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Sri Lanka: Maithripala Sirisena congratulates Gotabaya on 'historic' victo
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 18 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday congratulated Gotabaya Rajapaksa on his "historic" victory in the presidential elections.
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Sri Lanka: Gotabaya Rajapaksa wins presidential elections
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 17 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Elections Chief Mahinda Deshapriya on Sunday afternoon confirmed that opposition candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa had won the presidential elections.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa thanks PM Modi for wishes on election victory
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 17 (ANI): Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the warm wishes on his victory in the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential elections.
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Sri Lanka presidential polls: Rajapaksa claims victory as Premadasa conced
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 17 (ANI): Gotabaya Rajapaksa has claimed victory in the Sri Lankan presidential polls and his main opponent Sajith Premadasa of the ruling United National Party has conceded defeat, even as the official results are yet to be announced.
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Counting of votes underway for Presidential elections in Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 17 (ANI): The results of Sri Lanka's presidential election will be announced on Sunday as counting of votes is underway in an election that was marred by incidents of violence that left several people injured.
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Voting concludes in Sri Lanka presidential election
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 16 (ANI): Voting in Sri Lankan Presidential election concluded on Saturday.
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Sri Lanka Presidential election: Gunmen open fire on bus carrying voters i
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 16 (ANI): Gunmen opened fire on a convoy of buses carrying voters in Mannar in northern Sri Lanka on Saturday, as the island country began voting for a presidential election.
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Sri Lanka votes for new President
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 16 (ANI): Sri Lankans head to the polls on Saturday to elect a new President of the country amid security and economic concerns.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sajith Premadasa frontrunners in race to be President
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka] Nov 16 (ANI): Months after a deadly terror attack shattered the calm that Sri Lanka had and left over 250 people dead, the country heads to polls on November 16 to elect a new President.
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Over 1600 Australian university students to undertake study, work-based ex
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 2 (ANI): The Australian government has announced that 1,607 university students from the country will undertake study and work-based experiences in India as part of the '2020 New Colombo Plan Mobility Program'.
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Indian High Commission was 'potential target' in Easter Sunday attack: Sri
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 23 (ANI): The select committee of Sri Lankan Parliament on Sunday Easter attack has said that the Indian High Commission here was a "potential target" of terror attack and also referred to intelligence input about a hotel where Indians were staying in large numbers
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Sri Lanka announces squad for three-match T20 series against Australia
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 17 (ANI): Sri Lanka Cricket has announced the squad for the upcoming T20I series against Australia.
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