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Sri Lankan President appoints Harini Amarasuriya as PM, third woman to hol
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
She becomes Sri Lanka's third woman Prime Minister after Sirimavo Bandaranaike and Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.
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Sri Lanka President-designate Anura Kumara Dissanayake thanks PM Modi, hig
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Sri Lanka President-designate Anura Kumara Dissanayake thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday for his wishes on winning Sri Lankan Presidential elections.
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Sri Lanka polls: Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads in first round of counting
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
After Elections Commission Chairman RLAM Ratnayake announced a second preference count for Sri Lankan presidential elections, National People's Power (NPP) candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake, topped the first round of counting with 5,634,915 votes (42.31 per cent), according to a report by t
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Nominations for Sri Lankan presidential election on Tuesday
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 16 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Parliament announced that the nominations for the Presidential elections will be held on Tuesday and the new President of Sri Lanka will be elected on July 20.
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India will continue to be supportive of economic recovery in Sri Lanka: In
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 16 (ANI): Ahead of the Sri Lankan Parliament meeting for electing the new President of Sri Lanka, the Indian High commissioner Gopal Baglay called on the parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Saturday and said that India will continue to be "supportive of d
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Uphill task, but will contest presidential elections: Sri Lankan opp leade
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 15 (ANI): Terming the scenario of him winning the Sri Lanka's presidential elections an "uphill task", country's main opposition leader Sajith Premadasa on Friday said that he will contest the elections as he is convinced that the truth will prevail.
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PM Modi congratulates Gotabaya Rajapaksa, says bilateral ties will strengt
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Gotabaya Rajapaksa on his victory in the recently concluded Sri Lankan Presidential elections and expressed confidence that the fraternal, cultural, historical and civilisational ties between India and S
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa thanks PM Modi for wishes on election victory
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 17 (ANI): Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the warm wishes on his victory in the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential elections.
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