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Sri Lanka holds mock election to test virus measures
Jun 14, 2020 09:31Sri Lanka staged a mock election on Sunday to test measures aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus during a parliamentary vote in August.
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President Rouhani congratulates Sri Lanka on National Day
Feb 05, 2020 04:06President Hassan Rouhani offered his congratulations to the Sri Lankan people and government over the South Asian country’s National Day.
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Iran hails successful presidential vote in Sri Lanka
Nov 18, 2019 09:32Iran’s Foreign Ministry congratulated Sri Lanka on holding the presidential election that led to the victory of Gotabaya Rajapaksa successfully and in a calm atmosphere.
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Sri Lanka’s former defense chief claims victory in presidential race
Nov 17, 2019 10:22Sri Lanka’s former defense chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa has claimed victory in the country’s presidential election, and his main challenger has conceded defeat.
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Iran contractor says mega project in Sri Lanka ready for opening
Oct 30, 2019 03:28The CEO of a major Iranian contractor company involved in the construction of a hydropower project in Sri Lanka says works on the massive project has completely finished as he recounts how engineers from around the world were outsmarted by their Iranian rivals every step on the way.
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Sri Lanka president says to veto military deal with US
Jul 06, 2019 11:51Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has vowed that he will not allow his government to finalize a proposed military deal with the United States that will permit the American troops to have free access to the island country’s ports.
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Sri Lanka curbs Saudi influence after Wahhabi-inspired bombings
Jul 05, 2019 08:45Sri Lanka is moving to curtail Saudi Arabian influence, after some politicians and Buddhist monks blamed the spread of the kingdom’s ultra-conservative Wahhabi school for planting the seeds of militancy that culminated in deadly Easter bomb attacks.
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Police chief faces crimes against humanity charge over Sri Lanka attacks
Jul 01, 2019 11:42Sri Lanka's police chief and a top defense official should be tried for "grave crimes against humanity" over failure to prevent Easter bombings that killed 258, the state prosecutor says.
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Saudi scholar’s arrest in Sri Lanka sparks concerns of Wahhabi influence
May 12, 2019 08:21Authorities in Sri Lanka have arrested a Saudi-educated preacher over links with the suspected mastermind of bombings last month, throwing a spotlight on the role of Salafi-Wahhabi terrorism in South Asia.
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All Sri Lanka bombing attackers killed or arrested: Police
May 07, 2019 07:47Sri Lanka’s police have announced that all the assailants involved in the deadly bomb attacks in the country last month have either been killed or arrested.