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Sri Lanka to get UNDP support for project to generate energy from solid wa
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kaduwela (Colombo) [Sri Lanka], Oct. 5 (ANI): The United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka has entered into its first government co-financed project with the Kaduwela Municipal Council to generate bio gas energy by effectively managing the solid waste in the area.
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Lanka PM Wickremesinghe calls on PM Modi, Sonia Gandhi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.5 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is on a three-day visit to India, today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in the national capital.
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Sri Lankan PM Wickremesinghe to meet PM Modi today
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 5 (ANI): Visiting Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi today and discuss several issues of mutual interest.
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Lanka compelled to look at other options because of SAARC's failure:
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct. 4 (ANI): Asserting that failure of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to deliver acceptable results for all members would spell out a bleak future for the organisation, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that this move
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Sri Lanka, South Korea ink MoU to boost cooperation in defence sector
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct. 4 (ANI): A special Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to boost cooperation in the defence sector has been signed between Sri Lanka and South Korea.
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Sri Lankan PM to begin his three-day India visit from today
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 4 (ANI): Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe will today arrive in New Delhi for a three-day visit to India.
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Sri Lanka to host national anti-corruption summit in December
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct. 2 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government is planning to hold the National Anti-corruption Summit 2016 in Colombo on December 9, which will see the participation of about 700 local and foreign representatives.
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Entire SAARC united against Pakistan, claims Congress
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 1 (ANI): As Sri Lanka pulled out of the 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, scheduled to take place in November, the Congress on Saturday asserted that the entire diplomatic body is united against Pakistan.
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Pakistan facing global isolation due to its own deeds, says Congress
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct. 1 (ANI): With Sri Lanka also opting out of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit to be held in Islamabad in November, the Congress Party on Saturday said Pakistan's global isolation is of its own making.
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Sri Lanka also boycotts SAARC summit
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Sept.30 (ANI): Asserting that it condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, Sri Lanka on Friday pulled out of the 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, scheduled to take place in November.
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Murdered Lankan editor's body exhumed after seven years
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Sept. 27 (ANI): The Sri Lankan police today exhumed the body of a prominent newspaper editor Lasantha Wickremetunga who was killed in 2009, as part of a new investigation into his murder.
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Sri Lankan Airlines introduces services to Lahore from today
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Sept. 27 (ANI): Sri Lanka's national carrier, SriLankan Airlines commences its services between the Pakistan's Lahore city and Colombo from today, in a bid to enhance its focus on the Asia and the Middle East region.
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