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Month after Easter attack, Sri Lanka invokes Gautam Buddha on Vesak
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 18 (ANI): As Sri Lanka recovers from the deadliest terror attack in a decade and episodes of communal violence that followed, President Maithripala Sirisena, while conveying his greetings for Vesak or Buddha Poornima, urged the nation to "recollect the teachings o
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IS planning new strategy to target smaller countries, claims Sri Lankan Pr
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 1 (ANI): It is quite possible that the Islamic States (IS) has launched a "new strategy" by beginning to target smaller countries, says Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena.
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Easter blasts: Sri Lanka bans 2 terror groups, including NTJ
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 28 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday banned the activities of two terror groups suspected to be behind the horrific coordinated blasts in Sri Lanka earlier this week that claimed lives of more than 250 people.
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Govt. should take responsibility for Easter Sunday attack, says Sri Lankan
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 26 (ANI): Government should take responsibility for the Easter Sunday attacks, as well as for weakening country's intelligence services, said Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday.
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Sri Lanka bombings: Prez asks Defence Minister, IG to resign
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 25 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday asked Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General (IG) of Police Pujith Jayasundara to resign following the devastating Easter Sunday bombings over allegations of mishandling intelligen
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Lankan Prez Sirisena visits Tirumala
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 17 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena is currently on a private visit to Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh to offer prayers at the hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara Swamy.
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Sri Lanka calls for dialogue to diffuse India-Pak tension
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 9 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday called on Pakistani High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Shahid Ahmad Hashmat and suggested dialogue as the need of the hour to diffuse tensions between India and Pakistan.
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Rajapaksa resigns, Wickremesinghe to take oath tomorrow
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 15 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena on October 26 after ousting Ranil Wickremesinghe has resigned from his post.
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Sri Lanka: SC overturns Sirisena's decision to dissolve Parliament
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 13(ANI): The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka here on Thursday said that the decision of President Maithripala Sirisena to dissolve the country's Parliament was unconstitutional and illegal.
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Rajapaksa bribed parliamentarians to prove majority: President Sirisena
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 9(ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena here on Saturday said that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had tried to bribe politicians in order to show majority in the country's Parliament.
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Injunction order extended against dissolution of Sri Lankan Parliament
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka] Dec 08 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has extended the injunction order against the dissolution of Sri Lankan Parliament while suspending the Gazette notification by President Maithripala Sirisena until the judgment is delivered
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Sri Lanka: Sirisena vows not to appoint Wickremesinghe as PM again
Updated : 7 years, 3 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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