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Sri Lanka: 35 including President's brother Chamal Rajapksa sworn in as mi
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 27 (ANI): As many as 35 Ministers of State and three deputy ministers were sworn-in in the presence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa here on Wednesday.
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Tamil Nadu: DRI intercepts man at Trichy International Airport, recovers 2
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov 26 (ANI): Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) intercepted one person who had arrived at Trichy International Airport on November 24 from Guangzhou (China) via Colombo (Sri Lanka), while he was attempting to smuggle live species viz. China Pond tortoise
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Sri Lanka president appoints 16 member interim cabinet
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 22 (ANI): Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday appointed the interim cabinet of the caretaker government that will remain in place till the next General election and gave important portfolios to his two brothers--Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Cha
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PM Modi congratulates newly appointed Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday extended wishes to Mahinda Rajapaksa over his appointment as Sri Lanka's prime minister.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lanka PM
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 21 (ANI): Sri Lanka's newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's brother Mahinda Rajapaksa was on Thursday sworn in as the new prime minister of the island nation.
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Sri Lanka: Mahinda Rajapaksa to be sworn in as PM today
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 21 (ANI): Sri Lanka's newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's brother Mahinda Rajapaksa will be sworn in as the new prime minister of the island nation on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka President Gotabaya names brother Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Mini
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 20 (ANI): Sri Lanka's newly-elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday named his elder brother and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new prime minister after Ranil Wickremesinghe announced his resignation, the state media reported.
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Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe to resign today
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 20 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will tender his resignation from office on Wednesday, paving the way for newly-elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to appoint a new Cabinet, Daily Mirror reported.
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Jaishankar meets ex-Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa, discusses boosting
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 20 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa here on Tuesday and discussed ways of giving a thrust to the bilateral relations between the two countries.
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Sri Lanka's newly elected President accepts PM Modi's invitation to visit
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 19 (ANI): Sri Lanka's newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to visit India on November 29, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa takes oath, Mahinda likely to charge as PM
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 18 (ANI): Sri Lanka's wartime defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday took the oath of the country's 7th President at Ruwanweliseya, a Buddhist pagoda, in Anuradhapura.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa to be sworn-in as Sri Lanka's 7th President today
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 18 (ANI): Sri Lanka's former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be sworn in as the seventh President of the country today.
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