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Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe to resign today
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 20 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will tender his resignation from office on Wednesday, paving the way for newly-elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to appoint a new Cabinet, Daily Mirror reported.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa takes oath, Mahinda likely to charge as PM
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 18 (ANI): Sri Lanka's wartime defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday took the oath of the country's 7th President at Ruwanweliseya, a Buddhist pagoda, in Anuradhapura.
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Sirisena's support to Rajapaksa family will help China's designs in Sri La
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 18 (ANI): Amid growing tussle for power between President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the upcoming presidential elections in Sri Lanka may lead to an alliance between SLPP (Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna) and SLFP (Sri Lanka Freedo
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Global energy needs expected to roughly double by 2030: Sri Lankan PM
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sept 3 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed concern over the global energy needs at the Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) here on Tuesday.
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After West Asia setback, ISIS has turned its focus on South Asia: Sri Lank
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sep 3 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday said that terror group ISIS has turned its focus to South Asia after suffering a setback in the western part of the continent.
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China's growing presence in Indian Ocean a source of concern for India: Sr
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sep 3 (ANI): For India, China's growing presence in the Indian Ocean is a source of concern, said Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe during his address at the Indian Ocean Conference here on Tuesday.
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Jaishankar to visit Maldives for Indian Ocean Conference
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 31 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is slated to participate in the fourth Indian Ocean Conference 2019, which will take place in the Maldives from September 3 to 4.
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Lanka's Wickremesinghe says govt responsible for mistakes that lead to Eas
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that the Sri Lankan government, along with the cabinet of ministers, are responsible for the mistakes and lapses which enabled a local terror group to launch successful attacks on Easter Sunday that killed more th
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Sri Lankan PM welcomes Centre's move to confer UT status on Ladakh
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 6 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday welcomed the Central government's move to confer Union Territory status on Ladakh, a region with a Buddhist majority.
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Sirisena for repealing 19th Amendment which curtails Presidential powers
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 23 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday called for repealing the 19th Amendment to the country's Constitution, which has curtailed the presidential powers, saying it is a reason of "political uncertainty" in the country.
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Happy to be back, says PM Modi on arrival in Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Sunday for a short stay on his way en route India from the Maldives.
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PM Modi first foreign leader to visit Sri Lanka after Easter terror attack
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will be making a brief stopover in Sri Lanka on his way back to India from the Maldives, becomes the first foreign leader to visit the island nation after the deadly Easter terror attack that killed more than 250 people o
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