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Sri Lanka limits Parliament sessions due to fuel crisis

Colombo, July 3 (UNI) Parliament sessions in Sri Lanka has been limited to three days this week due to the ongoing energy crisis in the island nation, media reports said on Sunday.
Daily Mirror reported citing Parliament media unit as saying that the Essential Public Services Act will be approved by Parliament without debate on Wednesday.
The House was expected to take up an adjournment debate on the current situation of the country that will be moved by the opposition on the same day, the report said.
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London, Dec 3 (UNI) Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian dissident rapper and activist, has been released from prison, according to a statement issued by his international legal team.

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Chief of Army Staff, Nepal, to leave for India on Dec 11

03 Dec 2024 | 11:28 PM

Kathmandu, Dec 3 (UNI) Nepal's Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Ashok Raj Sigdel will leave on a four-day visit to India on December 11 at the invitation of his Indian counterpart General Upendra Dwivedi.

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Security beefed up around Indian Embassy in Dhaka

03 Dec 2024 | 11:25 PM

Dhaka (Bangladesh), Dec 3 (UNI) Security has been tightened around the Indian Embassy area in Dhaka following a call for protest to block the embassy by a section of the Bangladesh Civil Society.

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The US committee points to lab leak as likely origin of Covid-19

03 Dec 2024 | 11:20 PM

Washington, Dec 3 (UNI) A two-year investigation by the US House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis in a report rhas concluded that COVID-19 "likely emerged from a laboratory or research-related accident."
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Hunter Biden pardon deals new blow to democrats after election victory of Trump

03 Dec 2024 | 10:52 PM

Washington, Dec 3 (UNI) Outgoing US President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son, Hunter, has dealt another blow to the Democratic Party as it struggles to recover following Donald Trump’s presidential victory, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Tuesday.

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