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Trump extends wishes on Sinhala, Tamil New Year
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr. 12 (ANI): The United States has extended greetings to Sri Lankans living across the globe for Sinhala and Tamil New Year.
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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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Rohingyas can't be equated with Sri Lankan refugees: Centre
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] March 17 (ANI): The Centre has told the Supreme Court that Rohingya refugees cannot be equated with Sri Lankan Tamil refugees.
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Illegal Sri Lankan immigrant arrested in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Dhanushkodi(Tamil Nadu)[India]Mar 16(ANI): An illegal Sri Lankan immigrant has been arrested in Tamil Nadu, said Tamil Nadu coastal police on Friday.
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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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Ex-Sri Lankan cricketers condemn Kandy riots
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 7 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan cricketers Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena on Tuesday took to Twitter to condemn the recent acts of violence against the minority Muslim community in Kandy district that claimed two lives.
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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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Emergency imposed in Sri Lanka, curfew in Kandy
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 6 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday has decided to impose a state of emergency for 10 days to control law and order in the country, following the violence against the minority community in Kandy district over the last two days.
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Hambantota port not being used as military base: Sri Lankan army chief
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Sri Lankan army chief Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne on Tuesday clarified that the claims about the Hambantota port in southern Sri Lanka being utilised as a foreign military base was false.
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NIA files charge-sheet against Pakistan Intelligence Officer
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 23 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary charge-sheet before the Poonamallee special court in Chennai against Pakistan Intelligence Officer Amir Zubair Siddiqui, who plotted conspiracy to attack the US Consulate in Chennai,
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