[ad_1] The decision to raise the Octane 92 petrol price by 24.3% or 82 Sri Lankan rupees and diesel by 38.4% or 111 Sri Lankan rupees per litre was taken by the state fuel entity, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation The decision to raise the Octane 92 petrol price by 24.3% or 82 Sri Lankan rupees and […]
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[ad_1] Mahinda Rajapaksa — who resigned as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka after his supporters attacked anti-government protesters and sparked a day of violence — will not flee the country, his son said on Tuesday. The 76-year-old heads a political clan whose hold on power has been shaken by months of blackouts and shortages […]
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[ad_1] The LAC crisis has been a wake-up call in how we deal with China, says former Northern Command chief China’s mobilisations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in May 2020 that sparked a crisis that, two years on, still remains unresolved, could not have likely happened without the top leadership’s consent, according to […]
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[ad_1] Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday declared an Emergency, for the second time in little over a month, amid escalating citizens’ protests, and massive trade union action, in the wake of an unprecedented economic crisis. Mr. Gotabaya earlier declared Emergency regulations on April 1, after street protests intensified in Sri Lanka, as citizens […]
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[ad_1] Sri Lanka’s Opposition parties have decided to move no trust motions against the SLPP coalition government in Parliament on Wednesday, even as the embattled government led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced the appointment of a Cabinet sub-committee to look into the proposal for a new Constitution. The main Opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) […]
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