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Sri Lankan police make two dozen arrests as death toll from blasts hits 290
Apr 22, 2019 05:11Sri Lankan police have arrested two dozen people in connection with a string of bomb attacks on several churches and hotels that have claimed the lives of at least 290 people.
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Explosions leave massive casualties at Sri Lanka churches, hotels
Apr 21, 2019 03:00Several explosions have hit three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka, reportedly leaving at least 207 people dead and over 450 others wounded.
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Sri Lanka’s new premier resigns to end deadlock
Dec 15, 2018 14:23Sri Lanka’s disputed prime minister resigned on Saturday, saying he wanted to end a long political impasse over his appointment and allow the president to form a new government.
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Sri Lanka parliament votes out new government
Nov 14, 2018 09:55Sri Lanka’s parliament has passed a no-confidence motion against the controversially-appointed government of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Sri Lankan president dissolves parliament, sets January snap elections
Nov 10, 2018 09:28Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena has dissolved the parliament and called for snap general elections amid deepening political crisis in the Indian Ocean country.
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Sri Lanka speaker says won't accept Rajapaksa as PM until he proves a majority
Nov 05, 2018 10:39Sri Lanka's speaker of parliament said on Monday he would not accept a former president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, as the new prime minister until he proves he commands a majority in parliament.
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Sri Lanka's sacked PM: Time running out to avert 'bloodbath'
Nov 03, 2018 04:07Sri Lanka's sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned that a power struggle could imminently turn into a “bloodbath”, while expressing hope that parliament will resolve a constitutional crisis soon.
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Sri Lanka crisis could turn into bloodbath: Parliament chief
Oct 29, 2018 09:31Sri Lanka’s parliament speaker has warned that the political crisis unfolding in the country could turn into a “bloodbath” on the streets unless the parliament is empowered to intervene and resolve the standoff between the president and the sacked premier.
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One dead in Sri Lanka shooting as constitutional crisis escalates
Oct 28, 2018 15:46A constitutional crisis gripping Sri Lanka since the president's shock dismissal of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe erupted into violence Sunday, with a man shot dead and two others injured in Colombo.
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Sri Lanka’s ousted PM resists presidential eviction order
Oct 28, 2018 09:40Political crisis has deepened in Sri Lanka as the country’s sacked prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, defies a presidential order to step down and move out of his official residence.