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  Ex-Sri Lankan PM Sirisena named suspect in Easter Sunday attacks that killed 270

  World | September 16, 2022 23:58 IST

  Sri Lanka: On April 21, 2019, nine suicide bombers belonging to the local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linked to ISIS carried out a series of blasts that tore through three churches and as many luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, killing 270 people.

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  Sri Lanka: Former PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, 16 others barred from travelling overseas

  World | May 12, 2022 15:13 IST

  The Fort Magistrate’s Court barred them from traveling overseas due to the investigations taking place on the attacks on the GotaGoGama and MynaGoGama peaceful protest sites on Monday, News 1st website reported.

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  'Every second you protest on the road, we are losing dollars', says Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa

  World | April 11, 2022 21:07 IST

  Rajapaksa also said that none of the parties in the Sri Lankan Parliament has come forward to lend a hand. "So, as the party in power, the Government will take all possible steps to resolve the crisis." he said.

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  Sri Lanka's Cabinet Ministers resign with immediate effect amid economic crisis

  World | April 04, 2022 7:03 IST

  The political experts said the ministers who resigned came under intense pressure from the public over the government's alleged "mishandling" of the economic crisis, triggered by the shortage in the foreign exchange reserve.

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  Sri Lanka abandons project to build a new cricket stadium

  Cricket | May 22, 2020 9:09 IST

  There was no immediate reaction from the governing body, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to the Prime Minister's decision.

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  Sri Lankan parliamentary committee proposes immediate burqa ban

  World | February 21, 2020 17:16 IST

  A Sri Lankan parliamentary committee on national security has proposed an immediate ban on the burqa and suspending the registration of political parties on ethnic and religious basis, following the Easter Sunday terror attack that killed over 250 people.

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  Sri Lankan PM offers prayers at Kashi Vishwanath temple

  India | February 09, 2020 13:39 IST

  Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Sunday, arrived in Varanasi and offered prayers at the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple. 

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  No change in Centre's stand on issue of ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka, PM tells Jaya

  Politics | July 25, 2013 11:34 IST

  Chennai, Jul 25: Holding that there was no change in India's stand on the issue of reconciliation and devolution of political powers to ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has informed chief