Lanka is seeking the arrest of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over his role in the Asian nation’s decades-long civil war, following the president’s escape to Singapore.
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Sri Lankan police clear main protest site as new PM takes over
Jul 22, 2022 06:42Sri Lankan police and security forces on Friday cleared the main protest site in the capital Colombo occupied by demonstrators for months, hours after an ally of the Rajapaksa family was appointed the new prime minister.
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Protests continue in Sri Lanka, as parliament elects Ranil Wickremesinghe as president
Jul 21, 2022 04:21Anti-government protesters have returned to the streets of Sri Lanka’s capital after newly-appointed President Ranil Wickremesinghe vowed to crack down on the protests that toppled his predecessor, condemning them as “against the law.”