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Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa calls for fresh elections
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 3 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa here on Sunday said that it is imperative to conduct general elections in the country in order to restore democracy and put an end to the ongoing political crisis.
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Why CBI functionaries making hue and cry: TDP leader on bribery case
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Dec 1 (ANI): A day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) accused the Andhra Pradesh government of being allegedly non-cooperative in the probe of a bribery case, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) spokesperson Lanka Dinakar on Saturday questioned why certain
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Wickremesinghe proposes all-party meet to decide Sri Lankan poll
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 27 (ANI): Ousted Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday suggested an all-party meeting to decide holding fresh elections.
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Joint road shows of Rahul, Chandrababu Naidu on Nov 28, 29
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu would conduct roads shows and address election rallies together in support of the grand alliance candidates on November 28 and 29 in Telangana, scheduled to go t
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Petition against Rajapaksa to be heard on Nov 30
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 26 (ANI): The petition challenging Mahinda Rajapaksa's premiership of Sri Lanka will be heard in the Appeal Court on November 30.
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Sri Lanka Cricket appoints Ashantha de Mel as head of new selection panel
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 26 (ANI): Former Sri Lanka bowler Ashantha de Mel has been appointed as the head of Sri Lanka's new selection panel by Sri Lanka Cricket.
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Sri Lanka: Sirisena vows not to appoint Wickremesinghe as PM again
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 26(ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday asserted that he will not appoint Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister again.
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Wickremesinghe's supporters win control of key Lankan Parliament committee
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 23 (ANI): Lawmakers supporting sacked Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe have taken control of Sri Lanka Parliament's main committee on Friday, in a major setback for President Maithripala Sirisena and his prime ministerial appointee Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Broad, Bairstow to play third Test against Sri Lanka
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Nov 21 (ANI): England men's team on Wednesday called pacer Stuart Broad and wicket-keeper batsman Jonny Bairstow to feature in their team's third-Test match against Sri Lanka.
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Amid Sri Lankan political turmoil, UNP to 'fast until death'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka] Nov 21 (ANI): United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam informed that the party will be holding a series of protests and fasts until death in order to express their disapproval against what it called an "unconstitutional instate of a new govern
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Uncapped Nishan Peiris replaces Akila Dananjaya in Sri Lanka Test team
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], Nov 21 (ANI): Uncapped off-spinner Nishan Peiris has been selected by Sri Lanka as a replacement for Akila Dananjaya ahead of their upcoming third Test against England, beginning November 23.
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Moody's downgrades Sri Lanka's rating to B2
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Singapore [Singapore], Nov 20 (ANI): Moody's Investors Service downgraded Sri Lanka's foreign currency issuer and senior unsecured ratings from B1 to B2 and changed the outlook to stable from negative on Tuesday.
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