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Sri Lankan President assured of "fullest cooperation" by PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 18 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said he was assured of "fullest cooperation" towards development in Sri Lanka by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a telephonic conversation.
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Lankan President talks to PM Modi over 'mischievous' assassination reports
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday had a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi wherein he categorically rejected the media reports about him alluding to the involvement of India in any manner whatsoever in an alleged
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Lanka says reports alleging involvement of Indian intelligence agency to a
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 17 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday asserted that the country's relationship with India is intense and encompasses multiple spheres including intelligence sharing, hence, media reports claiming alleged involvement of Indian intelligence age
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Lankan government denies its President, PM argued over Indian investments
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 17 (ANI): Dismissing media reports that claimed Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had a showdown at the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday over a proposal to develop the East Container Terminal of the Colombo Port as an Indi
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Lankan President's Advisor rubbishes RAW assassination plot reports
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena's Advisor and Coordinating Secretary, Shiral Lakthilaka, on Wednesday rubbished media reports that claimed President had named Indian intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), for hatching an assassina
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Representatives of Sri Lanka President Visit Karunanidhi
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 30 (ANI): Representatives of Sri Lankan President, Maithripala Sirisena on Monday visited the Kauvery hospital to meet the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.
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Iran invites Sri Lanka for Joint Economic Commission talks in Teheran
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 13 (ANI): Iran has invited Sri Lanka to attend the 12th Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation (JCEC), which is to be held in Tehran in August.
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Sri Lanka: Iran to build new refinery
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 17 (ANI): In addition to upgrading its ageing 50,000 barrel per day (bpd) state-owned refinery, Iran has also agreed to build a new oil refinery for Sri Lanka.
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Sirisena, Rouhani to sign new MoUs
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 13 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, who is on a two-day state visit to Iran, is set to meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Sunday.
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Country's rivers need to be saved: Sri Lankan President
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo, [Sri Lanka] May 11: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena in a recently concluded meeting with World Bank officials pointed out the urgent need to protect the country's rivers.
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Sri Lankan President Sirisena will not retire in 2020
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena is not likely to retire from politics in 2020.
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S Lankan President pitches for corruption-free government
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): Pitching for a corruption-free government, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena promised to completely eradicate bribery and corruption from state institutions and other sectors.
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