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President Wickremesinghe Assures Northern Citizens of Inclusivity;  DisplacedTo Be Settled By 2025
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President Wickremesinghe Assures Northern Citizens of Inclusivity; DisplacedTo Be Settled By 2025

During the Jaffna and Kilinochchi District Coordinating Committee meeting on the 4th January, President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressed crucial issues concerning…

byCeylon Independent05/01/2024
Pardoning Gnanasara thero raises a number of very serious concerns – CPA
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Pardoning Gnanasara thero raises a number of very serious concerns – CPA

The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) expresses its deep shock and concern over the Presidential pardon of Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara…

byAdmin25/05/2019
Sri Lankan President leaves for Seychelles on an official visit
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Sri Lankan President leaves for Seychelles on an official visit

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena has left for Seychelles for a three-day official visit from October 8 -10. The President…

byFaraz Shauketaly08/10/2018
Media Minister cautions against false reporting on the alleged conspiracy to assassinate President
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Media Minister cautions against false reporting on the alleged conspiracy to assassinate President

Minister of Finance and Mass Media, Mangala Samaraweera states that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is conducting investigations into serious…

byFaraz Shauketaly27/09/2018
Leading Washington research institute to assist Sri Lanka to formulate a national food policy 
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Leading Washington research institute to assist Sri Lanka to formulate a national food policy 

President Maithripala Sirisena, who is in New York attending the UN General Assembly, has sought the assistance of a leading…

byFaraz Shauketaly27/09/2018
Sri Lankan President urges the international community to look at Sri Lanka with a fresh perspective
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Sri Lankan President urges the international community to look at Sri Lanka with a fresh perspective

Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena called upon the international community to look at his country with a fresh perspective and…

byFaraz Shauketaly26/09/2018
Development programmes under ‘Sirisara Pivisuma’ project to be vested in the public
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Development programmes under ‘Sirisara Pivisuma’ project to be vested in the public

The ceremony to vest the Gomarankadawala Bakmeegama tank which is renovated under the  ‘Sirisara Pivisuma’ project with the public and…

byFaraz Shauketaly20/09/201820/09/2018
Media institutions ordered to hand over video footage of press briefing on assassination attempts to CID
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Media institutions ordered to hand over video footage of press briefing on assassination attempts to CID

A Sri Lankan court Monday ordered four media institutions to provide the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) with the unedited video…

byFaraz Shauketaly18/09/2018
Sri Lanka President says parliament should set the first example of efficiency
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Sri Lanka President says parliament should set the first example of efficiency

President Maithripala Sirisena says the Parliament must be an example of efficiency when the country is moving towards the development…

byFaraz Shauketaly18/09/2018
President explains his decision to recall entire staff of Sri Lankan Embassy in Austria
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President explains his decision to recall entire staff of Sri Lankan Embassy in Austria

President Sirisena confirming that he recalled the entire staff of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Austria including its Ambassador said…

byFaraz Shauketaly18/09/2018

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