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US bans Sri Lankan Governor's entry for 'violation of human rights'
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"The United States is designating Wasantha Karannagoda, Governor of North Western Province in Sri Lanka, pursuant to Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2023, due to his involvement in a gross violation of human rights duri
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Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa's residence set on fire in Kurunegala
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 9 (ANI): Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's residence in the city of Kurunegala in the north-western province was set on fire on Monday, hours after the leader tendered his resignation to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, as the country goes through an inten
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Pakistani women continue to struggle to break biases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): Pakistani women, including those in the north-western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, continue to struggle to break stigma attached to their gender, and navigating life is still an uphill battle for most women and girls.
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Ethnic Kazakh from Xinjiang among Ukrainian refugees in Poland
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], March 6 (ANI): Amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, an ethnic Kazakh from China's North-Western province of Xinjiang has found his way to Poland with other Ukrainian refugees, a media report said on Friday.
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Senior Afghan National Army officer killed in mortar shelling in Badghis
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Aghanistan], November 30 (ANI/Sputnik): A mortar shell attack killed the chief of staff of the third brigade of the Afghan National Army, Abdul Basir Nuristani, in the north-western province of Badghis, a source told Sputnik on Monday.
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More than 40 suspected gas attackers killed in Zambia in wave of mob justi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lusaka [Zambia], Feb 23 (Sputnik/ANI): Zambian Police said on Saturday that 43 people had been killed and another 23 injured in a wave of lynch mob attacks against those suspected of being involved in toxic attacks on households.
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Sri Lanka reacts to UN Special Advisers' statement on sectarian violence
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 27 (ANI): Rohan Perera, Sri Lanka's permanent representative to the United Nations, on Sunday, criticised two UN representatives for expressing alarm over the "growing acts of violence on the basis of religion," particularly in the North Western Province of the count
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Sri Lanka: Curfew lifted for 2 hrs in North Western Province
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 14 (ANI): The indefinite curfew imposed in one of the provinces of the island nation will be lifted for two hours from 4 pm to 6 pm in the evening.
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Pidilite strengthens international presence; unveils adhesive manufacturin
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], July 17 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): Pidilite Lanka Pvt. Ltd., a JV between Pidilite and Macbertan Pvt. Ltd. strengthening its presence, unveiled a new state-of-the-art adhesive manufacturing plant in Polgahawela in North Western Province of Sri Lanka.
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