President Mahinda Rajapaksa
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Chinese president arrives in Sri Lanka
World | Sep 16, 2014, 01:21 PM ISTColombo: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday arrived in Sri Lanka, the first state visit by a Chinese head of state to the island nation in decades.Sri Lanka is the third leg of Xi's ongoing
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Rajapaksa orders release of all Indian fishermen
World | May 25, 2014, 12:42 PM ISTColombo: President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered the release of all Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan custody as a goodwill measure to mark the swearing in of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi. Rajapaksa has ordered the release
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Countries should not dictate to Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa
World | Nov 17, 2013, 05:16 PM ISTColombo: A defiant President Mahinda Rajapaksa today once again rejected demands for an international inquiry into alleged war crimes during the military campaign against the LTTE, saying countries should not “dictate” to Sri Lanka.A day
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Khurshid to visit Lanka from tomorrow for bilateral talks
India | Oct 06, 2013, 01:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will pay a two-day visit to Sri Lanka from tomorrow to hold talks with the country's top leadership on key issues, including Indian fishermen languishing in jails there
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Pillay to take issue of missing Tamilians with Rajapaksa
World | Aug 28, 2013, 11:56 AM ISTColombo: UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay has assured the relatives of Tamil people who disappeared during Sri Lanka's war with the LTTE that their grievances would be taken up with President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Pillay,