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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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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 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.
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PM Modi Gets Samadhi Buddha Statue As Gift From Lankan President Sirisena
- Sunday June 9, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a special gift, a replica of the Samadhi Buddha Statue, from "special friend" Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena after the two leaders met in Colombo on Sunday.
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PM Modi Plants Ashoka Tree Sapling At Sri Lanka President's House
- Sunday June 9, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today planted a sapling of an evergreen Ashoka tree at the Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisenas' residence. PM Modi is in Sri Lanka on the second leg of his first foreign visit after the elections last month.
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Didn't Get Report On Terrorists Travelling to India: Sri Lanka President
- Friday May 31, 2019
- World News | Press Trust of India
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today said he has not received any report that the suicide bombers involved in the Easter Sunday terror attacks had travelled to India.
- www.ndtv.com
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PM Holds Bilateral Talks With BIMSTEC Leaders, Focuses On Boosting Ties
- Friday May 31, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
PM Narendra Modi today held separate meetings with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering, exploring ways to further strengthen bilateral ties.
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BIMSTEC Leaders Arrive In Delhi For Narendra Modi's Swearing-In
- Thursday May 30, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Leaders from Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, or BIMSTEC, nations, including Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering arrived in New Delhi today to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony.
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"Leave My Country Alone": Lankan President's Message To ISIS After Blasts
- Wednesday May 1, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said a foreign mastermind may have planned the Easter Sunday bombings, claimed by Islamic State, telling the terrorist group to "leave my country alone".
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Sri Lanka Bans Face Covering In Public After Easter Sunday Blasts
- Monday April 29, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday announced a ban on face covering, a week after terrorists carried out coordinated suicide bombings that killed 253 people.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lankan Police Looking For 140 With ISIS Links: President
- Friday April 26, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with the ISIS group over the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels that killed at least 253 people.
- www.ndtv.com
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Lanka Police Chief, Defence Secretary Told To Quit After Attack: Report
- Thursday April 25, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has asked the police chief and defence secretary to quit following the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels that killed 359 people, two sources close to the president said on Wednesday.
- 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 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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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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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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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 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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PM Modi Gets Samadhi Buddha Statue As Gift From Lankan President Sirisena
- Sunday June 9, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a special gift, a replica of the Samadhi Buddha Statue, from "special friend" Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena after the two leaders met in Colombo on Sunday.
- www.ndtv.com
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PM Modi Plants Ashoka Tree Sapling At Sri Lanka President's House
- Sunday June 9, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today planted a sapling of an evergreen Ashoka tree at the Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisenas' residence. PM Modi is in Sri Lanka on the second leg of his first foreign visit after the elections last month.
- www.ndtv.com
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Didn't Get Report On Terrorists Travelling to India: Sri Lanka President
- Friday May 31, 2019
- World News | Press Trust of India
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today said he has not received any report that the suicide bombers involved in the Easter Sunday terror attacks had travelled to India.
- www.ndtv.com
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PM Holds Bilateral Talks With BIMSTEC Leaders, Focuses On Boosting Ties
- Friday May 31, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
PM Narendra Modi today held separate meetings with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering, exploring ways to further strengthen bilateral ties.
- www.ndtv.com
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BIMSTEC Leaders Arrive In Delhi For Narendra Modi's Swearing-In
- Thursday May 30, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Leaders from Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, or BIMSTEC, nations, including Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering arrived in New Delhi today to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Leave My Country Alone": Lankan President's Message To ISIS After Blasts
- Wednesday May 1, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said a foreign mastermind may have planned the Easter Sunday bombings, claimed by Islamic State, telling the terrorist group to "leave my country alone".
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka Bans Face Covering In Public After Easter Sunday Blasts
- Monday April 29, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday announced a ban on face covering, a week after terrorists carried out coordinated suicide bombings that killed 253 people.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lankan Police Looking For 140 With ISIS Links: President
- Friday April 26, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with the ISIS group over the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels that killed at least 253 people.
- www.ndtv.com
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Lanka Police Chief, Defence Secretary Told To Quit After Attack: Report
- Thursday April 25, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has asked the police chief and defence secretary to quit following the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels that killed 359 people, two sources close to the president said on Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com