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Modi plants sapling at President's Secretariat in Colombo
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first foreign leader to visit Sri Lanka after the Easter terror attacks, planted a sapling at the President's Secretariat here on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka: Modi visits church targetted during Easter terror attac
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 9 (ANI): Showing India's solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid his respects at the St. Anthony's Church, which was targetted during the Easter terror attacks.
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Indian nationals travelling to Sri Lanka advised to be careful, vi
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Acknowledging the return of normalcy in Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday terror attacks, the Indian government on Tuesday advised its citizens to be "careful and vigilant" while traveling to the island nation, unlike the previous travel advisory where In
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Malinga collects 10/83 in two days
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Kandy [Sri Lanka], Apr 5 (ANI): Sri Lanka's fast bowler Lasith Malinga took 10 wickets in two games across two countries in two days.
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Sri Lanka opposition submits no-confidence motion against PM
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 22 (ANI): The Sri Lankan opposition submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, accusing him of financial mismanagement and failing to tackle anti-Muslim riots in central Kandy district, earlier this month.
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Ex-Sri Lankan cricketers condemn Kandy riots
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 7 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan cricketers Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena on Tuesday took to Twitter to condemn the recent acts of violence against the minority Muslim community in Kandy district that claimed two lives.
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Kandy riots: Sri Lanka govt blocks social media
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 7 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Wednesday blocked popular social media networks, such as Facebook, Whatsapp, Viber and Instagram to name a few, for three days in order to prevent the spread of communal violence across the country.
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Lanka President promulgates emergency for a week
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 7 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena promulgated a state of emergency for a limited period of one week in the country by bringing into force Section 2 of the Public Security Ordinance, Sri Lankan president's media division said.
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Imposed emergency to prevent unsatisfactory security situation: SL
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 6 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena promulgated state emergency to redress the unsatisfactory security situation prevailing in certain parts of the country, the Media Division of the Sri Lankan president said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Sri Lankan govt condemns Kandy riots
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 6 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday strongly and unequivocally condemned the recent sporadic incidents of violence that had sparked off in Ampara and Digana near Kandy in Eastern Province in the country.
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Colombo T20I: Lanka wins toss, put India to bat first
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 6 (ANI): Sri Lanka won the toss and asked India to bat first on a flat pitch that will be good for batting for both sides in the opening game of the Nidahas Trophy at the R. Premadasa Stadium here on Tuesday.
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Kandy riots: Buddhist community stages protest
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Kandy [Sri Lanka], Mar 6 (ANI): Members of the Buddhist community held protests outside a police station in Sri Lanka's Kandy demanding the release of its people who were arrested in the riots.
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