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Sri Lanka Extends Emergency For Fourth Month After Easter Bombings
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.
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Didn't Get Report On Terrorists Travelling to India: Sri Lanka President
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.
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Sri Lanka President Slams Intelligence Chief Over Easter Attack Testimony
Sri Lanka's president publicly rebuked his intelligence chief on Thursday after he told a parliamentary panel that the Easter suicide bombings in which 258 people died could have been avoided.
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ISIS Chose Sri Lanka As Target To Tell The World That It Exists: President Sirisena
The ISIS terror group chose Sri Lanka to stage a massive attack on Easter Sunday to tell the world that they exist, President Maithripala Sirisena said today, amid reports that the plot was hatched in war-torn Syria way back in 2017.
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"Leave My Country Alone": Lankan President's Message To ISIS After Blasts
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 Lankan Police Looking For 140 With ISIS Links: President
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.
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Court Dismisses Plea To Check Maithripala Sirisena's Mental Health
A top Sri Lankan court today dismissed a petition seeking mental health assessment of President Maithripala Sirisena for his sacking of Ranil Wickremesinghe as PM, a controversial decision which plunged the country into an unprecedented political crisis
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Sri Lanka PM Confident Issues With President Sirisena Will Be Resolved
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said there are some differences of opinion with President Maithripala Sirisena on the ministerial appointments, but he is confident the issues will be resolved.
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Sri Lanka President Names New Cabinet To End Political Crisis
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena named a 30-member cabinet Thursday to end a crippling seven-week power struggle with his prime minister, but only after a final tussle over who should control the police.
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Looking For "Dignified Exit", Lanka President May Not Dissolve Parliament
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena is considering dropping an attempt to dissolve parliament, sources close to the president said, possibly easing weeks of political deadlock.
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Sri Lanka MPs Boycott Parliament As Political Crisis Drags On
Allies of Sri Lanka's embattled president Maithripala Sirisena boycotted parliament Today as the country drifted into a second month of political turmoil.
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No Functioning PM Or Cabinet As Sri Lanka Grinds To A Political Halt
Sri Lanka appeared to have ground to a political halt on Thursday with the Speaker of parliament saying there was no functioning prime minister or cabinet after Wednesday's no-confidence vote.
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Sri Lanka Parliament Votes Against Controversial New Rajapaksa Government
Sri Lanka's parliament passed a motion of no-confidence in the controversially appointed government of Mahinda Rajapaksa Wednesday, a day after the Supreme Court overturned a presidential decree dissolving the legislature.
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"Will Go To Court": Sri Lanka's Main Party After Parliament Dissolution
Sri Lanka's largest single party Saturday said it will mount a legal challenge against President Maithripala Sirisena's shock sacking of the legislature.
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No Snap Election, No Referendum To End Crisis: Sri Lanka President's Aide
President Maithripala Sirisena has decided that there will be no snap elections or a national referendum to end the current political and constitutional crisis in Sri Lanka, according to his close aide. "No, no there won't be a dissolution of parliament or a referendum," Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa, the general secretary of President Sirisena's Sri La...
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Sri Lanka Extends Emergency For Fourth Month After Easter Bombings
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.
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Didn't Get Report On Terrorists Travelling to India: Sri Lanka President
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.
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Sri Lanka President Slams Intelligence Chief Over Easter Attack Testimony
Sri Lanka's president publicly rebuked his intelligence chief on Thursday after he told a parliamentary panel that the Easter suicide bombings in which 258 people died could have been avoided.
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ISIS Chose Sri Lanka As Target To Tell The World That It Exists: President Sirisena
The ISIS terror group chose Sri Lanka to stage a massive attack on Easter Sunday to tell the world that they exist, President Maithripala Sirisena said today, amid reports that the plot was hatched in war-torn Syria way back in 2017.
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"Leave My Country Alone": Lankan President's Message To ISIS After Blasts
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 Lankan Police Looking For 140 With ISIS Links: President
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.
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Court Dismisses Plea To Check Maithripala Sirisena's Mental Health
A top Sri Lankan court today dismissed a petition seeking mental health assessment of President Maithripala Sirisena for his sacking of Ranil Wickremesinghe as PM, a controversial decision which plunged the country into an unprecedented political crisis
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Sri Lanka PM Confident Issues With President Sirisena Will Be Resolved
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said there are some differences of opinion with President Maithripala Sirisena on the ministerial appointments, but he is confident the issues will be resolved.
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Sri Lanka President Names New Cabinet To End Political Crisis
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena named a 30-member cabinet Thursday to end a crippling seven-week power struggle with his prime minister, but only after a final tussle over who should control the police.
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Looking For "Dignified Exit", Lanka President May Not Dissolve Parliament
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena is considering dropping an attempt to dissolve parliament, sources close to the president said, possibly easing weeks of political deadlock.
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Sri Lanka MPs Boycott Parliament As Political Crisis Drags On
Allies of Sri Lanka's embattled president Maithripala Sirisena boycotted parliament Today as the country drifted into a second month of political turmoil.
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No Functioning PM Or Cabinet As Sri Lanka Grinds To A Political Halt
Sri Lanka appeared to have ground to a political halt on Thursday with the Speaker of parliament saying there was no functioning prime minister or cabinet after Wednesday's no-confidence vote.
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Sri Lanka Parliament Votes Against Controversial New Rajapaksa Government
Sri Lanka's parliament passed a motion of no-confidence in the controversially appointed government of Mahinda Rajapaksa Wednesday, a day after the Supreme Court overturned a presidential decree dissolving the legislature.
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"Will Go To Court": Sri Lanka's Main Party After Parliament Dissolution
Sri Lanka's largest single party Saturday said it will mount a legal challenge against President Maithripala Sirisena's shock sacking of the legislature.
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No Snap Election, No Referendum To End Crisis: Sri Lanka President's Aide
President Maithripala Sirisena has decided that there will be no snap elections or a national referendum to end the current political and constitutional crisis in Sri Lanka, according to his close aide. "No, no there won't be a dissolution of parliament or a referendum," Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa, the general secretary of President Sirisena's Sri La...
