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Sri Lanka Cricket hands LKR 25 million to COVID-19 Relief Fund
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 10 (ANI): Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has handed LKR 25 million, to COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund as promised earlier, to the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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With coronavirus tally at 53, Sri Lanka declares curfew till March 23
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 20 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday declared island-wide curfew in the country till March 23 morning as a part of preventive measure to contain the coronavirus spread.
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Sri Lankan President thanks PM Modi for SAARC conference; promises Colombo
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 16 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for conducting the "fruitful and constructive" video conference with leaders of the SAARC nations, and promised his country's "fullest support" to combat the coronavir
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Sri Lankan President says economy has taken severe blow amid coronavirus s
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 15 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday said that his country's economy has taken a severe blow due to coronavirus and recommended SAARC member countries to formulate a mechanism to avail assistance for struggling economies to tide over the crisis.
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Sri Lankan President dissolves Parliament, snap election on April 25
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 03 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday dissolved the country's Parliament as the election commission announced a general election for April 25.
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Sri Lanka, Turkey evacuate their nationals from Wuhan amid coronavirus out
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Feb 02 (ANI): As the coronavirus crisis has deepened in China, Sri Lanka on Saturday evacuated its citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan which has emerged as the epicentre of the deadly virus.
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Sri Lanka imposes visa restriction on Chinese tourists amid coronavirus ou
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jan 28 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Tuesday imposed visa restriction on Chinese tourists visiting the island nation to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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Sri Lankan President, Ajit Doval discuss cooperation on intelligence shari
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jan 18 (ANI): National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Saturday called on Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa here and discussed strengthening bilateral cooperation on national security, intelligence sharing, and maritime security.
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Sri Lanka army chief appointed as acting CDS
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jan 01 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Army Commander Lt. General Shavendra Silva as a new acting Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) after Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne stepped down from the post.
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Sri Lanka firmly committed to SAARC: Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 9 (ANI): Sri Lanka remains firmly committed to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Charter and its objectives and attributes high importance to its purposes and principles which aims to promote peace, stability, amity, and progress in the reg
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Look forward to maintaining warm, mutually beneficial relations with India
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 02 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday said that he looks forward to "maintaining warm and mutually beneficial bilateral relations" with India in all aspects.
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India, Sri Lanka to cooperate in counter-terror training: PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that he held "in-depth" discussions with visiting Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on security and outlined that the two countries will cooperate in counter-terror training.
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