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Rights bodies condemn Sri Lanka's violent crackdown on protesters
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 6 (ANI): As many as 13 organizations have condemned the Sri Lankan authorities' violent crackdown and increasing reprisals against peaceful protesters in the island country.
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Sri Lankan PM Gunawardena thanks PM Modi for humanitarian assistance to hi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 6 (ANI): Newly-elected Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on Saturday thanked PM Narendra Modi and Indians for the generous humanitarian assistance extended to the country.
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SriLankan Airlines rubbishes reports of no meals in Business Class
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 5 (ANI): SriLankan Airlines has dismissed the assertion made by a passenger in a video on social media that meals are unavailable on flights.
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Blinken meets new Sri Lankan FM on sidelines of ASEAN forum, assures US su
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 4 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry on Thursday in Phnom Penh on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum and reiterated US support for the most vulnerable people of the crisis-hit island.
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India a dependable friend, reliable partner in Sri Lanka's economic recove
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], August 4 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held his first meeting with newly-appointed Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry and reaffirmed India's commitment as a dependable friend and reliable partner to the economic recovery of the island nat
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Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe reiterates commitment to 'One Ch
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 4 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday reaffirmed his commitment to the "one China policy" as well as to the UN Charter principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations.
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Sri Lankan SC extends travel ban on Mahinda, Basil Rajapaksa
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 4 (ANI): Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the travel ban imposed on country's former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa until August 11.
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Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe thanks PM Modi for India's support to
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 3 (ANI): Newly elected Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday thanked India which he said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has provided the crisis-hit island nation "a breath of life" in tough times.
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Covid risk on rise, get vaccinated promptly: Wickremesinghe
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 2 (ANI): Sri Lankan President, Ranil Wickremesinghe made a special request to the people of the country to resort to vaccination as soon as possible amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in the island nation, in a special statement today.
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Sri Lanka Navy rescues Indian fishermen stranded in its territorial waters
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 1 (ANI): Sri Lankan Navy on Monday rescued six Indian fishermen who were stranded after their boat drifted in Lankan waters due to a glitch.
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I don't believe it's time for him to return: Sri Lankan President on Gotab
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 1 (ANI): Sri Lanka's President, Ranil Wickremesinghe Sunday said that it is not the right time for Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to the island nation, stressing that it could agitate the protesters who have been demanding the resignation of former President and hol
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Sri Lanka looks forward to enhancing ties with Russia
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 1 (ANI): In order to enhance ties with Russia, the newly appointed Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry met with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Sri Lanka Yury Materiy on Sunday.
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