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A Moment of Global Pride: Kamna Sharma Honored by Sri Lanka's 7th Presiden
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 2: Kamna Sharma, who has made a remarkable presence on the international stage with her elegance, confidence, and humanitarian vision, has once again brought pride to the nation.
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Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena resigns as Chairman of SL
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Rajapakshe was appointed as the new Chairman of the party following a vote.
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Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to contest next President
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Maithripala Sirisena made the announcement while speaking at a media briefing at the SLFP headquarters on .
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A timeline of investigation into 2019 Sri Lankan bombings
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): As Easter Sunday approaches this year, it is time to take stock of the developments following the series of bomb blasts on April 21, 2019 that ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, killing over 250 people and injuring hundreds.
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Sri Lanka: Maithripala Sirisena congratulates Gotabaya on 'historic' victo
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 18 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday congratulated Gotabaya Rajapaksa on his "historic" victory in the presidential elections.
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President Sirisena to not contest Sri Lanka polls next month
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 7 (ANI): Sri Lanka's incumbent President Maithripala Sirisena has decided not to contest the country's presidential elections scheduled to be held on November 16.
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Sirisena's support to Rajapaksa family will help China's designs in Sri La
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 18 (ANI): Amid growing tussle for power between President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the upcoming presidential elections in Sri Lanka may lead to an alliance between SLPP (Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna) and SLFP (Sri Lanka Freedo
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Pakistan left red-faced as Sri Lanka calls out their lies
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 23 (ANI): After the Pakistan High Commission in Sri Lanka claimed that the island nation's President, Maithripala Sirisena, has acknowledged Jammu and Kashmir as a "disputed territory", Colombo on Thursday called out Islamabad's lies and clarified that the preside
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Pak envoy apprises Sirisena on Kashmir; Sri Lanka desists from speaking
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 23 (ANI): Pakistan High Commissioner Major Gen. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat has called on Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and apprised him on the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of India's historic move to change the constitutional status of the
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General accused of war crimes appointed as Lanka's Army chief
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 20 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena has named a general accused of grave human rights abuses in Sri Lanka's long-running civil war as the country's new army chief, an appointment sharply criticised as "deeply troubling" by the United Nations.
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Still not decided to contest Presidential polls: Sirisena
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 7 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said that he has not yet decided whether to contest or not in the presidential elections scheduled to take place later this year.
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Sri Lankan SC suspends execution till October 30
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 05 (ANI): A week after President Maithripala Sirisena announced the execution of four individuals, Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Friday issued an interim order staying the implementation of the execution till October 30.
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