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Sri Lankan President Sirisena suspends parliament
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 27 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has suspended the Parliament till November 16 amid constitutional crisis in the nation.
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Ousted Sri Lankan PM Wickremesinghe calls emergency parliament session on
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 27 (ANI): Amid political turmoil in Sri Lanka, the now-ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for an emergency Parliament session to display his majority.
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Amid political tension, US urges Sri Lankan parties to follow Constitution
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], Oct 27 (ANI): The United States on Friday called on all Sri Lankan political parties to "act in accordance with their constitution" and "refrain from violence," in the wake of political turmoil in the country caused following the removal of its Prime Minister by the P
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Mahinda Rajapaksa's appointment as PM unconstitutional: Lanka Finance Mini
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 27 (ANI): Sri Lankan Minister of Finance and Media, Mangala Samaraweera termed the appointment of the new Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, "illegal and unconstitutional".
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Wickremesinghe, Sirisena had drifted away, change not sudden: Lankan exper
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 26 (ANI): While the unannounced swearing-in of Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Friday evening took everyone by surprise, the mood for change was building up for the last few days.
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India, Sri Lanka discuss ways to deepen ties
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday discussed the entire gamut of bilateral relations and ways to further deepen the historically close and friendly relations between the two countries.
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Sri Lankan PM meets PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 20 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday met his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at the Hyderabad House in Delhi, as part of the engagements of his three-day official visit to India.
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Rahul Gandhi calls on Sri Lankan PM
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Congress party president Rahul Gandhi, on Friday, called on Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in New Delhi.
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Sri Lankan PM arrives in India
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 18 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday arrived in India for a three-day official visit.
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Sri Lankan PM to visit India today
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 18 (ANI): Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe is arriving here this evening on a three-day official visit.
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Lankan President talks to PM Modi over 'mischievous' assassination reports
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday had a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi wherein he categorically rejected the media reports about him alluding to the involvement of India in any manner whatsoever in an alleged
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Lankan government denies its President, PM argued over Indian investments
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 17 (ANI): Dismissing media reports that claimed Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had a showdown at the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday over a proposal to develop the East Container Terminal of the Colombo Port as an Indi
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