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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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Sri Lanka ends emergency rule 4 months after Easter attacks
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 24 (ANI): Sri Lanka has officially ended the four months of emergency rule imposed in the wake of Easter terror bombings that killed more than 250 people on April 21.
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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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Attackers of Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings were inspire by ISIS
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 25 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Easter attacks that killed more than 250 people were carried out by local groups who drew inspiration from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group, a top investigator said on Wednesday.
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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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Implementing death penalty in SL will protect future generations from drug
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 29 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena called United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday and said protecting the nation and its future generations from the prolific risk of drug trafficking is the reason why he decided to implement the death pena
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Sri Lanka: Amnesty outraged as President signs executions of four drug off
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 27 (ANI): The Amnesty International has expressed shock after Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced death warrants for four drug offenders on Wednesday who will "very soon" become the first people to be executed in decades on the island nation.
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Sirisena for repealing 19th Amendment which curtails Presidential powers
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 23 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday called for repealing the 19th Amendment to the country's Constitution, which has curtailed the presidential powers, saying it is a reason of "political uncertainty" in the country.
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Lanka extends state of emergency by another month
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 22 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Saturday extended the state of emergency by another one month considering the prevailing security situation in the country in the wake of Easter Sunday attacks that killed more than 250 people.
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