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Sri Lanka: PM warns of 'sleeper cells'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 25 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has been dealing with the aftermath of Easter Sunday attack, warned on Thursday of "sleeper cells" that might launch more attacks in the island nation.
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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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Sri Lanka blasts: Death toll rises to 290, police say 24 arrested
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 22 (ANI): The toll in the eight coordinated bomb blasts that rocked Sri Lanka during Easter celebrations rose to 290, police said on Monday.
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Sri Lanka blasts: Death toll mounts to 138
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 21 (ANI): The death toll in six coordinated bomb blasts that hit a number of high-end hotels and churches in Sri Lanka on Sunday rose to 138.
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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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Sri Lanka moves out of political crisis as new Cabinet swears-in
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 21 (ANI): Sri Lanka is slowly moving out of the political crisis that engulfed the south-Asian island nation, as the new cabinet was sworn-in here on Thursday.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa named Sri Lanka's opposition leader
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 18 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday became the country's main opposition leader in Parliament, days after he resigned as the disputed prime minister that threw the island nation into unprecedented political chaos for nearly two months.
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Sri Lanka: PM Wickremesinghe to form a new democratic front
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 18(ANI): The reinstated Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, here on Monday said that a democratic front would be created to secure the constitution and stabilise peace and reconciliation in the country.
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Sri Lanka: Wickremesinghe takes oath as Prime Minister
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 16 (ANI): United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was swore-in as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Sunday.
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Rajapaksa resigns, Wickremesinghe to take oath tomorrow
Updated : 7 years, 3 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: Rajapaksa to step down as PM to 'ensure stability'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 14 (ANI): Mahinda Rajapaksa will on Saturday step down as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka "to ensure stability of the nation", his son Namal confirmed on Friday.
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