[ad_1] Marking the national War Heroes Day, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said the armed forces ended the LTTE civil war in 2009 through a “humanitarian operation”, but the government still faces a UN-led probe into the alleged human rights violations Marking the national War Heroes Day, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said the armed […]
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[ad_1] Nepal people ‘equally happy’ for Ram temple in Ayodhya: Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday referred to the common cultural heritage of India and Nepal and said the Nepalese people were “equally happy” as the temple for Lord Ram was under construction at Ayodhya. Next couple of months ‘most difficult’ for Sri Lankans: PM […]
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[ad_1] Inflation soars near eight-year high to 7.8% in April; India adopted people-centric strategy against pandemic Inflation faced by Indian consumers shot up to a nearly eight-year high of 7.8% in April from 6.95% in March, with rural inflation accelerating to 8.4% and urban parts of the country experiencing 7.1% inflation, as per data released […]
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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] An airport without planes, a revolving restaurant with no diners, a debt-laden seaport — Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has been exacerbated by Chinese-funded projects that stand as neglected monuments to government extravagance. The South Asian island nation borrowed heavily to plug years of budget shortfalls and trade deficits, but squandered huge sums on ill-considered […]
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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 President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family have made it clear that they will not step down Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family have made it clear that they will not step down Police fired tear gas on students attempting to storm Sri Lanka’s Parliament Thursday as the protesters demanded the […]
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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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