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17 foreign nationals killed in Lanka blasts, says Foreign Ministry
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 22 (ANI): At least 17 people from eight countries, including three from India, are amongst those who were killed in eight deadly blasts which rocked Sri Lanka on Sunday, said Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry.
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Sri Lanka: Memo circulated a day before had warned of attack
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 22 (ANI): A memo that warned of a potential attack was circulated a day before the deadly explosions in Sri Lanka, reports CNN.
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Sri Lanka blasts: Death toll mounts to 138
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 21 (ANI): The death toll in six coordinated bomb blasts that hit a number of high-end hotels and churches in Sri Lanka on Sunday rose to 138.
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Hambantota port's security not in foreign hands: Sri Lankan PM
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 7 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday that the security and operations of the strategic Hambantota port are managed by his country and not by other nations.
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Sri Lanka: 155 houses built with India's assistance handed over to benefic
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Feb 24 (ANI): A total of 155 houses built by India under the Indian Housing Project in Sri Lanka, were on Sunday handed over to the residents of the country's plantation area.
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Pulwama terror: World leaders condemn attack, stand with India
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): The United States along with several other countries on Thursday condemned the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, which claimed as many as 40 lives, and extended their condolences to the families of the victims.
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SL: PM Wickremesinghe to establish new political alliance soon
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jan 23 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe stated that the new political alliance National Democratic Front led by the United National Party will be set up within the next two weeks.
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Sri Lanka moves out of political crisis as new Cabinet swears-in
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 21 (ANI): Sri Lanka is slowly moving out of the political crisis that engulfed the south-Asian island nation, as the new cabinet was sworn-in here on Thursday.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa named Sri Lanka's opposition leader
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 18 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday became the country's main opposition leader in Parliament, days after he resigned as the disputed prime minister that threw the island nation into unprecedented political chaos for nearly two months.
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Sri Lanka: PM Wickremesinghe to form a new democratic front
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 18(ANI): The reinstated Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, here on Monday said that a democratic front would be created to secure the constitution and stabilise peace and reconciliation in the country.
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India welcomes the resolution of the political situation in Sri Lanka
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): India has welcomed the resolution of the political situation in Sri Lanka stated the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official Spokesperson.
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Sri Lanka: Wickremesinghe takes oath as Prime Minister
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 16 (ANI): United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was swore-in as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Sunday.
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