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Sri Lanka: Iran to build new refinery
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 17 (ANI): In addition to upgrading its ageing 50,000 barrel per day (bpd) state-owned refinery, Iran has also agreed to build a new oil refinery for Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka to address unemployment in the country, says its PM
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 16 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister calls up for filling vacancies in both public and private sector to solve the problem of unemployment in the country.
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Oil producing countries take India very seriously: Pradhan
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dubai [U.A.E] May 14 (ANI): Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said all oil producing countries are taking India very seriously.
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Sirisena, Rouhani to sign new MoUs
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 13 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, who is on a two-day state visit to Iran, is set to meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Sunday.
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India okays MoU to tackle oil spills
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo, [Sri Lanka] May 12 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and South Asian Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) for co-operation on the response to oil and chemical pollution in
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Sri Lanka welcomes US-North Korea summit
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Maldives [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): Sri Lankan government welcomed the upcoming United States and North Korean summit to be held in April as it called for the implementation of denuclearisation of the latter.
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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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Australia scrap day-night Adelaide Test post India refusal
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], May 8 (ANI): Cricket Australia has confirmed that India will not play a day-night Test in Adelaide during their upcoming tour to Australia later this year.
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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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Sri Lanka aims at rapid industrialisation, says its PM
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): Sri Lanka is aiming towards rapid industrialisation throughout the country under the aegis of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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India finishes on top with 20 gold medals at SAJAC
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka] May 7 (ANI): Junior athletes added nine more gold medals to India's tally before the curtains came down at the 3rd South Asian Junior Athletics Championships (SAJAC) at Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday.
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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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