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Sri Lankan Ex-President To Pay 100 Million Rupees To Easter Attack Victims
- Thursday January 12, 2023
- World News | Press Trust of India
Sri Lanka's former president Maithripala Sirisena was on Thursday ordered by the country's top courtto pay SLRs 100 million as compensation to victims of the 2019 Easter attack for his negligence in preventing the attack.
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Sri Lanka: Former President Calls For Fresh Polls As Economic Crisis Deepens
- Monday May 2, 2022
- World News | Asian News International
Addressing a May Day rally organised by his party in Polonnaruwa, former Sri Lanka President and the chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday called for fresh elections in the country.
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Probe Into Sri Lanka Attacks Finds Ex-President Should Face Charges
- Wednesday February 24, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka's ex-president and his intelligence chiefs should be prosecuted for failing to prevent suicide bombings two years ago on Easter Sunday that killed 279 people, according to an investigation released Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka Frees 267 Prisoners After Row Over Releasing Teen Killer From Jail
- Friday November 15, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
More than 250 Sri Lankan convicts aged over 65 have been given amnesty just days after the president sparked outrage by pardoning the well-connected killer of a Swedish teen, officials said Thursday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Outrage In Sri Lanka After President Pardons Man Who Killed Swedish Teen
- Monday November 11, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka's president has pardoned a death-row prisoner who murdered a Swedish teenager just a week before he leaves office, officials said Sunday, in a move that sparked national outrage.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka President Sirisena Won't Stand For Re-Election In November Poll
- Sunday October 6, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has decided not to stand for re-election in November polls as the politically influential Rajapakse family nominated two candidates by final registration Sunday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka Presidential Front-Runner Will Restore Ties With China: Adviser
- Friday September 20, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Sri Lanka's leading presidential candidate, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, would "restore relations" with the country's top lender China if he wins the November 16 vote, his adviser said on Thursday.
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Two Indians Get Life Terms For Selling Drugs In Sri Lanka
- Wednesday September 18, 2019
- Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India
Two Indian men have been sentenced to life terms in Sri Lanka for selling illegal drugs, the country's police said on Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka Extends Emergency For Fourth Month After Easter Bombings
- Monday July 22, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Sri Lanka on Monday extended a law granting security forces emergency powers for a fourth month following the Easter Day bomb attacks on hotels and churches that killed more than 250 people.
- www.ndtv.com
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Easter Sunday Attack Suspects Should Be Hanged: Sri Lanka President
- Wednesday July 17, 2019
- World News | Press Trust of India
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has demanded death sentence to all the suspects arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, amid his differences with the governing coalition over reintroduction of capital punishment after four decades.
- www.ndtv.com
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International Drug Dealers Behind Sri Lanka Easter Bombings: President
- Monday July 15, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
International drug syndicates orchestrated Sri Lanka's deadly Easter Sunday bombings, the country's leader claimed Monday, despite earlier blaming the attacks on Islamists.
- www.ndtv.com
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Lankan President Seeks Scrapping Of Reforms That Limited His Power
- Sunday June 23, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka's President Sunday called for sweeping reforms to the country's constitution that he introduced in 2015 to be rolled back, saying they are responsible for political instability.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka Extends Emergency By Another Month In Surprise Move
- Saturday June 22, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A state of emergency was extended by Sri Lanka's President Saturday, going back on pledges to relax the tough laws introduced after the Easter Sunday attacks that killed 258 people.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka Policeman Defies President To Testify At Easter Attack Probe
- Wednesday June 19, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Sri Lankan police officer on Tuesday defied President Maithripala Sirisena and testified before a parliamentary investigation into the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 258 people.
- www.ndtv.com
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Panel Probing Easter Attacks Submits Final Report To Sri Lanka President
- Monday June 10, 2019
- World News | Press Trust of India
A three-member committee appointed to probe the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka that killed 258 people, including 11 Indians, submitted its final report to President Maithripala Sirisena today.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lankan Ex-President To Pay 100 Million Rupees To Easter Attack Victims
- Thursday January 12, 2023
- World News | Press Trust of India
Sri Lanka's former president Maithripala Sirisena was on Thursday ordered by the country's top courtto pay SLRs 100 million as compensation to victims of the 2019 Easter attack for his negligence in preventing the attack.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka: Former President Calls For Fresh Polls As Economic Crisis Deepens
- Monday May 2, 2022
- World News | Asian News International
Addressing a May Day rally organised by his party in Polonnaruwa, former Sri Lanka President and the chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday called for fresh elections in the country.
- www.ndtv.com
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Probe Into Sri Lanka Attacks Finds Ex-President Should Face Charges
- Wednesday February 24, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka's ex-president and his intelligence chiefs should be prosecuted for failing to prevent suicide bombings two years ago on Easter Sunday that killed 279 people, according to an investigation released Tuesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka Frees 267 Prisoners After Row Over Releasing Teen Killer From Jail
- Friday November 15, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
More than 250 Sri Lankan convicts aged over 65 have been given amnesty just days after the president sparked outrage by pardoning the well-connected killer of a Swedish teen, officials said Thursday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Outrage In Sri Lanka After President Pardons Man Who Killed Swedish Teen
- Monday November 11, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka's president has pardoned a death-row prisoner who murdered a Swedish teenager just a week before he leaves office, officials said Sunday, in a move that sparked national outrage.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka President Sirisena Won't Stand For Re-Election In November Poll
- Sunday October 6, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has decided not to stand for re-election in November polls as the politically influential Rajapakse family nominated two candidates by final registration Sunday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka Presidential Front-Runner Will Restore Ties With China: Adviser
- Friday September 20, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Sri Lanka's leading presidential candidate, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, would "restore relations" with the country's top lender China if he wins the November 16 vote, his adviser said on Thursday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Two Indians Get Life Terms For Selling Drugs In Sri Lanka
- Wednesday September 18, 2019
- Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India
Two Indian men have been sentenced to life terms in Sri Lanka for selling illegal drugs, the country's police said on Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka Extends Emergency For Fourth Month After Easter Bombings
- Monday July 22, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Sri Lanka on Monday extended a law granting security forces emergency powers for a fourth month following the Easter Day bomb attacks on hotels and churches that killed more than 250 people.
- www.ndtv.com
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Easter Sunday Attack Suspects Should Be Hanged: Sri Lanka President
- Wednesday July 17, 2019
- World News | Press Trust of India
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has demanded death sentence to all the suspects arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, amid his differences with the governing coalition over reintroduction of capital punishment after four decades.
- www.ndtv.com
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International Drug Dealers Behind Sri Lanka Easter Bombings: President
- Monday July 15, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
International drug syndicates orchestrated Sri Lanka's deadly Easter Sunday bombings, the country's leader claimed Monday, despite earlier blaming the attacks on Islamists.
- www.ndtv.com
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Lankan President Seeks Scrapping Of Reforms That Limited His Power
- Sunday June 23, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka's President Sunday called for sweeping reforms to the country's constitution that he introduced in 2015 to be rolled back, saying they are responsible for political instability.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka Extends Emergency By Another Month In Surprise Move
- Saturday June 22, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A state of emergency was extended by Sri Lanka's President Saturday, going back on pledges to relax the tough laws introduced after the Easter Sunday attacks that killed 258 people.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka Policeman Defies President To Testify At Easter Attack Probe
- Wednesday June 19, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Sri Lankan police officer on Tuesday defied President Maithripala Sirisena and testified before a parliamentary investigation into the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 258 people.
- www.ndtv.com
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Panel Probing Easter Attacks Submits Final Report To Sri Lanka President
- Monday June 10, 2019
- World News | Press Trust of India
A three-member committee appointed to probe the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka that killed 258 people, including 11 Indians, submitted its final report to President Maithripala Sirisena today.
- www.ndtv.com