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Sri Lankan President 'personally invites' Muralitharan to become governor
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 27 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has "personally invited" legendary spinner Muttiah Muralitharan to accept the post of the Governor of the country's Tamil-dominated Northern Province, Daily Mirror reported on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka: 35 including President's brother Chamal Rajapksa sworn in as mi
Updated : 6 years, 3 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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Jaishankar congratulates Dinesh Gunawardena for taking charge of Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 22 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday wished his newly-appointed Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardena after the latter took charge of the office.
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Sri Lanka president appoints 16 member interim cabinet
Updated : 6 years, 3 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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Sri Lanka election result increases policy uncertainty: Fitch
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Nov 22 (ANI): Sri Lanka's presidential election significantly increases policy uncertainty and could prompt loosening that exacerbates fiscal weaknesses and a rollback of reforms, according to Fitch Ratings.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lanka PM
Updated : 6 years, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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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Sri Lanka's newly elected President accepts PM Modi's invitation to visit
Updated : 6 years, 3 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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US says it is ready to work with Sri Lanka's new President Gotabaya Rajapa
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Nov 19 (ANI): The US on Monday (local time) said it was ready to work with Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the new President of Sri Lanka and called on him to uphold Sri Lanka's commitments to security sector reform, accountability, respect for human rights, and non-recurrence
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa takes oath, Mahinda likely to charge as PM
Updated : 6 years, 3 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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