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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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S Lankan President orders suspension of officials arrested for bribery
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 4 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena has ordered suspension of a senior official of the Presidential Secretariat and a Chairman of a State corporation on the charges of alleged bribery.
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Sri Lanka President celebrates Sinhala & Tamil New Year
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 16 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena performed New Year rituals at his official residence in Colombo.
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Sri Lanka opposition submits no-confidence motion against PM
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 22 (ANI): The Sri Lankan opposition submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, accusing him of financial mismanagement and failing to tackle anti-Muslim riots in central Kandy district, earlier this month.
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Sri Lanka president lifts emergency
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar.18 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday lifted the nationwide state of emergency, which was imposed on March 6, after clashes erupted between the Buddhist and Muslim community.
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Sri Lankan President meets Indian counterpart
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 10 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena met with his Indian counterpart President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhawan here on Saturday.
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World dignitaries converge at ISA summit
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 10 (ANI): Dignitaries across the world made their way to the national capital to attend the International Solar Association (ISA) summit that begins on Sunday.
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Lanka President promulgates emergency for a week
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 7 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena promulgated a state of emergency for a limited period of one week in the country by bringing into force Section 2 of the Public Security Ordinance, Sri Lankan president's media division said.
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Imposed emergency to prevent unsatisfactory security situation: SL Preside
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 6 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena promulgated state emergency to redress the unsatisfactory security situation prevailing in certain parts of the country, the Media Division of the Sri Lankan president said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Sri Lankan govt condemns Kandy riots
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 6 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday strongly and unequivocally condemned the recent sporadic incidents of violence that had sparked off in Ampara and Digana near Kandy in Eastern Province in the country.
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