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Sri Lankan President's Party Wins Majority, Has Complex History With India
The sweeping mandate to the left coalition underlines widening support for his leftist policies, giving him the power to push through his plans to fight poverty and graft in the island nation struggling to emerge from the worst financial crisis.
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"Returning Home": 50 Indian Fishermen Arrested By Sri Lankan Navy Released
Sri Lanka on Friday released 50 Indian fishermen arrested by its Navy for allegedly poaching in the island nation's waters, the Indian mission here said.
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ICC Bans Sri Lanka Star Praveen Jayawickrama For A Year. This Is The Reason
Praveen Jayawickrama has featured for the Island nation in five Tests, five ODIs, and five T20Is, with a total of 32 international wickets to his name across those 15 matches.
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Why Sri Lanka's President Has Called For A Snap General Election - 5 Facts
Sri Lanka will hold a parliamentary election on November 14, the government announced on Tuesday, less than two months after the island nation elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new President.
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Sri Lanka's First Leftist President Sworn In After Landslide Election Win
Sri Lanka's first leftist president was sworn into office Monday vowing to restore public faith in politics after anger over the island nation's unprecedented economic crisis propelled him to a landslide poll win.
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Marxist Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake Wins Sri Lanka's Presidential Elections
Sri Lanka's election commission declared a previously fringe Marxist politician the country's president-elect on Sunday after a vote coloured by discontent over the island nation's response to an unprecedented financial crisis.
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Sri Lanka Announces Visa-Free Access To Indians From October 31
The policy is aimed at attracting more tourists to the island nation, said Harin Fernando, Adviser to the Ministry of Tourism.
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Sri Lanka Man Who Jumped Kerala Cops' Custody Detained By Island Nation's Navy
A Sri Lankan national, who had given the slip to the Kerala police while he was being taken to a local court in Kerala's Thrissur as an accused in a drug case last month, has been detained by the Navy in that country, police said on Monday.
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"Big Opportunity To Find Answers": Washington Sundar Ahead Of Series-Deciding 3rd ODI vs Sri Lanka
India stare at a first bilateral ODI series defeat against the Islanders in 27 years after losing the second ODI by 32 runs.
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Sri Lanka's First Presidential Vote Since Unrest To Be Held On September 21
The election will be the first test of the public mood since the height of the 2022 downturn, which caused months of food, fuel and medicine shortages across the island nation.
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Sri Lankan Government Apologises For "Forced" Cremation Of Muslim Covid Victims
Sri Lanka's government Tuesday formally apologised to the island's Muslim minority for forcing cremations on Covid victims, disregarding WHO assurances that burials in line with Islamic rites were safe.
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"Current World Order Is WWII Winners' Club, Needs Reform": Lankan Minister
Sri Lanka wants to capitalise on India's growth and it has given an assurance that it will not allow any country, including China, to use it in a way that harms New Delhi's security concerns, the island nation's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,
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Indian Envoy In Sri Lanka Hosts Ayodhya Ram Temple Trust Officials, Discusses Ramayana Trail
India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha on Sunday hosted top officials of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and discussed ways in which India can support the development of the Ramayana Trail in the island nation.
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"Give Away Deserts Too?" PM Counters "No One Lives In Katchatheevu" Remark
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took on Congress's Digvijaya Singh today over his recent comment on Katchatheevu, the island near Rameswaram that India ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974.
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No Ground For Indian Claim On Katchatheevu, Says Sri Lankan Minister
The statements coming out of India on "reclaiming" Katchatheevu island from Sri Lanka have "no ground", the Sri Lankan Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda has said.
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Sri Lankan President's Party Wins Majority, Has Complex History With India
The sweeping mandate to the left coalition underlines widening support for his leftist policies, giving him the power to push through his plans to fight poverty and graft in the island nation struggling to emerge from the worst financial crisis.
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"Returning Home": 50 Indian Fishermen Arrested By Sri Lankan Navy Released
Sri Lanka on Friday released 50 Indian fishermen arrested by its Navy for allegedly poaching in the island nation's waters, the Indian mission here said.
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ICC Bans Sri Lanka Star Praveen Jayawickrama For A Year. This Is The Reason
Praveen Jayawickrama has featured for the Island nation in five Tests, five ODIs, and five T20Is, with a total of 32 international wickets to his name across those 15 matches.
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Why Sri Lanka's President Has Called For A Snap General Election - 5 Facts
Sri Lanka will hold a parliamentary election on November 14, the government announced on Tuesday, less than two months after the island nation elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new President.
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Sri Lanka's First Leftist President Sworn In After Landslide Election Win
Sri Lanka's first leftist president was sworn into office Monday vowing to restore public faith in politics after anger over the island nation's unprecedented economic crisis propelled him to a landslide poll win.
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Marxist Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake Wins Sri Lanka's Presidential Elections
Sri Lanka's election commission declared a previously fringe Marxist politician the country's president-elect on Sunday after a vote coloured by discontent over the island nation's response to an unprecedented financial crisis.
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Sri Lanka Announces Visa-Free Access To Indians From October 31
The policy is aimed at attracting more tourists to the island nation, said Harin Fernando, Adviser to the Ministry of Tourism.
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Sri Lanka Man Who Jumped Kerala Cops' Custody Detained By Island Nation's Navy
A Sri Lankan national, who had given the slip to the Kerala police while he was being taken to a local court in Kerala's Thrissur as an accused in a drug case last month, has been detained by the Navy in that country, police said on Monday.
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"Big Opportunity To Find Answers": Washington Sundar Ahead Of Series-Deciding 3rd ODI vs Sri Lanka
India stare at a first bilateral ODI series defeat against the Islanders in 27 years after losing the second ODI by 32 runs.
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Sri Lanka's First Presidential Vote Since Unrest To Be Held On September 21
The election will be the first test of the public mood since the height of the 2022 downturn, which caused months of food, fuel and medicine shortages across the island nation.
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Sri Lankan Government Apologises For "Forced" Cremation Of Muslim Covid Victims
Sri Lanka's government Tuesday formally apologised to the island's Muslim minority for forcing cremations on Covid victims, disregarding WHO assurances that burials in line with Islamic rites were safe.
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"Current World Order Is WWII Winners' Club, Needs Reform": Lankan Minister
Sri Lanka wants to capitalise on India's growth and it has given an assurance that it will not allow any country, including China, to use it in a way that harms New Delhi's security concerns, the island nation's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,
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Indian Envoy In Sri Lanka Hosts Ayodhya Ram Temple Trust Officials, Discusses Ramayana Trail
India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha on Sunday hosted top officials of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and discussed ways in which India can support the development of the Ramayana Trail in the island nation.
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"Give Away Deserts Too?" PM Counters "No One Lives In Katchatheevu" Remark
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took on Congress's Digvijaya Singh today over his recent comment on Katchatheevu, the island near Rameswaram that India ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974.
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No Ground For Indian Claim On Katchatheevu, Says Sri Lankan Minister
The statements coming out of India on "reclaiming" Katchatheevu island from Sri Lanka have "no ground", the Sri Lankan Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda has said.
