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Sri Lanka political crisis: Setback for Sirisena as Mahinda Rajapaksa barred from acting as Prime Minister
World | December 03, 2018 16:39 ISTThe island nation is witnessing a political crisis since October 26 when President Sirisena sacked Wickeremesinghe and replaced him with Rajapaksa.
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Sri Lanka political crisis: Mahinda Rajapaksa calls for snap polls
World | December 02, 2018 22:51 ISTIn a statement, Rajapaksa cites occasions in the history when Parliament had been dissolved to call parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka to avoid crisis and bring in political stability.
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Sri Lanka Crisis: All-party meeting inconclusive, political stalemate continues
World | November 19, 2018 14:43 ISTThe island nation plunged into a constitutional crisis after President Sirisena ousted Wickremesinghe and named Rajapaksa as the country's Prime Minister.
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Will not recognise Rajapaksa as Lanka PM unless he proves majority in Parliament: Speaker
World | November 05, 2018 19:10 ISTThe tough statement from Jayasuriya came after Sirisena announced on Sunday that parliament would reconvene on November 14, a week later than he had promised.
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Sri Lanka rubbishes report about President Sirisena accusing RAW of plotting his assassination
World | October 17, 2018 20:48 ISTThe media reports came ahead of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's visit to New Delhi for talks with PM Modi to speed up India-backed projects.
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India ready to assist Lanka in any way it desires: PM Modi to Sirisena
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Sri Lankan President Sirisena lifts nation-wide emergency imposed after communal riots
World | March 18, 2018 12:21 ISTIn a message on Twitter, Sirisena said: "Upon assessing the public safety situation, I instructed to revoke the State of Emergency from midnight yesterday (Saturday)."
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Sirisena sacks members from party's central committee
World | August 18, 2015 10:34 ISTColombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena sacked 13 members from his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) central committee hours after a parliamentary election was concluded on Monday.The move came after speculations that some senior SLFP
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Sirisena should respect public mandate: Rajapaksa
World | August 14, 2015 14:53 ISTColombo: Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said President Maithripala Sirisena should respect public mandate, a day after the SLFP chief vowed not to make him Prime Minister even if his coalition wins the
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Economic ties key pillar of our relationship: PM Modi in Sri Lanka
March 13, 2015 21:41 ISTColombo: Asserting that economic ties are a key pillar of the relationship between New Delhi and Colombo, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the progress both sides have made reflects the shared commitment for
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India, Sri Lanka sign four agreements during PM Modi's visit
World | March 13, 2015 15:36 ISTColombo: India and Sri Lanka on Friday signed four agreements during Narendra Modi's maiden visit to the country, the first bilateral tour by an Indian premier in 28 years, with the Prime Minister announcing a
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Sri Lanka concerned by China loans, rules out submarine visits
World | March 01, 2015 11:58 ISTSri Lanka is concerned with the roughly $5 billion in Chinese loans it has and will send its finance minister to Beijing to discuss the issue, the country's foreign minister said on Saturday.New Sri Lankan
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PM Modi to visit Lanka in March, could go to Jaffna
Politics | February 20, 2015 18:45 ISTColombo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Sri Lanka next month, the first bilateral visit to the country by an Indian premier in over 25 years, and is likely to go to Tamil-dominated Jaffna
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Sri Lankan President Sirisena arriving on India visit Feb 15
World | February 05, 2015 20:51 ISTNew Delhi: New Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena will pay a four-day state visit to India from Feb 15 -- his first visit abroad since he won the Jan 8 presidential elections.Sirisena will hold official
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Sri Lanka rejects Rajapaksa's revenge allegations
World | January 22, 2015 12:00 ISTColombo: The newly-elected Sri Lankan government Thursday refuted allegations of political revenge made by former president Mahinda Rajapaksa.Media Minister Gayantha Karunathillake said the allegations were baseless and that the present government was committed to charging
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Indian spy's role alleged in Sri Lankan President's election defeat: Report
India | January 18, 2015 16:11 ISTNew Delhi: As per media reports, Sri Lanka has expelled the Colombo station chief of India's spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for his alleged role in helping the opposition oust the then President
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