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Sri Lanka: Security beefed up as Buddhist monks meet over presidential vot
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 7 (ANI): Security was beefed up in the Sri Lankan highland town of Kandy on Sunday as hardline Buddhist monks gathered for their first big assembly since Easter attacks by Islamist militants on churches and luxury hotels that killed more than 250 on April 21.
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Sri Lankan SC suspends execution till October 30
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 05 (ANI): A week after President Maithripala Sirisena announced the execution of four individuals, Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Friday issued an interim order staying the implementation of the execution till October 30.
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Sri Lanka: CID arrests former Defence Secretary, IGP over mishandling repo
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 2 (ANI): Sri Lankan authorities on Tuesday arrested former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara on charges of mishandling intelligence reports that came before the Easter Sunday terror attack killing more than 250 pe
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Sri Lanka: 10 fundamental rights petitions filed in SC against death penal
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 1 (ANI): Ten fundamental rights petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court here against the Sri Lankan government's decision to implement death penalty in the nation.
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Implementing death penalty in SL will protect future generations from drug
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 29 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena called United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday and said protecting the nation and its future generations from the prolific risk of drug trafficking is the reason why he decided to implement the death pena
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Sri Lanka: Amnesty outraged as President signs executions of four drug off
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 27 (ANI): The Amnesty International has expressed shock after Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced death warrants for four drug offenders on Wednesday who will "very soon" become the first people to be executed in decades on the island nation.
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Foreign currency worth Rs 99.5 lakh seized at Anna International Airport
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 25 (ANI): Customs officials on Tuesday seized foreign currency worth Rs 99.5 lakh from a Sri Lankan transit passenger at Anna International terminal on Monday.
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Sirisena for repealing 19th Amendment which curtails Presidential powers
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 23 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday called for repealing the 19th Amendment to the country's Constitution, which has curtailed the presidential powers, saying it is a reason of "political uncertainty" in the country.
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6 Indians arrested at Colombo airport for smuggling gold
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 23 (ANI): Six Indians have been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle gold worth Rs 30 lakhs to India, authorities said on Sunday.
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Lanka extends state of emergency by another month
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 22 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Saturday extended the state of emergency by another one month considering the prevailing security situation in the country in the wake of Easter Sunday attacks that killed more than 250 people.
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Sri Lanka Pres praises Modi for bringing yoga to international stage
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 21 (ANI): On the occasion of International Yoga Day, Sri Lankan President Maitripala Sirisena praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his efforts to bring the "common heritage" of India and Sri Lanka to the international stage.
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Sri Lanka's terror-hit Shangri-La Hotel reopens today
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 12 (ANI): The Shangri-La Hotel here is set to reopen today, seven weeks after the high-end facility was extensively damaged in deadly terror attacks that killed more than 250 people who were celebrating Easter on April 21.
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