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Pakistan left red-faced as Sri Lanka calls out their lies
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 23 (ANI): After the Pakistan High Commission in Sri Lanka claimed that the island nation's President, Maithripala Sirisena, has acknowledged Jammu and Kashmir as a "disputed territory", Colombo on Thursday called out Islamabad's lies and clarified that the preside
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Pak envoy apprises Sirisena on Kashmir; Sri Lanka desists from speaking
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 23 (ANI): Pakistan High Commissioner Major Gen. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat has called on Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and apprised him on the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of India's historic move to change the constitutional status of the
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Sri Lanka score 85/2 at stumps on day one against New Zealand
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 22 (ANI): Sri Lanka scored 85/2 at the stumps of the first day of the second Test match against New Zealand at P Sara Stadium on here on Thursday.
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Mahindra Finance and Ideal Finance form joint venture in Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 20 (ANI): Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd said on Tuesday it has entered into a joint venture with Ideal Finance Ltd, a fully-owned subsidiary of the leading Sri Lankan conglomerate Ideal Group.
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General accused of war crimes appointed as Lanka's Army chief
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 20 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena has named a general accused of grave human rights abuses in Sri Lanka's long-running civil war as the country's new army chief, an appointment sharply criticised as "deeply troubling" by the United Nations.
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Mahindra inaugurates first automotive assembly plant in Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 17 (ANI): Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd on Saturday expanded its global footprint with the inauguration of a local automotive assembly plant at Welipenna near Colombo in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka announces emerging team squad for Bangladesh tour
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 15 (ANI): Sri Lanka Sports Minister Harin Fernando on Thursday announced squad for Sri Lanka emerging team tour of Bangladesh.
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Catholic bishops in Sri Lanka call for independent inquiry into Easter ter
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 14 (ANI): The Catholic Bishops' Conference in Sri Lanka (CBCSL) has urged the government to hold an "independent and impartial" inquiry into the Easter Sunday terror attacks as a matter of utmost urgency.
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Parliamentary committee probing Lanka's Easter attacks seeks another month
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 13 (ANI): Term of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC), which is probing the Easter Sunday attacks that killed more than 250 people across Sri Lanka, will be extended by another month, its chairman and Deputy Speaker Ananda Kumarasiri said on Tuesday.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa named SLPP's presidential candidate
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 11 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday was named the presidential candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party for the election scheduled for later this year.
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Revered Buddhist leaders of Sri Lanka welcome creation of Ladakh as UT
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 9 (ANI): Two of the most revered Buddhist religious leaders of Sri Lanka have welcomed India's move to carve out Buddhist-majority Ladakh as a Union Territory, stating that it would further strengthen ties between the two countries.
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SLC announces 15 member squad for first Test against New Zealand
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 9 (ANI): Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Friday announced 15 member squad for the first Test of the two-match series against New Zealand.
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