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Sri Lanka's President Appoints 3-Member Cabinet
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed a new Cabinet of Ministers on Tuesday evening, with Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, lawmaker Vijitha Herath and himself taking on Cabinet portfolios.
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Sri Lanka Approves Free Tourist Visas For All Visitors From India, 6 Nations
The Sri Lankan Cabinet has approved the policy to issue free tourist visas to travellers from India and six other countries, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said today, amidst efforts to rebuild the debt-trapped island nation's tourism sector.
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Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe To Swear In Cabinet Today
Sri Lanka's new President Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to swear in his Cabinet on Friday comprising members of the previous government, including Dinesh Gunewardena who will be the next prime minister.
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8 Ministers Inducted In Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka, No Finance Minister Yet
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday expanded the Cabinet with the induction of eight more ministers but he did not appoint a finance minister to handle the economic affairs of the crisis-hit nation.
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Sri Lanka President Appoints 4 Into New PM's Cabinet
Embattled Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday appointed four members of the ruling party to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's Cabinet, including GL Peiris as the Foreign Minister
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Lankan President Appoints New Cabinet After Mass Resignations Amid Crisis
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa became the only member of the family to retain a Cabinet position in his younger brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa's new Cabinet of 17 ministers appointed on Monday, as the island nation was facing the worst economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka Central Bank Governor Quits Amid Spiraling Economic Crisis
Sri Lanka's central bank governor, who had resisted mounting calls for the island nation to seek an IMF bailout, announced his resignation Monday as protests escalated over a worsening economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka Cabinet Except President, PM Resigns En Masse Amid Crisis
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's cabinet resigned en masse from their positions at a late-night meeting Sunday, the education minister said, as anti-government protests escalated despite curfews.
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Sri Lanka Policeman Defies President To Testify At Easter Attack Probe
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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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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Sri Lankan Minister Sacked For Rocking Coalition
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena Tuesday sacked a minister who had threatened to split his coalition government, three weeks after another was fired for publicly criticising a government decision.
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Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena Switches Foreign, Finance Ministers In Reshuffle
Nine cabinet ministers and a state minister took oath before Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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Sri Lanka Cabinet Formation Further Delayed
Sri Lanka's new government has further delayed formation of the Cabinet beyond the already agreed deadline of September 1.
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Sri Lanka's President Appoints 3-Member Cabinet
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed a new Cabinet of Ministers on Tuesday evening, with Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, lawmaker Vijitha Herath and himself taking on Cabinet portfolios.
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Sri Lanka Approves Free Tourist Visas For All Visitors From India, 6 Nations
The Sri Lankan Cabinet has approved the policy to issue free tourist visas to travellers from India and six other countries, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said today, amidst efforts to rebuild the debt-trapped island nation's tourism sector.
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Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe To Swear In Cabinet Today
Sri Lanka's new President Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to swear in his Cabinet on Friday comprising members of the previous government, including Dinesh Gunewardena who will be the next prime minister.
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8 Ministers Inducted In Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka, No Finance Minister Yet
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday expanded the Cabinet with the induction of eight more ministers but he did not appoint a finance minister to handle the economic affairs of the crisis-hit nation.
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Sri Lanka President Appoints 4 Into New PM's Cabinet
Embattled Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday appointed four members of the ruling party to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's Cabinet, including GL Peiris as the Foreign Minister
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Lankan President Appoints New Cabinet After Mass Resignations Amid Crisis
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa became the only member of the family to retain a Cabinet position in his younger brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa's new Cabinet of 17 ministers appointed on Monday, as the island nation was facing the worst economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka Central Bank Governor Quits Amid Spiraling Economic Crisis
Sri Lanka's central bank governor, who had resisted mounting calls for the island nation to seek an IMF bailout, announced his resignation Monday as protests escalated over a worsening economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka Cabinet Except President, PM Resigns En Masse Amid Crisis
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's cabinet resigned en masse from their positions at a late-night meeting Sunday, the education minister said, as anti-government protests escalated despite curfews.
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Sri Lanka Policeman Defies President To Testify At Easter Attack Probe
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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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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Sri Lankan Minister Sacked For Rocking Coalition
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena Tuesday sacked a minister who had threatened to split his coalition government, three weeks after another was fired for publicly criticising a government decision.
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Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena Switches Foreign, Finance Ministers In Reshuffle
Nine cabinet ministers and a state minister took oath before Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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Sri Lanka Cabinet Formation Further Delayed
Sri Lanka's new government has further delayed formation of the Cabinet beyond the already agreed deadline of September 1.
